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UM, MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR A WHILE, REMEMBER THE DAYS OF, OF, OF THE BOAT RACES OUT HERE ON THE LAKE.
UH, IN, IN THE END OF JULY, JULY 27TH THROUGH 29TH, WE WILL BRING RACING BACK TO, UH, THE BARNABLE BOAT LAUNCH IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
UH, P ONE BOAT RACES IS, IS JOINING US, AND, UH, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG FESTIVAL THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.
THERE'S A PIT PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT.
THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF RACES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
IT, IT, IT'S GONNA HAVE A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS AREA.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT SHOULD BE MILLION DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO DISTRICT FIVE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE'RE GONNA FILL UP LOCAL HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS.
UM, WE ARE WORKING AS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'RE, THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG DRAW.
WE'RE GONNA DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT, UH, PARKING ARRANGEMENTS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LARGE PARKING LOTS AND HAVE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO SO THAT WE DON'T PUT A HUGE, UH, BURDEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IN THE COMING WEEK, WEEKS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE RACE GUIDE.
STAY TUNED TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND JEFFERSON PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE, AS WELL AS, UH, AS WELL AS PP ONES.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A COMPREHENSIVE GUARD WITH PARK GUIDE WITH PARKING INFO, EVENT MAPS, FOOD VENDORS, AND SAFETY AND ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR, OR JEFF PARRISH.GOV, UH, TO, TO, TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SHERIFF, JOSEPH LATO.
UH, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO FORWARD TO BRING HIM RACING BACK, UH, PARTNERING UP WITH P ONE.
UH, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT, UH, FOR US.
THE JEFFERSON POWER SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS I SAID, UH, WITH, UH, HANS OBERG SAID EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT PARKING, UH, LOCATED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER AT, UH, MARIE ER AND OVER AT GRACE KING.
UH, AND EVEN 3,500 CAUSEWAY WITH SHUTTLES PROVIDED BY THE PARISH, UH, TO BRING EVERYBODY OUT.
BUT OF COURSE, THE LEVY IS GONNA BE WIDE OPEN HERE FROM BUCK DOWN TO THE BON BALL BOAT LAUNCH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, THE CROWDS THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER FOR, UH, WE'RE COMING OFF A GREAT EVENT IN ZURICH.
WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, HOST THEM HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL BE READY WITH ALL OF OUR ASSETS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT TIME.
THANK YOU, SHERIFF, UH, WITH THIS BOAT BEHIND ME.
I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR TICKET BOOK, 'CAUSE JUST LOOKING AT THAT THING MAKES YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A TICKET.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE, THE GENTLEMAN WHO, WHO BROUGHT THIS, UH, EVENT TO JEFFERSON PARISH AND DISTRICT FIVE, SHANE GUIDRY.
YEAH, THANKS FOR, UH, FOR COMING EVERYBODY.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, RACING WAS A, A BIG PART OF NEW ORLEANS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, PARTNER WITH P ONE TO BRING IT BACK IN A BIG WAY.
SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE ONE OF THREE NATIONAL RACES THAT THAT P ONE DOES.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE EVENT.
THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS AND BOATS HERE.
THERE'LL BE, UH, SEADOO RACES HERE PROFESSIONALLY.
THERE'LL BE ALL THE DIFFERENT RACE CLASSES, YOU KNOW, FROM THE OUTBOARDS ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPERCAT.
LIKE YOU SEE HERE, IT'S 175 MILE AN HOUR BOAT THAT I OWN MYSELF, THAT IF I WANTED, I COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT GO TO 200.
BUT NOT WILLING TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RIGHT LAKE FOR IT.
AS, AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, WE HAVE ALL THE RESTAURANTS.
WE HAVE THE BARS THAT PEOPLE WANNA ENJOY AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE THE CASINOS THAT ARE WANTING TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT LISTEN, I GO ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH THIS BOAT, AND THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE LIKE JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO COME TOGETHER AND PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, WHERE IT'S CALM, IS PROBABLY THE FINEST PLACE TO RUN A BOAT LIKE THIS.
WE DO LIKE SOME WIND, THESE BOATS LIKE TO PACK WIND.
UH, THE MORE WIND YOU HAVE, THE MORE YOU CAN GET THE BOAT OUT THE WATER AND JUST HAVE THE PROPS IN THE WATER AND, AND GET MORE SPEED.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BREEZE BLOWING THAT DAY FOR ALL THE GUYS THAT ARE RACING.
AND, UH, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TOO STRONG, BUT IT DOES LIKE A TWO FOOT CHOP AS WELL, SO WE CAN ALWAYS HANDLE THAT.
UM, THE NATIONAL EVENT THAT ENDS THE TOURNAMENT IN NOVEMBER, I'VE BEEN TO IT SEVERAL YEARS, AND IF WE CAN GET JUST 50% OF THAT LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION INTO THIS EVENT, I THINK NEXT YEAR WHEN IT COMES BACK, IT'LL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT P ONE HAS FOR THE YEAR.
