Padel Smash TV

In Part 3 of Padel Smash’s 4-part RacquetX 2026 podcast series, we continue inside the show floor with conversations focused on what it takes to build padel the right way in America. This episode starts with Portico, a company with more than 16 years of experience producing padel courts and canopies. The conversation dives into court engineering, why canopy design matters, how different climates a...

In Part 2 of Padel Smash’s 4-part RacquetX 2026 audio podcast series, we continue our conversations with the people building the future of padel from every angle. This episode dives into the business behind the sport, starting with Conquer Padel and their franchise model for opening new clubs across the United States. We discuss what future club owners need to understand before entering the market...

In Part 1 of our 4-part RacquetX 2026 podcast series, Padel Smash sits down with Adidas, Babolat, Blanca Padel, Baby Let’s Padel, Born, Padel Tech, Klutch, and CourtsApp to explore the brands, products, technology, and communities helping build the future of padel in America. Padel Smash presents a special 4-part podcast series from RacquetX 2026, featuring the brands, founders, players, operators...

In this episode, Padel Smash visits LA Padel Club , an upcoming premium padel destination in Los Angeles, during the early stages of development. While the full conversation with Steve Shpilsky, Founder of LA Padel Club , and Jennifer Shpilsky, Chief Brand Officer , is available exclusively on podcast platforms, this YouTube release gives you a visual walkthrough of the club as it begins to take s...

In this episode of Padel Smash TV , we sit down with Adrian Grant , founder of Kanso Shoes , to talk about what really goes into building a high-performance shoe for racket sports. Adrian shares his journey from being a former professional squash player and world-class athlete to launching a footwear brand focused on the real movement demands of sports like squash, padel, and pickleball. We get in...

In this episode of Padel Smash TV, we sit down with Felix Regalia, CEO and Founder of Varlion, one of the most iconic brands in padel history. Felix shares the incredible story behind how Varlion started in Argentina in 1993, how the brand became a market leader through product innovation, and what happened during a difficult period of instability that forced the company to rebuild. He opens up ab...

At RacquetX , Padel Smash TV sat down with Alfons Bastida , Chief Marketing Officer of NOX , and Philippe Urreiztieta , USA NOX Distributor, for a deep conversation on the brand’s global vision and why the United States is one of its biggest priorities moving forward. In this interview, we break down how NOX sees the future of padel, why the U.S. market is such a major opportunity, and what it tak...

What does one of the biggest representation agencies in the world see in padel? In this episode, Cesc and Julian sit down with Daniel Dios from WME Sports to break down how global brands are entering padel, why celebrity involvement matters, what makes a player commercially valuable, and why Arturo Coello became a key fit for WME’s vision. Daniel takes us inside WME’s approach to the sport, explai...

In this special RacquetX 2026 episode, Cesc and Julian sit down with two key voices from the world of Babolat Padel : Jose Luis Sanz , Padel Business Leader and Global Marketing Director at Babolat, and pro player Alejandra Alonso . This combined conversation gives listeners both sides of the brand — from the global business strategy behind Babolat’s growth in padel to the player perspective from...

Episode 1 of 4 from our RacquetX 2026 coverage is here. In this first episode, the Padel Smash TV team hits the floor at RacquetX to talk with some of the most interesting brands and leaders shaping the future of padel. In this episode, we feature interviews with: Iain Pound from Boast on the brand’s return to the market, grassroots strategy, Tennis Channel activations, and the early success of th...

Boast is making a serious return to racket sports, and in this episode of Padel Smash TV, Cesc and Julian sit down with Matthew Feuer, Owner and CEO of Boast, to talk about the brand’s heritage, why it faded, and how it’s now repositioning itself for the modern tennis and padel world. Matt shares how Boast was acquired in 2024, why the brand is returning to its racket sports roots, and how nostalg...

RacquetX is back for year three and it’s bigger, sharper, and more on-court than ever. In this interview, Robyn Duda (Co-Founder & CEO of RacquetX) walks us through what’s new for RacquetX 2026, including 10 total courts, a deeper Club Summit, the VIP Club Apex, and how the show is building a true “home court” for racquet sports - Padel, tennis, and pickleball. You’ll hear how RacquetX iterate...

