Fireworks

During the early years of Pentwater, the JABS would stock up on illegal (in Illinois) fireworks, including Black Cats, Whistling Moon Travelers, and mortar shells. Most were used for blowing up plastic army men or shooting into the water. It's a wonder no one was seriously injured given how many fireworks we lit and the number of close calls.

Due to the ever-increasing size of the fireworks show each year, PBJ Punk Service was started to supply all your firework lighting needs. In addition to the standard lighters and matches, PBJ Punk Service also provided all-natural organic punks that were lit using the camp fire.

Here are some of the more memorable times involving fireworks:


 * The JABS tried to light a roll of 5000 Black Cats in the public campground at night. The prank was a bust as only 400 or so in the chain actually went off.
 * We dug a trench and laid out a roll of 2000 Black Cats. The entire string went off, making for a 5 minute long string of explosions. The resulting mess left us promising never to do it again.

Now that the JABS are older, Nate's boys have carried on the tradition. They put on entire fireworks shows, complete with grand finales, that leave us all saying wow, Chad!