Simi Valley’s Top Tourism Official Let a Local Kid Choose His Hair Cut—You’ll Love What Happened
Daniel Jordan 
Tourism Director Gets Pink Mohawk After Kid Spins the Wheel — The Chamber’s retailer of the week, Supercuts, hosted the mahem
(CLAIR | Simi Valley, CA) — Anthony Angelini didn’t plan to become the face of Simi Valley’s wild side, but one afternoon at a local salon changed that—thanks to a spinning wheel, a camera crew, and a gutsy elementary school kid.
Angelini, Director of Visit Simi Valley, was pulled into a spontaneous social media video shoot led by Vander Jordan, the Chamber of Commerce’s head content creator. The concept? “Haircut Roulette.” The execution? Pure chaos.
In the video, shot inside the Simi Valley Supercuts on Erringer Rd. just down the street from where Ronald Reagan’s Air Force One rests at the Reagan Library, a wheel decides fates. On this day, it decided Angelini would get a pink mohawk. “Simi Valley is about community,” Angelini said as clippers buzzed. “And sometimes that means trusting a kid with your hair.”
The wheel landed hard on “Pink Mohawk.” No take-backs. The kid smiled. The room erupted. The dye came out.
By the end, Angelini looked less like a tourism official and more like a Warped Tour veteran. But his response? Classic Simi. “If we want people to see the real Simi Valley, we have to show them we’re not afraid to have a little fun,” he said.
Simi Valley has a reputation for its serene views, trailheads, and family outings—but it has a long history of unexpected moments. Few visitors realize that the giant boulders at Rocky Peak Park, a popular hiking destination, was also the backdrop for scores of TV shows and Hollywood westerns. Or that just down the mountain, in the 1970’s and 80s, Rocketdyne tested engines so powerful the ground would shake throughout the entire city.
Today, most tourists come for the Reagan Library or to explore the Chumash pictographs tucked away in the hills. But on this day, they got a surprise peek into the city’s lighter side—an official who didn’t flinch when fate handed him neon pink hair.
Upon seeing one of the photos, one resident commented, “This is what makes Simi different. It’s not just the mountains and the history—it’s the people.”
Angelini plans to keep the mohawk for at least a few days. He says it might even spark some tourism. “We’ve got presidential history, prehistoric art, and now apparently, pink mohawks. Come see Simi,” Angelini said.