SO, WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 'EM.
DO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH P ONE RACING, CAN YOU TALK, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPEEDS THAT THE BOATS WILL BE TRAVELING? YEAH.
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GONNA BE GOING ON THE LAKEFRONT? UM, HOW MANY DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS WILL WE GO? YOU KNOW, SO THEY'LL HAVE CLASSES FROM, UH, 30 FOOT LONG TO THE SUPERCATS, WHICH ARE ABOUT, UH, 60 FOOT.UM, THE SUPERCATS GONNA RUN IN EXCESS OF 200 MILES AN HOUR.
UH, THE SMALLER BOATS ARE GONNA RUN CONSISTENTLY AT A HUNDRED, 110 MILES PER HOUR.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TURNS, RIGHT? AND HOW THE COURSE IS SET UP.
UH, TAKING THOSE TURNS, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO, UM, SET YOUR TRIM IN THE WIND.
TOO MUCH TRIM, AS WE SAW IN LAKE HAUS, WHO RECENTLY CAUSED THE BOAT TO FLIP THREE OR FOUR TIMES, AND ANYBODY SAW THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE.
UM, GUYS GET A LITTLE OVERZEALOUS AND WANT TO MAKE UP, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE OR TWO SECONDS THAT THEY MAY BE BEHIND.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE WIND THAT DAY.
UM, CERTAINLY THE SUPER CATS ARE THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO WATCH.
THEY GO THE FASTEST, THEY'RE THE FUNNEST.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THEY BUMP EACH OTHER.
THEY, THEY, THEY DO FLY INTO THE AIR A LOT OF TIMES.
THEY'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO LAND RIGHT SIDE UP AND KEEP ON ON GOING, WHICH IS SOMETHING AMAZING TO SEE.
UM, SO YEAH, IT'S, UH, THEN OF COURSE, THEN YOU HAVE THE ONE MILE RACE.
THE ONE MILE RACE IS, IS, IS IS SOMETHING TO SEE.
SO ANYBODY CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I COULD PUT THIS BOAT IN THAT ONE MILE RACE, SO HAVE AS THE FASTEST TIME, YOU KNOW, WINS THAT CLASS AND THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT CLASSES FOR IT.
AND THE CEDAR RACE IS A GREAT TO WATCH.
SO IF YOU HAVE A BOAT COME ON OUT AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE YOUR BOAT AROUND AND MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR ANCHOR SO YOU'RE NOT FLOATING IN THE WAY AND GET SOMEBODY TROUBLE.
UH, ONE OF THE RACES IN TROUBLE.
BUT THE CEDAR RACES ARE AMAZING TO SEE.
THESE CEDARS ARE DOING A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THESE GUYS CONTROL THESE THINGS.
WHAT'S THE COURSE LIKE GOING? SO IT, IT'S A ROUND COURSE, RIGHT? SO IT'S A, IT'S LIKE AN, IT'S LIKE AN, IT'S LIKE AN OVAL IF YOU WILL.
UM, THE TURNS CAN'T BE TOO TIGHT BECAUSE THE BOATS ARE GOING SO FAST AND THEY, THEY JUST DON'T TURN THAT WELL.
UH, YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE WIDE TURNS OR YOU'LL FLIP 'EM REALLY QUICK.
NOW THEY DO SLOW DOWN THE TURNS.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE AN NASCAR RACE, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA SLOW DOWN AND TURN AND YOU'RE GONNA SPEED UP IN A STRAIGHTAWAY.
SO P ONE'S VERY SIMILAR TO, TO NASCAR IF YOU WILL, BUT ON THE WATER.
SO LIKE, WHERE WILL THEY START AND WHERE WILL THEY END, LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH? SO, SO THE LAST TIME LAKE FRONT AIRPORT AND THEN
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT WIDE OF A TRACK.
THE LAST, UH, SETUP I SAW IS GONNA BE PRETTY MUCH FROM HERE TO THE COAST GUARD STATION AND OUT.
SO I MEAN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE LEVEE AND, OR THOSE THAT HAVE HIGHER HOMES WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE RACES ALL DAY LONG.
CAN YOU REMINISCE ON THE OUT COPELAND RACING DAYS AND HOW THIS WILL BE SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BOATS ARE DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A PERSONAL BOAT.
IT'S NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, IN A RACE AND IT DOES 175 MILES PER HOUR.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK IN THE DAY, UM, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, EXCITED WHEN THEY GOT A BOAT TO 1 50, 1 65.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE OTHER DAY THE GUY SET THEM ONE MILE RECORD AT 212 MILES PER HOUR IN A, YOU KNOW, STOCK BOAT, RIGHT? UM, SO IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE MORE COLORFUL, THEY'RE WIDER, THEY'RE BIGGER, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY THEY DIDN'T GO DOWN THE ROAD THIS WAY.
