The Padel Podcast

Season 2, Episode 20, Ray Brinkmanis (Padel Alba)

Ray has extensive knowledge of how to run a business, so he thought what better way to actually jump into a new business as to get into padel court building!
He has a real passion for the game and his courts at Padel Alba certainly don't disappoint! 
But how did a guy from Latvia become a court manufacturer owner in Alicante, Spain!
Listen to the episode to figure it out!
 
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Season 2, Episode 19, Toby Bawden (Hexa Padel, Dropshot UK)

Mr UK Padel on the podcast, ladies and gentlemen!
Toby knows, plays, builds, sells everything padel! A true renaissance man of the UK padel scene, he is part of the LTA Padel coaching, knows everything about the gear, and also builds padel courts around to make this sport accessible for all!
And first and foremost a great sport, who has been amazing with his knowledge on the pod! Go and have a listen!
 
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Special Episode, New Pairs, Geneva and Malaga Open Post and Pre

This week I thought it would be useful to talk about the pair changes and what has happened lately in the padel world. 
Yanguas-Stupaczuk, Di Nenno-Lebron, Paquito-Cardona and Alex Ruiz-Garrido are the new pairs I talk about in a bit more depth and also about the fastest final of the season and one of the best matches, which ended in a weird handshake, oh well, we all know Lebron now, don't we? 
Please enjoy and let me know if you would like to hear more about me blabbing...
 
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Season 2, Episode 18, Tito Moreno (AMET International)

Tito Moreno has been there since the beginning of padel in the US!
As an enthusiastic kid he got to play his first competitive match against Agustin Tapia and he didn't disappoint! He came up with the brilliant full turnkey service company, AMET International and still trains every day to become one of the players who will represent the USA in the 2032 Olympics in padel! Really interesting chat and definitely worth a listen to the longest episode there has been in the podcast's tenure!
 
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Season 2, Episode 17, Gilles Verbraeken (Braekie Padel Solutions)

Gilles is one of the 50 most influential people in the padel scene!
When you hear how measured he is when he talks about padel, you can just feel that he oozes confidence, while he has seen so much in padel!
He know MATCHi inside and out, and the same applies for Playtomic. He is now a freelance helper around the padel world, and in general just an absolute gem of a person!
When will Mongolia become a proper padel nation? If you listen closely you will know!
 
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Special Episode, Introducing a new face on the channel, Tomi Urban (Padel in Hungary)

Tomi is the owner of the channel, Padel in Hungary, and he is a real padel enthusiast!
He is a national team player, coach and in general, lives and breathes padel!
We are planning on doing quite a bit of content together, so the first step is to get to know him! Please welcome him with open arms, he definitely deserves it!
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Season 2, Episode 16, Alfonso Patacho (Team GB)

Alfonso Patacho is the most humble and kind hearted individual I came across in the padel world!
Not only is he one of the best players in the UK, but also has a strong Spanish heritage which makes him formidable on the padel court!
He was a bit reluctant to come on the pod, but boy was it worth it.
Great guy and a really interesting insight on where the British are in the world of professional padel!
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Padel Summit Week, Guest 6: Jesper Hougaard (Rocket Padel)

Jesper is a real renassaince man as we say in Hungary, but in England we would call him a 'Jack of all trades'.
He won 2 WSOP bracelets in his previous life, which I can certainly appreciate a lot as an enthusiastic poker player and nowadays he is dedicating a large chunk of his life to padel!
Co-owner of Rocket Padel and great senior competitor, he already won the Euro Champs in the over 40s and now focusing on making Rocket Padel the UK's biggest padel club chain!
It was great to meet him in person and hope you enjoy this episode!
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Padel Summit Week, Guest 5: Joan Suasi (Rafa Nadal Academy)

One of the guys who I definitely wanted to get on the podcast was Joan Suasi, who is the commercial director for the Rafa Nadal Academy!
He is a humble, down to Earth guy, who knows a lot about how to run an academy, while the pressure was always going to be massive, when you are directing in some capacity the goat's academy!
They are putting a lot of focus on the padel side of things, and they have some exciting plans ahead!
Today is the last but one episode on the Padel Summit Week series, and tomorrow is the grand finale! From next week we are back to normal! Enjoy this episode!
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Padel Summit Week, Guest 4: Bill Stamile (Padel Ambassador, ex-FIP)

Bill is one of those guys, who has been there from the beginning!
We instantly connected even before the Summit, and we definitely wanted to sit down and have a chat about what he has been doing in padel for the last 30+ years!
He told me what he has experienced and why he thinks padel is going in the right direction!
He even called himself a Tyrannosaurus Rex of padel, which I think isn't suiting, but hey, he definitely knows what he is doing.
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