Wes Gabrielsen is the nicest guy in pickleball! He has proven that nice guys can finish 1st by winning multiple National championships. Wes serves with his right hand and quickly shifts to using his left hand for most of his other shots, one of the few truly ambidextrous players in our sport. He also has a wicked slice return of serve. Wes was in my studio in this episode along with Randy Bither who was my co-host guest.

In episode 8 on Pickleball Talks with Steve Paranto, we had Simone Jardim! Simone is not only the number one ranked female singles and doubles player in the world, but also the top rated player of all other professional players in the world of pickleball. This is because of her unbelievable winning percentage.  She is one of the most exciting players to watch in person and also a great instructor.

In this episode on Pickleball Talks with Steve Paranto, our guest was Tyson McGuffin, who was recently awarded by the World Pickleball Federation as the 2018 #1 male singles player in the world! We talked about what it takes to be the number one singles player in the world plus what the average player can learn from attending one of his pickleball camps.

We also had in the studio, my guest co-host, Jesse Compton!

Mike Hoxie is the founder of Pickleball Is Great, a tournament management company. Mike loves pickleball and playing in tournaments and saw the need for an efficient way to run tournaments. So he quit his day job and now travels all over the country rendering his tournament management services.

Jason Santerre is a co-founder of Pickleball Island out of Grand Island, NY and is the largest dedicated indoor pickleball facility in all of New York State. Pickleball Island offers lessons, clinics, league play, tournaments...everything you need to play including a pro shop! 

Timothy Nelson was the first young player to dominate the scene in the modern era of Pickleball.  I’m referring to those early Nationals in Buckeye, Arizona at Festival.

Tim learned his game from the top players from the Seattle area and at the time these were the dominant  players in the world. Tim has definitely brought his own brand of pickleball to our sport. The last few years, Tim has been occupied with Law school but has returned to actively playing in pickleball tournaments again.

My guests in this episode is one of my favorite Pickleball couples. 

Shonda is one of my Pickleball grand babies (you will learn more about that later in this podcast). Rob is a great player that honed his skills in my neck of the woods, the Pacific NW. Rob is also a top instructor along with Shonda.  Rob created the very successful Level UP Pickleball camps. Rob has some new irons in the fire as well.

Seymour Rifkind was my very first guest.

Seymour has accomplished more for the sport of Pickleball in a very short period of time than anyone I can think of.

• Founded the IPTPA: International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association.

In this episode, Seymour announces to all the Pickleball Talks listeners his latest Pickleball endeavor.