Hey. I'm standing here at a very exciting event here in Los Angeles. It's a pumpkin. What do they call this? A pumpkin? Pumpkin race. Pumpkin race. But the pumpkins have wheels on them, and I have a contestant right here who I'm going to have kind of give us an introduction to what this is and how he created his a particular pumpkin. Edward, tell us more about this
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:15
I bumped into Foo and his wonderful wife. I forget your name. Melanie. Melanie. And they have a basketball court on my street, and I love them for that alone. But they also are really excited about them. They got an entry here. So just explain your process and what? I'll take a picture of you with them in pumpkin. But what was your process? Try to make parallel axles with fast wheels and a heavy pumpkin. Physics
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:55
Really hard to talk with your teeth in, but we wanted to be authentic. We wanted to be authentic. You think you're going to win? Well, not the race, because it's kind of messed up. Yeah. Do you think that the little doggie with the pearls is going to be dragged behind? Yeah. But do you think it's worth it because of the whole take a doggy off before you? Yeah. And what does it mean to be a part of this great competition?
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:47
I think we actually have scooter wheels this year. Not skateboard wheels, just like correction. But we have two axles that are going through and there's a trick to getting them in and getting them straight. It's taken years of practice to get this right. Can I just say that the rubber band thing is curious? I haven't seen that. Tell me about the rubber bands outside your clips. Well, that was a last minute addition
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:30
Time for the children's parade. So everybody line up behind Maisa Frida. She's got the giant, giant pumpkin on a stick. A very tasty treat. Children of all ages are welcome to participate in the children's parade. We'll be starting out in just a minute. Here we go. Well, here they come. Here they come
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:23
To that end, by the way, we're going to be raffling off some pumpkin race canvas bags, some custom made bags that are really collectible. They are rare, rare, rare. And so be sure to make sure to get your raffle tickets. They are one dollars a ticket, or you can get six tickets for $5, which gosh, that sounds like a bargain to me, doesn't it? Yeah
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:36
They're teenagers. That's right. A photo of your family or your kids. Are you all right? Are there any first time racers here? Yeah. Look at that. That's impressive. For those of you who've been here before, you know the rules, they don't change. They stay the same every year. Here it is. This is a double elimination rate. That means if you lose on your first rate, you're not done
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:35
I say your name do solemnly swear do solemnly swear to have fun at this race and keep a smile on my face if I crash I will not cry I'll use the guts for pumpkin pie
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:19
Hey, Cheryl's, my sweet neighbor, and she's going to tell me quickly what you do here. As a I am in charge of the leaderboard, which is the scoreboard of who's winning and who's losing the next review. How long have you been doing this? Past two years. Two years. Bye
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:23
So it seems that every pumpkin has a name, and they do it in heat. So I'm probably not going to say for all the heats, but I'm gonna give you a good image of the first heat. We're just about ready for our first race, everybody. Are you ready? Here. I'm sorry. Here we go. Okay, so here we go. Are you ready? They had two in the first heat, and one made it and one didn't
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:12
Wow. That was a crash. It was a pretty it's a crash, but he made it. This is like pumpkin guts. It's cool. Okay
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:52
We elizabeth egg prank is we eliminate. All right. On your board. Get set. Go
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:42
We have organic hats under the sea. Your wheels where you want them to be. Remember, no pushing. Just let it go. On your mark, get this
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:32
I'm pulling myself away from this exciting event, but it was really fun. They've done this for ten years and it brought out a lot of different kinds of people, a lot of different kinds of pumpkins. And it's just back to usual here. They've missed it for the past two years. And it's super fun to find all these amazing people the top of this little hill near my house. Kind of crazy. And tell me your pumpkin stories
