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?