This year’s Pickleball World Championships set new attendance, participation and viewership records for pro pickleball, according to a PPA Tour news release. The event — which was held earlier this month at Brookhaven Country Club in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch — drew a combined crowd of more than 60,000 and generated more than […]
We’re now several months into 2026, so The Kitchen staff put our heads together — with the help of an anonymous pro — to come up with a current list of the Top 20 women’s singles players who compete on the PPA Tour. We set some general guidelines to help us make some very tough […]
We’re now several months into 2026, so The Kitchen staff put our heads together — with the help of an anonymous pro — to come up with a current list of the Top 20 men’s singles players who compete on the PPA Tour. Because men’s singles is widely considered the deepest division top to bottom, […]
Less than a year after releasing its most popular paddle ever — the Series Three – Project Flamingo — Proton has officially launched a new model in the Series Three line: the Project Peacock. They may have kept with the bird theme in naming the paddle, but there are several key differences in how the […]
The PPA Tour is back in action this week in Lakeland, Florida, for the Lakeland Open. The tournament, being held at the Beerman Family Tennis Center, started Tuesday with pro qualifying and will continue through Sunday. As an Open, the tournament offers 1,000 ranking points to the winners and will be played as a modified […]
A new study conducted through a partnership between the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and DUPR provides new insights into pickleball player behavior, including how often people play, what they buy, how much they spend and what’s motivating them. It’s the first study that looks at consumer-level spending and behavior data tied directly to highly […]
Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin have been one of the most consistent men’s doubles teams on the PPA Tour in 2025, playing together in 12 tournaments and winning seven medals. But until Sunday they had yet to find the winner’s circle together this year. They finally broke through in the biggest event of the season, […]
We’ve made it to the weekend at the 2025 Pickleball World Championships in Dallas, and the best matches of the tournament are still ahead of us. The quarterfinal rounds of the biggest PPA Tour event of the year wrapped up Friday evening, and the semifinals in each division will be Saturday — all matches will […]
Proton this week released a new widebody shape and multiple thicknesses of its popular Project Flamingo pickleball paddle. Both the new widebody version and the original elongated version now come in 13mm and 15mm thickness options. The 13mm model offers more pop and maneuverability at the kitchen line, compared to the more plush-feeling 15mm model. Proton […]
Global gaming lifestyle brand Razer has partnered with JOOLA on a new collaboration that blends the energy of esports with pickleball. The two brands this week unveiled a limited-edition paddle that combines Razer’s iconic design with JOOLA’s Pro IV paddle technology, marking the first-ever crossover between gaming and pickleball. The Razer x JOOLA – Perseus […]
