138. Behind the Scenes of Our Paddle Reviews (And Why it Takes so Long)

12/08/2025 1h 37min Episodio 138
138. Behind the Scenes of Our Paddle Reviews (And Why it Takes so Long)

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Links to things mentioned:Mid-Century Pickleball: https://bit.ly/4mDClDhPickleball journal app: https://bit.ly/4mEzGJy Speak Pickleball stories: https://bit.ly/4mIq8xe Selkirk Labs Boomstik: https://bit.ly/4fCq8N2 Chapters:0:00 - Intro0:51 - Pickleball journal app6:37 - Speak Pickleball articles7:52 - Is Aizec going to use the Boomstik?23:33 - Cleaning the Boomstik surface27:23 - Adidas & Jaume30:19 - The Pickleball Studio review process32:13 - When reviewing a paddle, pick 2 out of 3 quadrants36:21 - How do we choose which paddles to cover?39:48 - First impressions format (and why we haven't done more of them)43:48 Full reviews and why they take a long time57:52 - The process of producing the content (Shooting, scripting, editing)1:12:17 - Other tasks in the business that eat time1:16:27 - Q&A: What's up with Sypik paddles?1:17:35 - Q&A: J2NF or Gearbox GX2 power?1:20:52 - Q&A: How do you know if a paddle is wrong for you?1:23:58 - Q&A: What are our mains?1:24:39 - Q&A: Can using a difficult paddle make you better?1:27:41 - Q&A: Shouldn't the J2NF be more powerful with the PBCoR result?1:30:22 - Q&A: What is Aizec's favorite ghost flavor?1:31:35 - Q&A: Has paddle technology peaked?1:34:09 - Q&A: Why would anyone buy a gen 3 now?

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