Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet. Puffco is one of the most popular vaporizers on the market. So it was only inevitable that both worlds would collide at some point. That day was on July 10th, or 7/10, the holiday often considered to be the hash smokers’ equivalent to 4/20. Coordinated with the release of their new Plasma series of devices and accessories, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to score some goals, smoke some hash, and get a little bit of a teaser before Puffcon comes later this year.
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New Puffco Gear Takes the Field
Puffco is as synonymous with the vaporizer and accessory device space as FIFA is to soccer. A game changer, and they did not disappoint with bringing their new line of Plasma devices to the event. Marked by electric ember and violet colors, this Puffco set is at the cutting edge of consumption technology.
The new Puffco Peak comes sporting crushed opal in the center within the violet glass top and a matching 3DXL heating chamber. The colorway isn’t limited to only the Peak Pro device, but is also extended to the new and improved “Heated Loading Tool” or hot knife, which no longer sports the diagonally cut cap and instead has a rounded end cap for much easier operation.
More and more beyond making some of the most hyped devices, which are admittedly the best on the market, Puffco is creating events that move the needle within the cannabis space. With Puffcon right around the corner, this event was but a mere taste of what the heads behind the branding have in store for us. Taking over DTLA for two whole days, you can get tickets and view schedules and lineups here, along with some previous coverage from 2023 and 2025 to get you excited and prepared for what’s to come.
Goals, Dab Cards, and Delicious Pizza
Event details can often be scarce leading up to the pop-ups or activations, but when I got the notice and location details, I got excited. With a name like Delicious Pizza, you can say I had an expectation, one rightfully set by their signage. So when the slices came out hot and fast from the counter, I was excited to burn the roof of my mouth off, but I did the responsible thing and gave them a few seconds to cool down. No gimmicks, no claims of being some authentic style they were not. Pure and simple, delicious pizza in LA.
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Brands and activations lined the outdoor areas across the entire back of the restaurant. On one side, Puffco had set up a soccer kick with goal activation that allowed users to test their skills like Erling Haaland against Puffco’s own Director of Events, Kevin Jones, or, I should say, a cardboard facsimile of him. Those brave souls who dared to make the kick and score were rewarded with a new Plasma Hot Knife. If you failed to hit your mark, you drew a Dab card and were sent back to the bench to take a hit. Luckily, I scored and was rewarded, but a hint for future kickers out there: unless you’re headed for the World Cup, the toe poke may be your friend.
Fidel’s was present with goal-scoring hash and a custom World Cup Trophy Hash-holes, with creator and enthusiast Shant Damirdjian in attendance behind the booth. Frosty Hash was represented with an array of top-tier extracts available for purchase.
Yapo Brands had a booth on the backside offering a unique game of chance: roll the set of dice, and if you get three brand logos facing up, you win a jar of hash. The first roll was free, but I was advised they generally charge $5 per roll, and with the odds at 1 in 216, I think that makes this one of the most expensive jars to exist!
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Kalya Extracts was holding down the back corner with their always amazing concentrates, no hard sales, just dab after dab of crystal clear fresh press for the masses.
From Blue to White: Spain Turns Up the Heat
The inside and outside of Delicious Pizza were brimming with excitement as fans watched the game on TVs strategically stationed throughout the premises. With Puffco staff walking around giving dabs to anyone who had an empty rig, the scene was truly the best place to be for a soccer and hash enthusiast. You could say the game was basically on blue-to-green settings for the majority of the match; that was until Mikel Merino kicked things up to white with a score for Spain at the end of the game, earning them the 2-1 victory.
Hash Culture’s Reigning Champion
Where else can you find a brand so ubiquitous with the hash and concentrate space, not one that rides the wave others start, but a true pioneer in what they bring to market? It’s not a feature set found in other device makers for sure, as it’s easy to ride the waves created by a brand that defines the marketplace. With a handful of final matches left to decide this year’s World Cup winner, the outcome is still to be determined. However, the definitive winner of the vape device and hash event space has already been crowned, and it’s totally Puffco.