Best Hybrid Pickleball Paddles and PPA Just Got $225 Million Investment

About this episode

The episode discusses the best hybrid pickleball paddles and the recent $225 million investment in the PPA.

Timestamps 00:00 Introduction and David's Tournament 01:45 Tickle Time: Tickle Pickleball Tournament (Presented by Cookie Grips) 09:50 What's In the News Presented by Centerline Athletics (PPA gets a $225M investment) 20:34 Top 3 Hybrids 31:00 Gherkin Dracos 33:50 Dunlop

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Hoisington

Topics covered

• pickleball
• hybrid paddles
• PPA investment
• tournaments
• sports news

Keywords

• pickleball
• hybrid paddles
• PPA
• investment
• tournament

Sponsors

Cookie Grips, Centerline Athletics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PPA

Products: Gherkin Dracos, Dunlop

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