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Pro Golfer Rickie Fowler Teed Up as Ambassador for CBD Brand LEVEL SELECT ™

Pro Golfer Rickie Fowler Teed Up as Ambassador for CBD Brand LEVEL SELECT ™
Harrison Wise
By Harrison WiseJun 11, 2020
Harrison Wise
Founder, Publisher and Contributing Editor at The Bluntness, Inc. Harrison is also the founder and CEO of Wise Collective, an award-winning integrated marketing communications agency that works across the Cannabis, Tech, Sports, Media and Entertainment industries. Harrison has been involved in the Cannabis industry since 2015 when he and his agency launched MedMen. They have since worked with and counseled countless businesses and brands in the cannabis industry, including but not limited to Stiiizy, Shryne Group, Cloudponics, MCR Labs, Chil, Hemptown USA, Happy Valley MA and Greatest Hits Cannabis Co. among others. For more information visit: www.wisecollective.co.
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Kadenwood, LLC, a California-based CBD company, announced today the addition of PGA Tour Pro Golfer Rickie Fowler as its newest brand ambassador. The addition of Fowler expands Kadenwood's roster of professional athletes, which also includes Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback Carson Palmer, MLB legend and former LA Dodger Steve Garvey, and gold medalist and basketball Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale.

Fowler joins them in an ongoing advertising campaign, running nationally across broadcast and digital platforms, highlighting the performance-driven qualities of Kadenwood's LEVEL SELECT™ brand of CBD products, which claims to help users maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, from smaller everyday activities to physical exercise, competitive sports and more.

Fowler is the latest in a long line of current and retired athletes who have seen a demand for their services, as hemp and marijuana become more mainstream. More and more former-NBA and NFL players are opening weed dispensaries or launching infused products, including Cliff Robertson, Floyd Landis, Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Al Harrington to name a few have all founded CBD or cannabis companies or dabbled in partnerships with the industry.

In related news this week, NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas was named as CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of hemp focused pharmaceutical company One World Pharma.

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