Multiple billboards featuring Anna Leigh Waters — the No. 1 women’s pickleball player in the world — have started popping up in New York City recently, including one in Times Square that Waters and her family saw for the first time in person this week. Waters has been the face of the PPA Tour and Major […]
In this unfiltered episode of PICKLEBALLERS, pro player Roscoe Bellamy and The Kitchen founder Jared Paul sit down with two of the sport’s biggest stars — Federico Staksrud (world No. 1 in singles) and Dylan Frazier (former world No. 1 in doubles). What follows is a raw, hilarious and brutally honest look into the world of […]
It’s common for players to overestimate their pickleball skill level, thinking they’ve reached the coveted 3.5+ mark when they might still be missing key elements of the game. Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Ambition can blur the line between where you are and where you want to be. It is important to understand that […]
Pro player Quang Duong has been fined $50,000 and suspended for one PPA Tour event and four Major League Pickleball matches after participating in an event in Vietnam last weekend that was not sanctioned by the PPA Tour. The United Pickleball Association (the governing body of the PPA Tour and MLP) announced the punishment Wednesday […]
Major League Pickleball is returning to Phoenix this weekend for the league’s fourth event of the season. It will feature 7 Premier Level teams, with each team playing 6 matches from Thursday-Sunday at Arizona Athletic Grounds, which is one of the largest pickleball facilities in the country. There are no Challenger Level teams playing this […]
In addition to the two new Hype X and Hype X Pro pickleball paddles released this month, ONIX has several other options at various price points, ensuring that every type of player can find something that fits their game from one of the most trusted brands in the sport. Our play testers have spent hours […]
When Jay Simmons joined Escalade Sports (the parent company of ONIX Pickleball) in 2019, ONIX was one of only a handful of major brands in the sport. It was still early on in terms of pickleball’s explosion in popularity in the U.S., but Simmons – the brand’s Senior Product Manager – could see the incredible […]
The whole staff from The Kitchen was on-site this weekend in Austin for the third event of the 2025 Major League Pickleball season. We saw some epic matches, cheered on our Challenger Level team — the Nashville Chefs — and caught up with several players who were in town for the event. A few of them […]
In the premiere episode of the PICKLEBALLERS Podcast, hosts Roscoe Bellamy, Jared Paul and Dane Iliff share how they each discovered pickleball — and what made them fall in love with the fastest-growing sport in America. Roscoe is a top-ranked pro, while Jared and Dane are the minds behind The Kitchen, the largest media company […]
OnlyFans’ TV network/streaming platform will debut a pickleball-based competition show next month. The show on OFTV will be hosted by Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios and reality TV star Sophie Stonehouse (from Netflix show “Too Hot to Handle”). Well-known adult film actress Rachel Starr will be the referee for the show, which is called “Smash […]
