Big DINK Energy | Over 40 Pickleball & Life

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A deep question: why hasn’t pickleball made the Wheaties box yet?  🔹 The problem with “New Year, New Me” and why your gym bag is still in the trunk  🔹 A Pick Six question you are gonna chime in on Plus, Luis Rojas from The Real Dink Master joins us to talk about bailing on tennis, going all-in on pickleball, and how positivity (mostly) works on...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A group of 3.0s bringing Olympic-level drama to a backyard scramble  🔹 What happens when Gen X meets tournament time limits and bedtime  🔹 A Pick 6 question that has us all laughing (and maybe getting divorced)  🔹 Tesla enters the pickleball chat... and we have questions Plus, Igor Hiller from Dink Different joins us to talk child acting with R...

Share Your Thoughts! We started 2025 with no mics, no plan, and no clue—  and somehow ended with 47 episodes, a sound guy, and a crew we never saw coming.  🎙️ This one’s for the day-ones, the paddle punks, and everyone who said “sure” when we had nothing but a dumb name and a dream. Feat. the one and only @pickleballnikki —talking NYC dinks, starting over at 40, and why joy > duper every time....

Share Your Thoughts! 📝 We’re coming in hot with: 🔹 A snowman resurrection, carrot controversy, and Jack Frost PTSD 🔹 Die Hard vs. Gremlins vs. Whatever That Elf Movie Was 🔹 Our last Dink or Destroy of 2025—some holiday hot takes didn’t survive Plus, David Tallant with Social Dink joins us to talk about tracking Russians, losing a friend, and building a badass pickleball bar where your Dink Rat...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Elf-on-the-shelf gets arrested  🔹 Pink pickleball courts meet EDM and motor oil  🔹 Holiday tradition: impersonate your own relatives Plus, Sydney Steinecker from Project P Events joins us to talk quitting law for glow paddles and why pickleball needs more party and less prep school.  🎧 Listen now before your court turns into a nightclub with pa...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Thinking you’re medal-bound… then losing seven straight times   🔹 A Babe Ruth swing straight to the back wall  🔹 When to dink, when to slam, and why pirates aren't safe Plus, Chan Davis from Forward Pickleball joins us to talk teaching the game with heart, humor, and just a hint of Pokémon.  🎧 Listen now before you get slammed like it’s ga...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A carry-on full of panties (you read that right)  🔹 One of us still owns a ShamWow and isn’t ashamed  🔹 The TikTok item that showed up 90% smaller than expected Plus, James Ignatowich from RPM Pickleball joins us to unpack the real reason he ditched tennis and why most players are training the wrong way. 🎧 Listen now before your next impulse bu...

Share Your Thoughts!  We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A city cancels pickleball  🔹 Potatoes catch fire   🔹 Black Friday memories  Plus, Mike “Sleeves” Sliwa from Senior Pickleball Report joins us from his solar-powered yurt to talk off-grid content, senior court life, and how he landed in a Hollywood pickleball doc. 🎧 Listen now—before your casserole combusts and the Civic Center shuts you down....

Share Your Thoughts! Share Your Thoughts! 🎙️ If you had to survive on Ramen noodles, what's the ONE thing you'd refuse to give up? (The answers got weird fast.) 🔥 We're diving into:  🔹 Why Dutch Bros might be worth more than rent  🔹 The mid-game switch debate that broke our brains  🔹 How 55,000 people showed up to watch pickleball (and one 18-year-old dominated everything) Plus,...

Share Your Thoughts! 🎙️ MTV’s dead, Oklahoma’s weird, and pickleball people are still unhinged. 🔥 We’re diving into: MTV’s official funeral and why every millennial is grieving in slow motion The most chaotic state headline we’ve read all year (yes, it involves robots) A Dink or Destroy showdown over binge-watching vs. weekly episodes Plus: Greg from Y’all Pickleball , turning second place into a...

Share Your Thoughts!  We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Backwards rolls, bruised egos, and a costume that screamed “Not Like a Virgin”  🔹 Duper dips that felt personal and TikTok comments that hit harder than our partners  🔹 Tournament etiquette: do you smash the shot if your opponent hits the deck? (Spoiler: yes)  Plus, Van from Awesome Pickleball Outreach joins us to talk comeback stories, gold me...

