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Apr 1, 2026
by Kevin Stephens  
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Welcome to Pinkleball.com

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the United States, so that’s why we’re changing gears and shifting our focus to all things paddle-powered. Looking for the latest carbon fiber paddle reviews, tips on the most aerodynamic pickleball paraphernalia, and all the top tournament results? Pinkleball.com’s editors are the foremost experts on the sport, diligently reporting from courts around the world, including the ones that used to be dirt jumps and pump tracks.

Sea Swatter 2026 is approaching fast, the industry’s hottest all-pickleball all the time trade show. We’ll have first looks on the freshest shoes, knee braces, and after-workout ointments.



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Pinkbleball Academy
This isn’t just another reality TV show - it’s a virtual reality TV show. Put on those VR goggles, sit back on the couch, and revel in all the drama and intrigue as a house full of middle-aged men and women paddle it out to see who will win a year long sponsorship from the Pickleball Palace. You’ll feel like you’re part of the action, except you won’t even need to break a sweat.

The prize package includes everything needed for suburban domination, including custom embroidered sweat bands, a hat with an extendable sun visor, and a tote bag that fits perfectly in the back of any overpriced hybrid SUV. Tune in every Tuesday - you’re not going to want to miss any of the 52 episodes.



Pinkbleball SellBuy
Do you have a closet full of old, sweaty balls that need a new home? The Pinkbleball SellBuy is the place to declutter and make room for that new ultralight paddle you can’t stop thinking about. Find deals on everything from hot asphalt to nearly-new nets in the SellBuy.



Performance Paddlecast
Join Mario “Short Shorts” Disquiglio, Pat Soda, and Michelle Cashmere as they open up the mail bag and dig into those exciting reader questions. How much anti-chafing powder is too much? Are electronic scoreboards ruining the purity of the sport? And so much more.



CourtSearch App
Hunting for the secret courts, those off-the-beaten-path gems that only attract the best of the best? The CourtSearch app makes it easy to walk right up to a hidden spot like you own the place. As the saying goes, if it’s on the heatmap its open for business. Don’t get lost ever again - sophisticated GPS triangulation ensures that you’ll be tracked every second of every day, and the entire world will have access to your vitals, internet passwords, and browsing history. All this can be yours for just $69 paid bi-weekly.



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119 Comments
  • 3013
 The fact that this was a pop up 😭
  • 82
 THIS^^^
  • 494
 In my decades on the internet, this is the first pop-up that I actually liked.
  • 50
 It made my morning...had a good chuckle! Pinkleball.....lmao
  • 81
 pickleball is a sport for people with zero talent that got bored of spike ball
  • 80
 @gearbo-x: Sounds like somebodies got paddle envy...
  • 71
 @stiingya: ask your dad what your mom thinks about my paddle
  • 20
 @gearbo-x: spike ball is going to ruin court access for all us pickleball players...
  • 22
 I'm curious about my (currently) 3 downvotes, probably too many to all be fat-finger accidents:

