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Pleasures Trucks and Compacts present the 8th Annual Slamboree to benefit American Diabetes Association Located in Oklahoma City, OK on August 11th and 12th.I had always herd great things about Slamboree but never had the opportunity to actually make an appearance at their show. Well after having hung out with the crew on many occasions and becoming good friends with many of the Pleasures members, I had my first opportunity and a great one it was.The weekend started on August 8th when the crew flew me in a few days early for my birthday. I've got to admit I was a bit scared, as this is the only crew that has ever got me to black out while drinking, and they've done it twice! With Brent picking me up from the airport, my birthday begun at good ol' Hooters where the girls attempted to get me up on a chair singing I'm a little teapot, yeah right. After a few brew's we went to get ready for the clubs where the idea for Pleasures was to show me a good time. The beginning of the night would lead us to a strip club where I found myself getting more lap dances then beers, not that I'm complaining, I just learned to take my beer with me as people kept buying me the dances. As the night wore down, I managed to live to see another day. Thanks to all that attended my Birthday and bought me things… JAs Friday approached, I chilled at the show grounds and hung out with the Pleasures guys and Courtney from Street Trucks. With the humidity being about 500% more then found in potatoland, I found myself drinking more attempting to stay on the cool side, plus they needed cans for the party trophy. With the afternoon rolling around, some GP members where first to arrive and shortly there after the show goers started lining up to get their place on the grounds. With the Pleasures crew busy getting people in the grounds, I managed to sneak away with one and hit a club for some late night fun before getting ready for the mornings festivities.
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As Saturday arrived and I managed to barely make the grounds before noon, to much of my surprise people where still entering the show grounds and there was already an ample quality rides for me to peep at. As everyone was cleaning and getting ready to chill, mother nature decided to throw down enough rain to dampen the ground and make the humidity jump by lord knows how much. With Pleasures giving everyone an extra hour to clean up after the rain before judging, this would give me an opportunity to snap photo's and see what was out there to feature. After running into Courtney on a few occasions and watching Lance from MT clean one of his member's rides, I was off on my own to do what Pleasures brought me down for. With hours of walking behind me, the camera was put away and the beer was brought out. It was time to prepare for the nights festivities. As the night fell the people scurried back to the show grounds for some dancing and to compete for the 8 plus foot party trophy. With everyone following anyone from Texas around since they had the good beer, I managed to find my way to the center of the crowd from time to time and snuck away with out a notice of an armload of the 6.0 stuff. With watching the dancing and partying going on, the night was ready to be retired to the hotel to rest to finish shooting the show the following morning.As Sunday morning came about I was off to finish shooting the show rides and to hang out with some friends before heading home for the rest of the year not to hit the Midwest or Mideast till next year. As trophies where about over, I rested on the couch and was ambushed by Courtney who decided to put me into a vulnerable position. I'm sure the pictures will turn up sooner or later, hopefully later. If you've never been to Slamboree, I'd be sure to mark it on your calendars as one not to miss, as the quality of the show and the rides is hard to top. Thanks go out to all of Pleasures for making my trip and birthday a memorable one!Garrick ArendsEdior
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