Florida shuffleboard company navigates game's growth, future and tariffs
10 Tampa Bay
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.439', 'text': 'Well, Florida pastime you may have'}, {'start': '1.680', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'thought was reserved for seniors is'}, {'start': '3.439', 'end': '7.520', 'text': 'making a comeback with shuffleboard'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '9.200', 'text': 'being driven by a new generation.'}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '11.040', 'text': 'Tonight, we take you inside a local'}, {'start': '9.200', 'end': '13.679', 'text': "small business that's not only keeping"}, {'start': '11.040', 'end': '15.599', 'text': "the sport alive, they're reinventing it."}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '17.199', 'text': "But as 10 Tampa Bay's Aaron Parcian"}, {'start': '15.599', 'end': '20.720', 'text': "explains, it's also facing some"}, {'start': '17.199', 'end': '23.160', 'text': 'uncertainty because of global tariffs.'}, {'start': '20.720', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'For more than a'}, {'start': '23.160', 'end': '27.920', 'text': 'century, this has been the epicenter of'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'a treasured Florida game. Well, this is'}, {'start': '27.920', 'end': '33.040', 'text': 'the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club.'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '35.440', 'text': "It's been around since 1924. Retired"}, {'start': '33.040', 'end': '37.600', 'text': 'firefighter Alan Rosetti is a longtime'}, {'start': '35.440', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'member. I consider myself still one of'}, {'start': '37.600', 'end': '40.920', 'text': 'the young people. Start with that. Even'}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '42.879', 'text': 'though I'}, {'start': '40.920', 'end': '45.440', 'text': 'officially fall into that other'}, {'start': '42.879', 'end': '48.719', 'text': 'category. Shuffleboard is most'}, {'start': '45.440', 'end': '52.160', 'text': 'associated with snowbirds and retirees.'}, {'start': '48.719', 'end': '53.360', 'text': 'Me too. The times are changing. Look'}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '55.600', 'text': 'around and you see the people and'}, {'start': '53.360', 'end': '57.360', 'text': "they're just having fun, having a good"}, {'start': '55.600', 'end': '59.520', 'text': 'time. That is the name of the game.'}, {'start': '57.360', 'end': '62.320', 'text': 'Membership here is now in the thousands'}, {'start': '59.520', 'end': '64.960', 'text': 'driven by a new generation of players,'}, {'start': '62.320', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'even innovators just down the road. It'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '67.600', 'text': 'was something at the time I remember'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '69.760', 'text': 'wanting to be part of like if I won the'}, {'start': '67.600', 'end': '72.320', 'text': "lottery, I'd quit my job and work there."}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '74.000', 'text': "But now it's our business. Josh Dulab"}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '76.400', 'text': 'and Stephanie Swain are the owners of'}, {'start': '74.000', 'end': '78.479', 'text': 'Allen Shuffle extends out to play the'}, {'start': '76.400', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'game. From the cues to the discs and'}, {'start': '78.479', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'everything in between, we make pretty'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '84.640', 'text': 'much all of the shuffleboard equipment'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '86.240', 'text': "across the country and the world. It's a"}, {'start': '84.640', 'end': '88.320', 'text': 'passion for the couple who took up the'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '90.479', 'text': 'game on one of their first dates at that'}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '92.640', 'text': 'St. Pete club where they also met Jim'}, {'start': '90.479', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'Allen. This is the ledger. Planning his'}, {'start': '92.640', 'end': '96.880', 'text': 'retirement and looking for someone to'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '99.040', 'text': 'take over the family business. His dad'}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '100.479', 'text': 'helped found the International Shuffle'}, {'start': '99.040', 'end': '102.079', 'text': 'Association. So, he really wanted to'}, {'start': '100.479', 'end': '104.640', 'text': 'find some people that were going to'}, {'start': '102.079', 'end': '106.159', 'text': 'support the community as well as be good'}, {'start': '104.640', 'end': '108.079', 'text': 'at making shuffleboard equipment. So,'}, {'start': '106.159', 'end': '110.920', 'text': 'Josh and Stephanie quit their jobs'}, {'start': '108.079', 'end': '112.960', 'text': 'dedicating their lives and'}, {'start': '110.920', 'end': '114.960', 'text': "livelihood. And it's here in their"}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '117.439', 'text': 'eight-person operation, they are keeping'}, {'start': '114.960', 'end': '119.280', 'text': "alive a family's legacy and the future"}, {'start': '117.439', 'end': '121.439', 'text': 'of a niche sport. One of the most'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '123.200', 'text': 'exciting things for me is just the the'}, {'start': '121.439', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'potential of improving the sport by'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '127.520', 'text': 'improving the equipment and everything'}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '129.879', 'text': 'we use for it. But like for many small'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '132.319', 'text': 'businesses, there are'}, {'start': '129.879', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'hurdles. Most recently with global'}, {'start': '132.319', 'end': '136.239', 'text': 'tariffs implemented by the Trump'}, {'start': '134.080', 'end': '137.920', 'text': 'administration and a growing trade war'}, {'start': '136.239', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'with China.'}, {'start': '137.920', 'end': '140.560', 'text': "Fortunately, ever since we've take, you"}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '142.400', 'text': "know, bought the business, we've been"}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '144.720', 'text': 'trying to shift everything we could to'}, {'start': '142.400', 'end': '146.319', 'text': 'domestic. This actually is one of our Q'}, {'start': '144.720', 'end': '149.360', 'text': 'heads that we make. And they do a lot'}, {'start': '146.319', 'end': '151.840', 'text': 'right here in Tampa Bay. Though they say'}, {'start': '149.360', 'end': '153.599', 'text': "in some areas there's no workaround. We"}, {'start': '151.840', 'end': '155.040', 'text': "don't have the money to reinvest in"}, {'start': '153.599', 'end': '157.760', 'text': 'production somewhere else to buy new'}, {'start': '155.040', 'end': '159.920', 'text': 'molds to do that. An added cost they'}, {'start': '157.760', 'end': '161.440', 'text': "don't want to pass down on a sport still"}, {'start': '159.920', 'end': '163.760', 'text': "growing. And it's hard to ask"}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '165.599', 'text': 'shuffleboarders to pay an additional 25%'}, {'start': '163.760', 'end': '168.319', 'text': "on top of what they've been paying"}, {'start': '165.599', 'end': '170.080', 'text': "because now we're having to pay 145% in"}, {'start': '168.319', 'end': '171.760', 'text': "tariffs on some of the items. But we've"}, {'start': '170.080', 'end': '173.840', 'text': "got storage everywhere. They're holding"}, {'start': '171.760', 'end': '176.319', 'text': "hope it's just a temporary headache. A"}, {'start': '173.840', 'end': '178.080', 'text': 'disc blocking the board, so to speak.'}, {'start': '176.319', 'end': '179.840', 'text': 'You can go ahead put it down. And in the'}, {'start': '178.080', 'end': '182.400', 'text': 'meantime, they are encouraging more to'}, {'start': '179.840', 'end': '186.640', 'text': 'give shuffleboard a try because even an'}, {'start': '182.400', 'end': '188.959', 'text': 'old game can spark something brand new.'}, {'start': '186.640', 'end': '191.599', 'text': 'Aaron Parcen,'}, {'start': '188.959', 'end': '191.599', 'text': '10 Tampa'}]