Absolutely pitiful tv coverage this weekend. We all tried to get the coverage or live streaming but nobody could get it. Took buds boat to Redheads today & even their "coverage" was awful. Truly sad this day & age how this all played out.

Agreed.

It was the “Look I have a Xinsurance Helicopter” show with terrible coverage of the race. If they were smart they would hire the pioneer of offshore videos…Legend Jeff Giradi

I tried watching the video from Victory Plus, however between the delays and lack of real competition in some of those races made for a long, long day. watching boats run in classes by themselves in boats that are 20 years old, or barely able to achieve 60mph on flat water is not entertaining. Add the endless drivel of the announcing due to lack of action is mind numbing.

LOL, sounds about as exciting as 95% of the shoot out.

but with the shootout you know what to expect!

If yours was horrific, it was better than mine! Amazing how much money is on the water and they cannot get it together. The real cost of ****ty coverage is that any potential sponsors see boat racing as a joke with no chance of any ROI. It surprises me that Monster has become such a big sponsor.

If it wasn't for Matt's daily breakdowns from the races. I would have 0 clue on what actually happened. Gave up even trying to live stream last year. Waste of time.

Seems to me, those that are bashing what is going on, cant see the business opportunity associated on putting on a "top tier" coverage show?

Lets face it, boat racing has what a .005% following in the sports world? So any sponsors etc would be likely from or through the race teams themselves. Then through in the constant changing of sanctioning bodies (or to put it more direct, in fighting...) I can see why getting "real Coverage" would be difficult.

But like I said, certainly leaves an opportunity for the right person or group to put their monies in as an investment....

Let me know how it works out?

Let’s recap, Did you watch the broadcast? If you did I guess you approved with the remaining 8 of us say it was poor. I hope Xinsurance folks are reading this. It’s called Quality Assurance and a way to IMPROVE! This isn’t Rocket science and the sport back in the days of the OPT and even with SBI was done at a level which makes this production look amateurish. Constant camera shots from the helicopter that were blocked due to cameraman error. Constant camera shot of the pilots thighs, WTF! If they want to show leg give me a hot hooters girl in the copilots seat. First time ever for me I turned the channel.