Meet the Man Who Has Deconstructed 4000+ Paddles | The Hard TRUTH About The Paddle Industry

Welcome to the Briones Pickleball Podcast! Stay tuned in every week as we talk all things pickleball! Pickleball strategy, pickleball news, pickleball paddles and much, much more!

00:00 Intro
01:02 The one "paddle" company that CHANGED it all
04:00 The BIGGEST problem with the modern day paddle
04:57 The mad genius behind the paddles 
08:16 The Top 3 common problems with the paddle in your bag
10:48 The Top 3 common materials that make up a paddle 
14:10 ALL paddles are made in the same factory???
17:06 An EXTREMELY low barrier to entry: The HUGE problem
22:20 PADDLEGATE 1.0 - The GRIT
25:18 Why CRBN constantly hits the limelight
26:56 How exactly are paddles deemed LEGAL today? 
29:49 Was is the "grit" that is used on paddles? 
33:49 DELAMINATION - Paddlegate 2.0
36:51 How do you know if your paddle is delaminated? 
40:18 Vatic Pro: Caden's de-lamination story
43:21 What's the advantage of a delaminated paddle?
48:00 What's the solution for de-lamination?
50:16 "Behind the scenes" pictures of the PaddleFix factory
1:02:40 Quality control is still the big "issue" 
1:04:55 Illegal paddles OR steroids?
1:11:37 Paddles of the future : Where the game is headed
1:14:10 Is Diadem's "VICE" really the future of pickleball?
1:18:25 Five years from now, the game will be UNRECOGNIZABLE
1:23:45 A new U.S. paddle company is coming soon
1:26:22 Check out the NEW Arizona Pickleball League!

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