Racket sports clubs everywhere face the same challenge: prime-time is packed, but mid-day court time sits empty . In this episode, we sit down with Daren Hornig (CourtsApp) to break down a platform built to solve that exact problem. CourtsApp isn’t a court management system. It’s a court marketing marketplace — the “Expedia layer” that sits on top of tools like CourtReserve and PlayByPoint to help...

Padel is scaling fast  but building a great club is harder than people think. In this episode, Cesc & Julian sit down with Patricio Misitrano (CEO of Racket Social Club, Founder/CEO of Misitrano Consulting, and part of the Racquet 360 ecosystem) to break down what’s actually happening behind the scenes of U.S. padel growth. Patricio explains Racquet 360: Racket Social Club (multi-location pade...

Welcome to a brand-new Padel Smash Academy Club Review —today Cesc & Julian are in Palm Beach with Florencia Roncatti (General Manager) and Guillermo Amor Torres (Operations Manager) at Padel Club Palm Beach . This club may be small and cozy, but it’s packed with personality —from tiered clinics (Intro → Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced), to community-first open play nights where they litera...

Kevin Ye breaks down how PATL Atlanta grew padel in a tennis/pickle market by building community-first programming, then scaling via smart facility partnerships and expansion (Charleston next). Kevin Ye (PATL Atlanta) breaks down the real blueprint for growing padel in the U.S.—starting with a small early community, converting tennis + pickleball players, and building programming that keeps people...

We’re on a West Coast road trip visiting padel clubs across the United States — and this stop takes us all the way south to San Diego, California at Kingdom of Padel . In this episode, we sit down with Fernando Sotelo (Co-Founder/Owner) to talk about his padel journey, how the club evolved from the previous location, and what it takes to build an indoor padel facility that players actually choose...

We’re on location in Sint Maarten at SXM Padel Club with Ricardo Perez, Managing Director of SXM Padel Group, breaking down how a “crazy idea” turned into one of the most active padel communities in the Caribbean. In this interview, Ricardo shares the real story behind launching the club with no clear market data, converting an abandoned tennis court into a modern padel facility, and building dema...

In this episode of Padel Smash Academy , we’re in San Francisco for a full club review at Park Padel , one of Northern California’s most iconic padel clubs. We sit down with Katie Lampert —co-founder, co-owner, and the ultimate “do-everything” operator—to break down how Park Padel was built and why it’s become a true padel lifestyle destination. Katie shares the vision behind their indoor facility...

In this episode of Padel Smash Academy, we head to Los Angeles to visit Padel Up and sit down with Abraham Alvarez, the club’s Head Padel Coach, to talk about what it really takes to build padel from the ground up on the West Coast. Abraham shares his journey starting padel in Miami in 2021, getting instantly hooked after transitioning from tennis, and witnessing the Miami padel boom as clubs star...

Padel doesn’t grow by accident—and San Diego is proof. In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Redondo , CEO of Tactica Padel , to break down how one coach’s idea turned into a real padel ecosystem—starting with three courts and scaling into one of the most active padel communities in the country. Ryan shares how Taktika built momentum through an international player base , why access and affordabi...

In this episode of Padel Smash Academy, we sit down with Matt Gibson , VP of PlaySight , to unpack how smart-court technology and AI are transforming padel at every level. From instant highlights and automated match analytics to coach-ready performance data, Matt explains how PlaySight is changing the way players train, clubs operate, and fans engage with the sport. We dive into the real-world imp...

Padel Smash Academy sits down with Mike Dorfman, CEO of the Pro Padel League (PPL), live from Miami during Art Basel week at the Scope Art Fair. Mike breaks down the vision behind bringing the PPL Championship Court to the beach—turning the padel court into a full-on statement piece that stops people in their tracks and gets first-timers to finally experience what makes padel so special. Mike shar...

In this special on-location episode of Padel Smash Academy, we sit down with Ryan Keeley, the artist behind one of the most ambitious fusions of art and padel to date. Recorded during Miami Art Week, Ryan takes us inside his creative process—how he captures energy through color, environment, and movement, and why Miami’s blues, pinks, water, and sky became the foundation for this immersive padel c...

In this episode of Padel Smash Academy , Cesc and Julian head back to Ballers in Philadelphia to sit down with Moustafa “Moose” Bayoumy , the club’s head coach, to talk about what it really takes to grow padel in a new U.S. market: community first . Moose breaks down how Ballers built its player base from scratch through intro clinics, consistent programming, and a welcoming pathway from “never he...