Broc Raiford and the Red Bull team built this custom track near Jean Lafitte. Sorry, BMX fans: It was a one-time deal. Photo: Courtesy of Red Bull
🚲 A BMX course in the bayou near Jean Lafitte? Sick. Destrehan-native Broc Raiford designed and rode the one-time-only course while here for the X Games last month. (Watch on YouTube)
X Games organizers also donated one of the professional-level ramps used for the event to New Orleans skate park Parasite. (Fox 8)
🚀 As speculation over a Southwest Louisiana SpaceX port continues, the federal government could loosen environmental requirements for private space companies. (Politico)
🗳️ Col. Robert Hodges, the New Orleans native who retired as head of the Louisiana State Police, is running for St. Tammany sheriff. (WDSU)
🏊 Jefferson Parish has secured $30 million of the estimated $75 million needed to transform the shuttered Hope Haven campus into a fitness facility and competitive swimming venue. The project would include an Olympic-sized pool with space for 1,500 spectators. (WWL)
