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December 2, 2024 73 mins
The podcast Gaunlet at the World Championships in Dallas gave us more guests than we could squeeze into one episode. Part two is out now and features: - Connor Pardoe sharing battle stories from inside of the Tour Wars - Grayson Godin and Hanna Blatt talk about breaking through in pro pickleball in 2024 and playing mixed doubles with a significant other - Travis Rettenmaier explaining his journey to becoming MLP’s Jackie Moon and new investors joining the Florida Smash team Save $25 on Proton Paddles with code THEDINK exclusively at pickleballcentral.com Want to own a piece of the pickleball growth? The Pickleball Club is now accepting investors. Learn more at https://www.thepickleballclub.us/invest/ Find an event near you and register to play in The Dink Minor Leagues at https://officialminorleaguepb.com/ Create your own The Dink Minor Leagues event here: https://forms.monday.com/forms/bec208e8a148b8ed4eb36889404fd9fa?r=use1 Pickleball's #1 subscription box is here https://www.thedink.shop/ Leave your voicemail for the PicklePod at (512) 200 - 4299 ------------------ Like the ep? Do us a favor: subscribe to our channel and leave a review on Apple or Spotify -Subscribe to our 'all things pickleball' *free e-newsletter* at https://www.thedink.beehiiv.com https://www.instagram.com/thedinkpickleball/ -Follow us on IG -Continue the convo in our private FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedi... -For everything else we do, visit https://linktr.ee/dinkfam -Read more about Zane and subscribe to his newsletter at https://zanenavratilpickleball.com/ -Follow Zane on IG @zanenavratilpickleball ------------------ 0:00 Intro 1:12 Grayson Goldin and Hannah Blatt join 4:34 Going under contract and making content 9:00 Playing mixed with your significant other 13:49 Grayson’s Bitcoin experiment 17:54 Hannah’s successful squash beginnings 22:20 Travis Rettenmaier joins the pod 25:02 Travis is the ‘Florida man’ and Graham updates 29:17 Where does a solo Ben Johns rank playing Challenger doubles? 32:45 Zane’s secret 2vs1 strategy 36:50 What’s next for the Florida Smash? 41:52 Appreciation for Travis letting it rip 47:02 Connor Pardoe joins the pod 51:27 Finally moving forward after the merger 53:28 Addressing rumors of killing MLP 56:08 Decentralizing MLP events 59:01 The Black Diamonds winning financially 1:00:40 Rehashing the struggles of the tour wars 1:05:50 Happy that the merger happened 1:08:45 What are the next big steps for PPA/MLP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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