Share Your Thoughts! 📝 We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 The steakhouse insult that kinda slaps  🔹 One crashout, two threats, zero regrets  🔹 A holiday rom-com powered by dinks Plus, Apple John from Noizy Pickleball joins us to talk viral vibes, loud paddles, and why flannel might be illegal on court. 🎧 Listen now before someone dinks in denim and gets banned from Christmas. Play longer. Recover f...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A parenting hack involving abandoned houses and lifelong trauma  🔹 A thrift-picking rabbit hole that starts with a tank top and ends in trespassing  🔹 How “genericide” is threatening your favorite brands (RIP, Zipper)  🔹 A spicy roundtable on cancel culture and why the mob always comes swinging Plus, Tim from The Secret Pickle joins us to talk...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A heated debate on when to retire your frosted tips  🔹 Halloween pickleball costumes gone rogue (green unitards and Hulk aspirations)  🔹 Fashion felonies at open play—from swim trunks to sports jerseys  🔹 The official ruling on backwards hats, belly rings, and the Ed Hardy line of no return Plus, Tracy Wilcox from Dynamite Pickleball   & He...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A wine-glass pre-workout ritual (yes, really)  🔹 What rec play teaches us about status, shade, and sportsmanship  🔹 A speedo-clad streaker crashing a PPA match—and what we’d wear instead Plus, Deirdre from Pickle Me This Pod joins us to talk podcasting from the rec court up, what it means to be a “Maven with a mic,” and why Wild Willie (age 80!)...

Share Your Thoughts! We dinked in deep with:  🔹 Calling in "sick" just to sneak in a few games  🔹 The lowdown on Speak Easy Pickleball and its velvet-rope vibes  🔹 Answers from our TikTok and Instagram followers—some bold, some downright unhinged  🔹 A few unsolicited hot takes you didn't ask for (but definitely needed) Plus, Dawna Strouse from Dink Date gives us an update on the...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 DIY Botox that costs less than a paddle—but still stings  🔹 Dial-up memories, frosted tips, and TRL trash talk  🔹 The dink strategy that’ll make your opponents beg for mercy Plus, Chance from Harker Heights Athletic Club joins us to talk growing a pickleball scene from scratch, MILP tryouts, and how encouraging vibes can still make you dangerous...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A tournament so bad, they almost needed a pickled jar podium  🔹 Passive-aggressive dish slamming as a form of family communication  🔹 When your dinks get angry and your serves get sassy   Plus, Kathleen from Home Court NC joins us to talk about building better humans (who happen to play pickleball), why tacos > trophies, and how she turned a...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A duper-rated tournament that ended in negative numbers but high vibes  🔹 Goldfish-fueled toddler invasions and why “pack-and-play” is a lifestyle  🔹 What not to resurface a pickleball court with (hint: Legos would be better)   Plus, Coach AJ from the Pickleball Helpline joins us to talk about turning court therapy into a career, sandbagging sca...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Chain restaurant cravings that should stay buried in your 2004 memories  🔹 Why pickleball might be the only safe space left to flirt without a filter  🔹 Naked serves, sunscreen strategies, and whether low volleys count as indecent exposure Plus, Annalise from Pickle Match joins us to talk building an app where your Duper might just get you dinne...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A productivity party disguised as a girls’ night  🔹 Why scones should be illegal in all 50 states  🔹 A pickleball tip that'll win you the middle every time  🔹 The lost sock party that turned into a life epiphany Plus, Maggie Zheng from Court & Crew joins us to talk ditching med school, serving fits on and off the court, and what it mea...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Life events we wish we could bank (hello, knees and hormones)  🔹 A Dink or Destroy on leaving the house after pickleball 🔹 Pickleball patience vs. power — which really wins? 🔹 And yep… is pickleball killing the planet? Plus, Carrie & Stephanie from Dink and Dash App drop in with stories and a fresh take on rec play. 🎧 Listen now before you...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 Naked balcony confessions from one fearless host  🔹 The open play vs. scramble pickleball debate that could split your friend group  🔹 How to earn a new way to take a loose tooth out  Plus, Richard Martinez from Sun City Pickleball joins us to share insider strategies, format secrets, and the quirks of his local scene. 🎧 Listen now before someo...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A wild breakdown of “work wives” and why your pickleball partner might be your emotional sidepiece  🔹 Crocs vs. skinny jeans—who ya got in the ultimate foot fashion face-off?  🔹 The unspoken pickleball court lines that matter (and the ones you should ignore like a boss)  🔹 A biohacking frog poison detox that’s got us saying… hard pass, Kermit P...

Share Your Thoughts! We’re coming in hot with:  🔹 A paddle PSA  🔹 The science-shattering truth about fruit (sorry, strawberries)  🔹 Tanning beds > long intros—Murder, She Wrote, we’re looking at you  🔹 The love-hate relationship with short form video Plus, Brenda Lopez from Cash Queens Pickleball breaks down how she’s turning clinics into cash games and building a crown-worthy community for...