Is it people in advertising who think we should like all pop-ups? Or is it people who also disliked this particular pop-up? I'm not mad, just perplexed.
  • 1780
 Can't wait for RedBall Rampage
  • 467
flag korev FL (Apr 1, 2026 at 6:39) (Below Threshold)
 Pickleball Rampage
  • 580
 ^ same joke but worse
  • 271
 Blueball rampage is preferred
  • 34
 PaddleRage?
  • 51
 Who is gonna get blueballed this year?!
  • 21
 Don’t forget RedBall Ontheline
  • 850
 I'm looking forward to Friday Flails!
  • 531
 When do the 32cm paddle reviews come out? Ive heard the lob and power benefits but for flick shots and slices im not sure. Seems 26cm is still best for those
  • 170
 Paddles will just keep getting heavier and heavier. Remember when we had 7 ounce paddles, back in the day?
  • 40
 Hell, let's go 32" paddles - carbon of course.
  • 30
 I'll wait for 36cm paddles
  • 343
 I spent all my effort trying to get people into MTB to no avail, but everyone jumps on pickleball cuz it's trendy! I know it's April fools, but I just wanted to rant.
  • 42
 I got excited about this because I like playing Pinkleball. I suck at tennis and table tennis is just that.......but the happy medium is Pinkleball.
  • 30
 @CornPop: That's BC it is a simplified version of the sports you mentioned. Glad you like it.
  • 41
 Ppl jump on pickleball because it costs $15 for a racket and then it’s free.
  • 30
 @kookseverywhere: It's also easy af. Learning curve is not steep, it's easy to have fun your first time out and play it very casually. Not necessarily the case with mtb.
  • 21
 @BullMooose: I totally get why people like it. It's fun. I'm more complaining than anything lol. I've tried for years to get my brothers to buy mtb's.
  • 300
 Does 1% of every membership fee go toward building pickleball courts on top of 90's style trails?
  • 30
 One court at each trail intersection. It's not Randonnée...it's "Random eh PinckleBall"! Must have a "table" built into and out-of each end. Think Chinese firedrill + a ball volley. Stopping to play with your balls every few hundred meters will cause such an influx of new entrants to the sport. Best mash-up ever...PvP...v MTB.
  • 290
 Surely the app should be PickleForks
  • 160
 I will ride my Gas Gas e-bike to the courts, use my Tesla paddle while adorned in the latest Athleisure wear, and pull my left hamstring on the first serve. I will then drown my sorrows with some Mich Ultra.
  • 170
 The logical next stop for Levy
  • 10
 Beat me to it.
  • 140
 Don’t post the winners names in the headlines!!! 😂
  • 110
 Pick-le a paddle size and be a dick about it.
  • 20
 Nick your favourite Ball? Grab another.
  • 100
 I feel about Pickleball how so many Pinkbikers feel about eBikes. I don't get it and/or I don't want to get it.
  • 10
 Felt the same way till I took an intro class. The scoring and rules are different from everything else. Now it's fun af.
  • 60
 Honestly my new coil shock carbon fiber paddle with a OneUp oval grip dampening system is top notch. My only remaining upgrade is surface rubber, and I'm torn between radial or tubeless. Pretty sure I'm gonna shralp every serve once I decide, though.
  • 20
 Is that double-wrapped rubber? Lame, I only go skin-less with palm (oil) sealant. Newb...
  • 10
 @ChuckWall: You say that now, but wait until you see how low I can run my paddle pressure so that the ball conforms to it. I can play in the wet and still be accurate...
  • 20
 ...Hardly, there'll be no schralping or accuracy with that low pressure setup. Totally Limp, soft and flipy-flopy dude, it won't conform just deflect and dribble. You gotta white-knuckle-it gloveless, 'till she throbs and it's about to burst, firm pressure only...that way can you accurately spray the court as-you-please! They won't see you coming until it's too late...it's the only way for an accurate face-shot to shutdown your opponent and have them begging for a re-match. But you won't let-em, they'll be choking on your balls in no time.

