Is Tennis Cheaper than Pickleball? Plus, new affordable Gen-3 paddle that plays great
Update: 2025-06-09
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In this episode, we compare the equipment costs of playing pickleball versus tennis, and answer the question: is tennis actually cheaper because you don't have to replace the racquet so often? Also, a newcomer to the elite power paddle category from a company you've never heard of: Element 6.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Update on John's surgery
2:20 Latest News/ Gear Gossip: Holbrook Arma Giveaway
5:08 GRUVN LAZR-16HD Solid Foam passed PBCOR
6:34 New CRBN TruFoam Waves paddles
8:02 Help us update Latest Pro Paddle Sightings webpage
10:05 Quang Duong fined $50K from PPA, and barred from playing MLP and PPA events
13:01 People’s Choice Favorite Pros poll results
15:49 New poll: rank your favorite paddles the top pros are playing with
17:11 Paddle trends of top pros
24:12 Paddles of the Week: ProXR Gen-3 Protohypes (XXVI & XXIX)
32:03 11Six24 Vapor Alpha Pro Power
41:08 Element 6 Surtr
50:07 Gear of the Week: Slyce Gen-2 Adjustable Weighted Speed Caps
54:43 Mace training for strength, mobility, stability
56:50 Are Equipment Costs for Pickleball Actually More than Tennis?
1:05:06 Kew & A: Is there any truth that you can detect the sweet spot by sound, ie knocking on the paddle?
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Update on John's surgery
2:20 Latest News/ Gear Gossip: Holbrook Arma Giveaway
5:08 GRUVN LAZR-16HD Solid Foam passed PBCOR
6:34 New CRBN TruFoam Waves paddles
8:02 Help us update Latest Pro Paddle Sightings webpage
10:05 Quang Duong fined $50K from PPA, and barred from playing MLP and PPA events
13:01 People’s Choice Favorite Pros poll results
15:49 New poll: rank your favorite paddles the top pros are playing with
17:11 Paddle trends of top pros
24:12 Paddles of the Week: ProXR Gen-3 Protohypes (XXVI & XXIX)
32:03 11Six24 Vapor Alpha Pro Power
41:08 Element 6 Surtr
50:07 Gear of the Week: Slyce Gen-2 Adjustable Weighted Speed Caps
54:43 Mace training for strength, mobility, stability
56:50 Are Equipment Costs for Pickleball Actually More than Tennis?
1:05:06 Kew & A: Is there any truth that you can detect the sweet spot by sound, ie knocking on the paddle?
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