Steve
Kubby
Explorer,
Author, Magazine Publisher, Video Producer and Libertarian
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P.O. Box
50, PMB 199, Lake
Arrowhead, CA 92352-0050
steve@kubby.com
28 December 1946
United States
Married, two children
Explorer,
Author, Publisher, Video Producer and Libertarian
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Education
1982 Naval
Strike and Air Warfare Center, Fallon, Nevada
Military Jet Flight Training (as a civilian journalist)
1986-89 Bonaire, N.A.
SCUBA advanced and deep diver certification
1982 Truckee
Tahoe Hospital
Emergency Medical Technician, Certification
1972-73 Shasta College, Redding Califonia
Lifetime Teaching Credential, Public Administration
1968-1968 California State University, Independent
Graduate Study
1964-1968 California State University Northridge,
California, B.A. Psychobiology
Exploration
1991
Invited by
Canadian government to cover helisking in the Cariboo and Monashee
mountain ranges of eastern British Columbia.
Logged over 1/2 million vertical feet of skiing.
1991 Invited by state of Utah
to be a guest and write about ski resorts and helisking in Utah.
Skied all major resorts, as well as the Utah Interconnect, an alpine
crossing across extreme terrain of the Wasatch mountain
backcountry.
1990 Guest of Aruba and Bonaire
governments. Appeared in a Canadian TV underwater documentary with
explorer John Stoneman.
1990 Invited by state of
Hawii to do a story and photo shoot about skiing on Mona
Kea. Skied 14,000 summit.
1989 Guest of Aruba and Bonaire
governments. Received advanced diving training from world famous
diver and
ecologist, Capt. Don. Wrote and photographed about an extreme dive of a
100 year old wreck in 220 feet of water.
1989 Invited by state of Colorado
to be a guest and write about ski resorts and helisking in Colorado.
Skied all major resorts as guest of Ski Colorado
1988 Invited by US Navy to do a
story about Top Gun pilots.
Received security clearance from the US Navy to fly an F5
military
fighter jet at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air
Station Fallon. Received flight training from Top Gun instructors
and
flew the aircraft during aerial combat maneuvering.
1987 Guest of the
British Virgin Island. Explored and reported on numerous
historical wrecks and dive sites.
1972 National Geographc
Expedition Leader, Organized an ascent on Mt. Shasta for the National
Geographic magazine.
Professional Experience
2004-Present Publisher, Alpine World Magazine, an
online multimedia magazine.
2001-Present President, Kubby Productons.
Produced
three news shows per week for Pot TV. Responsible for
content, production, editing and streaming. The Pot TV News show
was featured on Fox News, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CBC TV,
and Tech TV.
1999-Present Director, American Medical Marijuana
Association.
Internationally recognized organization comprised of doctors, lawyers,
nurses and patients working for the rights of medical cannabis patients
primarily in the United States. The largest organization of it's
kind. Represented patients in discussions with top policy makers
including:
-- Janet Reno,
United States
Attorney General
-- Ed Meese, former US Attorney General
-- Hoover Institute, Law Enforcement Conference, Stanford University
-- Joseph MacNamara, Former police chief of San Jose, Ca. & Kansas
City, Mo.
-- James Gray, Judge, California Superior Court
-- The Libertarian Party
-- Ron Paul, MD, US Congressman
-- Dan Hamburg, USCongressman
-- William Masters, Sheriff, San Migel County, Co.
-- Michael Carona, Sheriff, Orange County, Ca.
-- Orange County Board of Supervisors
-- Placer County Board of Supervisors
-- Rev. Jesse Jackson
-- Dr. Brian O' Leary. Ph.D, NASA astronaut
1999-Present Political Fundraiser: Raised $100,000 on
behalf of
patients for US Supreme Court challenge. Direct mail campaigns
raised
over $350,000 for the Kubby Defense Fund. Raised $500,000 to
place the
Compassionate Use Act on the California ballot
1999-2001 Judicial Activist,
defended newly won rights: Arrested
for publicly asserting legal rights, as granted under California's
Compassionate Use Act. Ultimately acquitted. Over 300 TV and newspapers
featured stories about the case, including Inside Edition, Paula Zahn,
Associated Press, Canadian TV, Los Angeles Times, New York Times.
Received the Sons of Liberty Award from the Libertarian party, their
most prestigious award .
1997-1998 Candidate for Governor
of California. Nominated to run
for Governor of California by the third largest party of the United
States, the Libertarian Party. Received nationwide coverage
and over
70,000 votes.
1996 Web consultant for the Men's
Wearhouse. Created a state-of-the-art web site including all graphics,
code and a custom search engine for locating stores by area.
1996 Invited speaker to the World
Forum in San Francisco. Spoke
with leaders and ministers of Europe and India regarding medical
cannabis. Met with President Mikhail Gorbachev.
1995-1996 Political Consultant and
Fundraiser, Proposition 215
Campaign in California. Worked with former Police Chief of San Jose,
Joseph MacNamara, and former District Attorney of San Francisco,
Terrence Hallinan.
1991-1995 Authored Politics of
Consciousness, still in print.
1986-1991 Publisher and
Editor, Ski West Magazine. Used
emerging desktop publishing technology to produce cutting edge photos
and graphics. Secured international distribution contract. Became the
number one selling ski magazine in seven countries. Sold
advertising
to Fortune 500 companies such as American Airlines, Sprint, Ponds,
Hertz, and Subaru. Sold the magazine in 1991. Was the invited guest of
five governments and three states:
-- Canada
-- Caymen Islands
-- British Virgin Islands
-- Bonaire
-- Aruba
-- Colorado
-- Hawaii
-- Utah
1982 Elected to the Northstar
Board of Directors. Lake Tahoe,
California. Worked with local police to provide police protection
and
equipment for the community. Created the annual Northstar Pancake
Breakfast, which raised $10,000 per year for children's winter sports.
1984-1986 Created Homestar, a
property management company,
Northstar, Lake Tahoe, California and sold the business, which is still
in successful operation.
1980-1984 Recovered from four
major surgeries on cancer.
Managed investments in the Bahamas and Tahoe. Built and sold
several homes.
1973-1975 Adjunct Professor at
Shasta College. Received a lifetime teaching credential.
1970 - 1980 Founder and Director, Earth Camp One, ECO
was the
highest rated summer camp for children in the world. ECO was
written
up in National Geographic, Newsweek, and Sunset magazines.
Celebrities
such as Joan Baez , George Peppard and James Colburn as well as
international clients sent their children to attend ECO..
1969-1971 Probation officer for
the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
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