Technology has caught up!! Boat Racing "LIVE"
 

Watch the OSS Nationals "LIVE" from Vegas and Lake Mead.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=142047

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I can't believe that nobody told Smitty that OPA was going to be there. :D :rolleyes:

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Heres my take....whether you want it or not.

If you have a question, ask it. leave my name out of it.

Thats all I ask

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Can you put a camera or to in Hooters so we can watch the girls from home? :eek: :evilb: :drink: :drink:

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I like it..................a Hootercam. :D

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So when do we log on to watch and what about a link?

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Hey Brucie, can I use your name? :drink:

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Bruce where did you get that awesome technology? If they could only put it in a pill -haha.

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Avs will be providing video, it will be thru the link i placed on my first post.
for the real technical stuff, ask Steve at OSO.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0044.jpg

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A beautiful day with a nice breeze at Lake Mead today!!!http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0050.jpg

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Some serious new hardware has entered the arena!!http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0059.jpg

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WHEN AND WHERE? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

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So.......this is OSS? On-lake Super Series? :D :D

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Looks like about 6" of freeboard on the New OL Super-Vee.... :eek:

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less than an hour to race time....did anyone figure this out?

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The Jumbotron which enables us to see the whole course!
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0053.jpg

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Just one of two land based camera's, their are 3 helo's with cameras
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0040.jpg

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looks like the moon :evilb:

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some testing pics
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...PICT0045-1.jpg

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more
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...PICT0043-1.jpg

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testing

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...S/PICT0049.jpg

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last one for now, dinner and gambling are calling!!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...PICT0042-1.jpg

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what a great show!!

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What kind of boat is that??

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Brand new Outerlimits

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That is what I thought!!! Very Cool!!!!

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Sorry to say the Vegas event is over, but what a show it was. Everything from the beautiful landscape, seeing hoover dam, breakfast at the Dam resturant ( in Hooter's). and without a doubt some great racing, many thanks to OSS, AMF, Hooter's Hotel and Casino, POPRA, OFFSHORE ONLY,
and all the teams that put forth the effort to make this happen. I hope this race happens again.

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Don't be a Hater.

Alot of people worked hard to pull a race off somwhere different. Why can't you just say congrats guys.

This is a BIG step forward for ALL racers SBI/OSS/POPRA/OPA. visability will help bring in team sponsorships and League sponsorships. It's funny (just an observation) almost ALL the negativity comes from guys not in a seat right now.

I will tell you this. The "DRY" run went excedingly well and I would expect some good news concerning next years commit to brodcasts

Bottom line. The OSS/OPA/Popra Worlds in Destin Will Be brodcast LIVE. If you have a product or service you would like to promote to the viewers get in touch with AMF/OSO/Talk Ofshore and they can give you the details.

The feed was pushed into the Hooters Casino on all the monitors.

Big congrats to Hooters, Bud Sellect, Mojo on the Nat. Championship wins.

Oh and thanks to Joe Scro,Stickerboy and Brett for helping me clean up at Black Jack...damn...those guys are good!

Regard's

Marc

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Marc

Give me a friggin break! I'm not a hater! I love boating and I love racing, but geezzzz! Call it what it is! I guess it's my marketing background. Thanks to everyone putting all the work into the event, but why have an "offshore event" on a lake? I just don't get it.....but I am willing to be educated! :D :D

Don't get me wrong....I'm not about to jump into a race seat, but I certainly know many people that will make an effort to watch races and continualy buy parts to support the sick habbit called "offshore boating"......... :eek: :eek: :drink:

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Nort,

My take on it is this.

It's not about the water you run on anymore, but the equipment that is being used.

They are racing with Offshore Boats which would entitle them to call them offshore races.

I am sure many from the Great Lakes would agree that if a race was brought there, they wouldn't want to call it Lake racing.... :drink: :D

Now if I make no sense with this at all, just look at what time I am posting this....... :drink:

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And Sharkey, doesn't the term "Offshore" in its basic term simply mean, "off of the shore" or "in the water"??? Ocean or Lake, racing boats must ALWAYS be raced, "Offshore or Off the Shore"... Just my thoughts on the subject...

Ben

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Nort is known for being a joker, I am sure he was just kidding.

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There's nothing wrong with calling it like you see it. While I'm not a fan of racing on flat water in an Offshore Boat, there are some lake races which have proved to be very bumpy (here in the Great Lakes area).

As far as the race being streamed live, that is awesome. Although for Destin, it should be well advertised IN ADVANCE with a link or directions clearly posted. All in all, good job.

The next step is getting accurate viewer numbers. Does anybody know how many viewer can watch a webcast?

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Sorry Nort. Long weekend...red -eye back yesterday. Thought you were flame-ing the hard work. Some of our races are in the Ocean some are on big lakes and some are on rivers. Each team has their preference (I like BIG water, but don't mind fast and flat). Hey it's fun to watch bud and crc go by at 180 when it's flat...can't do that in the rough stuff. From a "marketing perspective..they are ALL Off-shore. From a racer's perspective it's nice to be challenged by a different type of water at each race. That's why the current set of racers are SOOOOO GOOD! Not only can they run the big stuff but they can shred turns at a hundred plus through boat chop. Pretty bad-ass if you ask me.

Anyways. Get pumped for Destin and stop by the AMF camp for some steak lobster and cold Bud Select.

Marc

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I like the "variety" that OSS has brought to offshore racing. It is much more challenging for the teams and equipment to be competitive in both rough or relatively flat water (ie short tracks vs super speedways in NASCAR). Now, you add live broadcasting with excellent commentary (such as Charlie & Martin brought this past weekend) and you have a sport that can really grow! :drink:

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I especially liked the post race interviews with footage from the chopper.

Dont know who the interviewer was, but he did a pretty good job too.

Also, I like the variety of flat vs calm water. All races dont have to be true offshore ocean races.

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For the sport to grow, you need to attract $$$$.

To attract $$$$ you need to attract fans.

To attract fans, you need to give them what THEY want (Mostly Ocean Racing from where I'm sitting).

When you attract the fans, you attract the sponsers who buy the commerical time. And for the commercial time, they will pay $$$, as long as they can get the message to the fans which you attracted by giving THEM what THEY want.

The Live Broadcast is/was KILLER. KUDOS to all involved. Just don't loose sight of the real equation required to take the sport to the next level.

FANS = $$$

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Post race interviews were handled by Ian Howard of "The Water Channel".

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What made it so great, Lets start with well organized , high definition TV,
more than one camera, actually five camera's were used, including one on the nose of a helo, ( like the one used in the filming of boat scene's of MV).
In cockpit views from Bud Select and Hooters, the jumbo tron that showed all the action. and last but not least All the people that made it happen, from John Haggin and AMF, Hooter's hotel and casino,OSO, OSS, POPRA, and All the Race teams that put some serious cash down to make the long haul for the Showdown in the desert. This could not have been accomplished without any of the above being totally commited to bring offshore racing into your home. I believe that a new standard has been set.
The OSS/OPA/ POPRA World championships will raise the bar again!

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Hey Pete,

To think they did all of this from the Desert... :eek:

I can only imagine what they will be able to accomplish in Destin where there is civilization.... :drink: