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EVENTS: 2010 Panhandle Pow-Wow Wrap Up

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

I said in my interview prior to the Pow-wow, “I have some good ideas, and some bad ideas.” Well, having planned for Aaron “Pinky” Entsminger as the contest emcee and after party comic relief was the worst idea I’ve had for a Pow-wow to date. Most in attendance would agree with me, but some thought otherwise though and were quite entertained…

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

For those of you unaware of who Pinky is, he is an old schooler from mid-Ohio. I believe he started to do stand-up comedy about seven years ago, and has had some success. I’ve known Pinky for 15 years, as we’d met at one of the first-ever Am Jams back in my Ohio days. I’ve rarely had a chance to hang with him since those days, but usually see him every year at the BCSD and catch up. This past BCSD, my buddy Dennis Illingworth had the idea to invite Pinky to perform his comedy routine at the Pow-wow after party. Always wanting to bring something different to the table for the Pow-wow, I backed him on the idea.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

So I invited Pinky to the Pow-wow to perform. Slowly but surely, I began to increasingly regret this decision as the event neared. Text were shared more frequently the closer the event got. Text containing messages like, “Me and my three friends need to be put up somewhere,” “I will have copious amounts of drugs coming w/ me,” “find me some cocaine!” became the daily routine.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

It was the Thursday before the event, and he would be driving down from Ohio with three others — two “suicide girls” and another friend of his. All three of which were not of age (Pinky is 29). As Thursday progressed I kept in contact with him. The further into the south, each contact he was increasingly more inebriated.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Since Pinky and his friends were going to need a place to crash, I had begged my good buddy Matty to put the four of them up at his parents’ house. He was already putting a slew of heads up for the weekend, so I figured what’s four more. Matty had known of Pinky’s reputation and did not want any part of it, but being the good friend he is, he let me vouch for the four of them as I would be staying the night too.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

The plan was to have them meet us all at a beach bar where the Orlando boys had been drinking at since about 6:30 pm (it was now 11 pm). Hopefully, we would all meet up, get along, and head back to Matty’s for an uneventful night. Yeah… right.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

When Pinky showed up, I was hoping things would settle as the night went on. WRONG! Within 15 minutes of Pinky being there, his underage friends got the boot, he got into an argument with the bartender like they had any right to be there, and then a fist fight with a local. 15 minutes! He also broke his hand in the fight.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

We soon realized this wasn’t going to work anywhere we went on the beach, so we decided to go back to Matty’s folks’ about 20 minutes from the beach. We get all the way back to Matty’s, and guess who got left behind? Matty. So being the one responsible for everything, I left them at the house to go get Matty back at the beach. By the time we got back, Pinky had already fed the entire house ‘shrooms. Did I mention Matty’s dad and younger brother were home asleep upstairs? Matty, being understandably pissed, attempted to reprimand everyone, especially Pinky. It wasn’t long before more drama ensued, and Pinky’s friends were given the boot and a punch in the face from Sammy. The night dragged on because Pinky stayed behind.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Morning finally came, so I took Pinky and Julian back to the hotel that his friends had gotten after getting the boot. Once I found out they could afford their own room, I was done with. I dropped them off because I had a lot of setting up to get done, and no time to baby sit.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

I got through all of Friday without having to tend to Pinky, and well into the contest Saturday before he and his party showed up. Broken hand, a bottle of Jager deep, and tripping on ‘shrooms, I set him up in the VIP area, still letting him think I was going to let him emcee the contest. He just kept getting all “kid with no presents on Christmas day” on me. I couldn’t bring myself to say no.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

He never got the hint that I wanted him to tone it down, and during the contest he told some 16-year-old he wanted “to fuck her tits.” It just so happens that the girl’s father was also the father of Bret Urbas, who had his entire family in attendance to watch him compete. Bret’s father being a former Green Beret jumped into action to settle the issue. I believe the words he used were something along the lines of, “I will cut off your balls and staple them to your chin if you say another word!” Pinky didn’t say another word. Aside from that, and offering Andrew Jacuzzi’s parents, my mom and whoever else would listen, ‘shrooms, he was somewhat tame at the event.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