THEY WENT DOWN THE ROAD WITH ESCORTS, RIGHT? SO OF COURSE THEY WEREN'T THIS WIDE.
UM, THIS IS EVEN WIDE ONE, I MEAN, I'M SEEING SOME COMING OUT THIS YEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE 14 AND A HALF FOOT WIDE.
SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO BRING THIS RACE HERE TO JEFFERSON PARISH? YOU KNOW, IT, IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG.
UM, SPOKE TO P ONE IN PASSING ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO.
EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WE HAVE HERE TO OFFER.
EXPLAINED TO 'EM HOW, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I'VE BEEN TO LAKE HAVASU GREAT PLACE, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
NOT SO GREAT IN MY OPINION, FOR RACING TIGHT, RISKY, AND OTHER PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN TO.
IT'S NOT ONLY IS IT AMAZING FOR IT, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES THAT ARE SPECTATORS CAN JUST BE LINED UP WATCHING.
THERE'LL BE SO MUCH ROOM FOR BOATS TO SAFELY DROP, ANCHOR, AND STAY AWAY AND STAY SAFE.
YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT OTHER PLACES.
SO I THINK, AND LOOK, THEY HAVEN'T, P ONE'S NEVER BEEN HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY THE RACES WERE A DIFFERENT, UM, COMPANY PUTTING 'EM ON.
UH, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA LOVE THIS PLACE.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA WANNA BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE JEFFERSON PARISH CONTRIBUTE IN ORDER TO GET THAT HERE? I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE COUNCIL EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
THE, THE PARISHES FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, I CAN JUST GO BACK.
WE, UH, ACTUALLY, I, I WAS REMISS IN NOT INTRODUCING, UH, COUNCIL CHAIR SCOTT WALKER AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE, JENNIFER VAN FRANKEN, WHO WAS ALSO WITH US.
UM, BUT WE, WE STARTED NOT TOO LONG AGO TO PUT THIS TOGETHER WITH MR. GIDREY'S STAFF.
I MEAN, AND, AND WE WORKED DOGGEDLY, YOU KNOW, THE PARISH ONCE, JUST LIKE NEW ORLEANS IS GREAT FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
THIS AREA IS, IS GREAT FOR THIS RACE.
SO WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THESE GUYS TO TRY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
UM, THE PARISH IS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF INKIND CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO ASSIST.
I, I THINK THE, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $25,000, THERE'S A NUMBER THAT STANDS IN MY HEAD.
I HOPE, I HOPE WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP IT TO THAT.
BUT, UM, BUT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING THESE GUYS TO, TO, TO, TO COME
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AND STAY HERE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, SO MY COMPANY'S, YOU KNOW, UH, PUT UP THE MONEY, $300,000, UM, TO BE THE PROMOTER.WHY WE DO THAT? LOOK, WE MAKE ALL OF OUR MONEY ON THE WATER.
WE DON'T MAKE ON, ON LAND AT ALL ANYWHERE, UM, GLOBALLY, GULF OF MEXICO, EVERYWHERE.
SO WE TRY TO GIVE BACK, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO GIVE BACK TO, TO BOATERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE BAHAMAS, THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTIC AND THROUGHOUT THE GULF, WE GIVE TO, UM, DIFFERENT LARGE FISHING TOURNAMENTS AS WELL.
THIS IS, WE KNOW WE'RE OUT THERE DISTURBING THOSE WATERS AND DISTURBING THOSE MOTOR.
SO WE, WE TRY TO GIVE BACK FOR THE SPECTATORS THAT COME OUT, WHAT KIND OF, UH, UH, THINGS CAN THEY GET? FOOD BOOTH SOUVENIR, BOOTH DISPLAYS? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION? YES.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'LL BE VENDORS OUT HERE WITH FOOD.
I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE A STAGE SET UP WHERE P ONE'S GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT.
SO YEAH, IT, IT'LL, IT'LL BE AN EVENT.
IT'LL BE SOMEWHAT OF A FESTIVAL ALONG THE WATER.
WHAT, WHAT TIME THE BOATS WILL BE AT, AT NIGHT, WHERE YOU WALK AROUND AND YOU'LL BETTER SEE 'EM ON DISPLAY LIKE THIS.
WHAT TIME WILL THE RACES START? I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT SCHEDULE.
WHERE IS THE STARTING LINE? THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT EITHER.
YEAH, AGAIN, AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST HELPING OUT GETTING IT HERE.
I'M NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN WORKING
ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL BE, BE AVAILABLE ONLINE SHORTLY.
SO JUST, JUST STAY TUNED TO, UM, TO THE P ONES WEBSITE, JEFF PARRISH.GOV AND OUR, AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
THERE'S SOME BIGGER THAN THIS THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS ONE CAN ELSE, CAN CATCH A THROW, DO ANYTHING RIGHT? AND SO DID JARED AROUND THE LAKE, BUT.