As reported by The Southland Times, a newspaper out of Queenstown, New Zealand, “Two high-profile United States snowboarders, one understood to be a Winter Olympics double medallist, will appear in court next week charged with possessing cannabis.”

The Wanaka police department, who stopped the snowboarders for a random roadside breath test, did not release the names of the snowboarders, only ages: 26 and 21. They also disclosed that the pair allegedly had in their car “not an insignificant amount” of marijuana.

The paper also states that “The 26-year-old man has been called an influential snowboarder, while the younger man, who has visited New Zealand before, is vying to represent the US at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year.”

Based on the information released by the authorities and what the paper has reported, here’s what we can only speculate from what we know to be true: both Grenade founder and pro snowboarder Danny Kass, age 26 and a two-time silver medalist, and Louie Vito, age 21, are presently in New Zealand and have been since July 30th.

It is also confirmed that Kass and Vito, who are close friends, are traveling together as told to ESPN by a source close to Kass, though the source (who requested anonymity) could not confirm the arrest. Vito has also made several comments about the trip on his Twitter account: “Made it to NZ. Dan picked up an ILL van, pics coming soon.” As well, Kass wrote a Twitter post about his trip to New Zealand on July 28: “Heading to New Zealand going to the South Island.” Wanaka, the town where the snowboarders were arrested, is located on the South Island.

Corrections to be made to this speculation as official news becomes available…
via: Southland Times