After the contest it was on to the after party. This is what I asked Pinky to come down here for. I still wanted no part of having him be the face of my event for the rest of the night, but he brought out the pouty puppy dog eyes again, and kept pleading that he didn’t know what peoples’ problem was. So I told him once I’m done announcing the winners the mic was his. The mic had horrible sound and no one was going to understand him anyway.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

I really didn’t hear any of it his “set,” but I heard it was filled with jokes about anal sex with handicapped girls and slipping roofies in drinks. Everyone pretty much heckled him, and the only ones that seemed to be actually laughing with him were the suicide girls he brought. It was a long weekend coming to an end and everyone was pretty wild. The bar staff seemed pretty anxious to get us out, as they shut the cabana doors on us. I don’t think we’ll be having the after party there next year.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

Now, from this perspective, you may have thought the Pow-wow was a disaster. It wasn’t though. The event was the best Pow-wow to date. It made all the other great Pow-wows look like amateur night. Fortunately enough the one place we didn’t manage to piss off (or on, for that matter) or get kicked out of was the X-park and Gutter Lounge. They are actually looking forward to having us next year.

Panhandle Pow-Wow 2010

I wanted to thank everyone that helped support, and more importantly apologize for Pinky’s behavior. Especially to the Jacuzzi, Schrock, and Urbas family. I hope this doesn’t scare you from attending next year; you have sons that the event couldn’t do without next year. Thanks for coming. — Blake Taylor

Photos contributed by Christian Delfino and Michelangelo Loreti.

Discussion / EVENTS: 2010 Panhandle Pow-Wow Wrap Up

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  • rob squire - April 15th, 2010

    That was such an entertaining story to read. So glad I got to be a part of the wildness.

  • Aaron Peterson - April 15th, 2010

    sounds like a fuckin riot!

  • Nick Adams - April 15th, 2010

    somebody piss on this girl. “mr. joey” 🙂 hahahahahahaha after party footy shall be up sooner or later.

  • buller - April 15th, 2010

    how about, no more burn outs representing skating.

  • Andrew Cleary - April 15th, 2010

    Underage girls, drugs, alcohol, bad jokes and being a dick to everyone?

    wow, that sounds nothing like Pinky…

  • Paul Barton - April 16th, 2010

    aahhhhhhahahahaha, hell ye pinky. fuck em up.

  • Paul Barton - April 16th, 2010

    how about skating takes its pink panties off and stops catering to 14 year olds. stop worrying about who represents you and represent yourself.. bruh…

  • dom sagona - April 16th, 2010

    WOW

  • Blake Taylor - April 16th, 2010

    Pow-wow, event catered to 14 year olds? haha. I don’t even think the 30 years in attendance felt comfortable. Pinks, and I are still cool though. He called me last night after he read this.

  • Noah Zipser - April 17th, 2010

    PAUL URBAS IS ONE HELLUVA MODEL AMERICAN!

  • Rick Morgan - April 18th, 2010

    The Pow wow was so much fun. I thought Pinky was out of control but I like that. A 30 year vet to the skateboard game and you sort of come to respect it for what it is and let things flow. The event was killer and I met a ton of new friends. People from all over the country. I’m super hyped on the scene they brought to the park. No bullshit just real as fuck and about the skating and not the drama and fashion show crap I have to deal with on a daily basis in skateboarding. I’m stoked.

  • Brian Aragon - April 19th, 2010

    Not sure why my first post got deleted, hopefully it doesn’t happen again…. To sum up what I already said the first time, I thought the event was great, with that said there needs to be a certain level of professionalism that is upheld at these events. I want everyone to have fun, thats what its all about in the first place but disrespecting parents, families, and specators makes us all look bad. Coming on here i was hoping to read an article based on the skating or the event not a drug induced weekend.

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