Low pressure ha! Rookie move...read the pb trends dude, max psi is 🔥🔥🔥 baby!
  • 90
 As Farva would say, "I got you good you f*cker."
  • 30
 "its powdered sugar... it's delicious"
  • 20
 Oh look, a bar of soap!
  • 110
 Props to @Rageingdh! I had proposed this April Fool's joke long before your comment, but I will say that you making that comment helped me get approval to run with it! Notice the comment after yours: "you ruined their April fools joke". I cried that night.
  • 30
 @outsiderVT: I'd say it actually setup your joke nicely....but I can imagine how it may have took a bit of wind out of your mental sails. Either way nice work on this, and hopefully Saxon Hill opens soon!
  • 60
 This post gave me blue balls.
  • 100
 It gave me pinkpickle
  • 50
 i get pickleball recreationally. Pro pickleball is up there with XC Ebike racing. Go play tennis.
  • 30
 Missed opportunity to have Forge & Bond sponsor you're joke. Unless they did sponsor this and you're going to tell us they didn't? hmmmm
  • 30
 Finally I can sell my pickleball paddles I no longer need since I am riding all the time
  • 40
 I hate that you get me every year.
  • 30
 How do I sign up?! My current foam paddle has been exhausting my forearm. I really need an ePaddle!!
  • 30
 I’d rather play pickleball than go to Vegas to see Blake Shelton. (Sweet add pb)
  • 22
 I'm currently visiting my g.f. in Naples, Florida. In a couple of weeks the Pickleball US Open will be held here. It's apparently the biggest pickleball tournament nationwide, maybe in the world. The prize money is big, and the top pro players have massive endorsement deals. Yeah, I get it, it's fun to crap all over that sport, but it's legit. (And no, I don't play. Still, I can understand its appeal.)
  • 30
 Very excited to find a new home for all my old, sweaty balls
  • 20
 Well done! Please keep this gag going for a few months. Y'all better buy that domain while it's cheap.
  • 30
 Can't wait til TroLee release new apparel.
  • 21
 Not gonna lie, you got me with this. There are SOOO many pickleball players here, this site would probably get a lot of action
  • 20
 actually pull the trigger and make the Pinkleball site, for satire and backhanded compliment articles like this.
  • 10
 Jokes on pinkbike. I bought the Pinkleball.com domain while it was still available for less than $100,000. Deals like these don't come every day!
  • 10
 A brand new pickleball indoor center just opened up close to my house. it would be a lot easier to go there than to drive to my nearest trail...
  • 10
 If you can bunnyhop the height of a net, then you're golden!
  • 20
 Sea Swatter, sweaty balls, Dario in short shorts. Over priced hybrid suvs. OMG this the best April fools yet.
  • 10
 I tried pickleball. It's tedious and boring. Prefer peddles to paddles. Maybe when I transition to an E-bike then I will also find pickleball more appealing.
  • 10
 Rather have my balls pinkled than pickled, but you can do what you want when I'm dead babe.
  • 10
 They should join forces with Starling. Their new downtube material would surely make for some effective picklewhacker.
  • 20
 Are there any pickleball paddles with a thickness of 28.99 mm coming out?
  • 20
 Nice to see Dorkco using Yorkshire dialect in their marketing.
  • 10
 Bet it starts out cool but it ends up being flooded with a bunch of electric assisted pickleball paddle ads
  • 10
 I came to check out the high-tech energy drinks, but I'm staying for the surveillance. Congratulations Pinkbucket!
  • 10
 How bad is it that I forgot it was April fools and actually thought this was real?
  • 10
 Your penance is that you have to listen to a video of a whole pickleball tournament, as if it were an audiobook.
  • 10
 C´mon guys........from extreme Bicycle to the biggest LOOSER ¨sport¨???????? LMAO
  • 20
 There is only one thing worse than golf . . . and you found it.
  • 10
 Does Mega Oil Corp also do demolition? I got a local pump track that needs to get avicerated.
  • 11
 So what! Pickleball is for the retired and is not going to be a fad much longer.
  • 80
 In a few years no one will be able to afford retirement anyway.
  • 20
 I forgot what day it was
  • 20
 Luuuuv it!
  • 11
 YES! Finally! Now that you are up there at the cutting edge again, please start phasing out the old fashioned bike content.
  • 10
 This will drive up the numbers...
  • 21
 You can pickle deeez balls!
  • 10
 The ads were a great touch! About burned my breakfast reading this
  • 10
 Wait and see..... This isn't a joke.
  • 10
 this, this is what we need right now
  • 10
 Here come the e-pickleball haters....
  • 10
 When did PINKBIKE move to Connecticut?
  • 10
 This was too funny. Tears
  • 10
 I hope you are banning e paddles from the courts
  • 10
 I mean it kinda fits with all the e-bike content.
  • 10
 Time to start my new pay channel: OnlyPaddles
  • 10
 can't wait to paddle up the bros
  • 10
 Slow clap, nice work team.
  • 10
 Good one guys. The pop up got me cussing for a sec.
  • 10
 Is having tennis background as useful as having a bmx background.
  • 10
 Definitely looks like a session....
  • 10
 You magnificent bastards!
  • 10
 Missed a trick not having that pop-up sponsored by Forge+Bond!
  • 10
 F & B Sports has to be so stoked about this.
  • 10
 At least we will get news about Forge and Bond again back in the rotation.
  • 10
 Bring it!
  • 10
 Awesome!
  • 10
 Thanks for this pd
  • 10
 Ive been bamboozled
  • 10
 yes! finally!!
  • 10
 stoked for this lol
  • 10
 Next level joke!
  • 11
 Way too obvious. I like the April Fool jokes that really fool people.
  • 12
 Motor assisted cyclists throwing shade on popular athletic sport.
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