Pickle Juice: Recent Episodes
Zack DeMinno
All things about the sexiest sport in the world, Pickleball. Join Zook and Norway Johnny as the break down all major pickleball events of each week and get the chance to talk to some of the top pros in the game. Brought to you by Knights of Degen.
The fellas return to discuss all that happened in the PPA Tour Texas Open! One of the best weekends of the year so far, with tons of action and drama.
Join the fellas as they discuss all that happened in the PPA Atlanta! They also look ahead to The Boca Raton APP NYC tournament this upcoming weekend and give some predictions.
Join the fellas as they discuss all that happened in the APP Cincinnati! They also look ahead to the PPA Atlanta this upcoming weekend and give some predictions.
Instagram Live Interview with Sam Flax, Pro Player Director at The PPA Tour. Sam has a unique perspective of the sport due to what he deals with on a day to day basis so it was very cool to get the chance to hear some stories!
What an awesome week of pickleball it was! The fellas are back to discuss all the happenings from the last 7 days. The PPA North Carolina was unbelievable, with many thinking Jack Sock lived up to the hype and more! He wasn't the only name who showed out this weekend, as some of the hottest pros on tour stayed hot as they continued their marches to the podium. PPA was not the only tour with some action last week, as the MLP held another Shuffle Draft and many Challenger teams made moves as we head to the final event of this season in San Clemente.
The fellas are back! Johnny, Dom, Josh, and Zook discuss all things pickleball and do a recap of APP Sacramento as well as look ahead to what should be an unbelievable weekend at the PPA Charlotte.
Has anything happened in the pickleball world in the last 2 weeks?!?! Join Johnny, Dom, Josh, and Zook as they discuss all things pickleball and do a recap of the US Open in Naples as well as the great tournament that was PPA Newport!
WELCOME TO THE PICKLE JUICE PODCAST RELAUNCH. Zook and Johnny are joined by new hosts Josh Gartman (Pickleball Takes) and Dom Catalano (voice of pickleball) to start a weekly roundtable discussion about all things the beautiful sport in pickleball. In this episode we recap the PPA Red Rock Open as well as discuss some of the more hot topics in the game (paddles, paddles, paddles). Hope you enjoy and this is just the beginning!
We welcome to the show Tyra Hurricane Black to discuss all things pickleball with the rising star! We go behind the scenes to hear from her about her transition from tennis to pickleball and discuss what really drew her into the community. (Bare with us we had some audio difficulties this episode)
Slice it up baby! Chicago Slice stars Susannah Barr and Connor Garnett joined the show to talk all things pickleball! We got to talk to them a little about what went down in the Challenger League in Mesa as well as get to know a little about their pickleball stories in general!
New Events? New fun? Count us in! Super awesome to get to chat with the fellas from WSOPickle to get a taste of all things "partyP I C K L E" format and this super cool new event. Pickleball is grooooooooooowing and new style of tournaments will be popping up more frequently!
Minor League Pickleball is siiiiiiick. We had the chance to chat with Jake Hobaugh and Lee Whitwell to discuss all things Minor League Pickleball. Most of the hype goes to the pro tours, but as well as know so much of the game is made up of amateurs. More places for people to play is always good for the game!
Tim Parks of the Hard Eights is a nerd. Mikey Gendell of the Milwaukee Mashers is kind of a nerd. 1.75 nerds plus Zook and Johnny leads to a super fun conversations about all things pickleball as well as more specifically what exactly happened down at MLP Mesa.
Welcome to the Futures! We had a blast having a chat with Miranda Forbes, tournament director of the PPA Futures Tour. We got the chance to discuss all about the tour as well as amateur pickleball in general. This episode was a ton of fun!
This chat was all about the 2022 Dink Awards! The Dink did a wonderful job this year with the categories and nominees and it was a spectacular way to discuss all things pickleball.
Say hello to the team that is calling Mesa their home turf. We were honored to be joined by the women's duo of the Arizona Drive Major League Pickleball team. Sarah Burr and Sarah Ansboury dialed in from their Mesa headquarters to give us a little sneak peek into all things Arizona Drive pickleball and their march towards the gold in the Challenger League.
The man, the myth, the legend, the dashingly handsome dinker, the greatest player in the game: all words used by James Ignatowich to describe himself! One of your favorite conversations yet, join us as we take a deep dive into the mind of one of the great thinkers of modern times and ask him to dissect the complex religion of pickleball. The 5s got themselves one baaaaaaaad man.
We were super grateful to be joined by two friends of the program, professional superstar Tyler Long, of the Seattle Pioneers, and pickleball expert Jane Hollon, of the @obsessed.with.pickleball IG account. We discussed all things about the beautiful sport and what to expect at Mesa!
ATX Pickleballers. Y'all think they will be good in Mesa this weekend?! Tune in to hear straight from Jackie, Jade, and JW to find out what we should expect from them at the first Major League Pickleball tournament of the year. Early chemistry will matter and we think this team will have it.
Another one. Challenger League. Bay Area Breakers. Coach Scott Crandall and one of the stars Pablo Tellez joined us to talk about what to expect from the team in Major League Pickleball, specifically at Mesa. Hearing Coach Crandall discuss pickleball from the coaching side of it was super cool and a way we haven't attacked the sport from yet. One of our favorite conversations we have had so far!
Bear Down Baby! After recently having Team Owner Ritchie Tuazon on the show , we got the chance to be joined by the men's doubles pair for the BLQK Bears, Dylan Frazier and Federico Staksrud. There have been rumblings of doubt as to whether these two can lead a team to a Major League Pickleball championship but after tuning in you will see these fellas got what it takes to bring it home.
Hoot Hoot! Hoot Hoot! Johnny and Zook were joined by two more of the coolest people in Major League Pickleball. The fellas were super excited to be joined by General Manager Kaitlyn Kerr, you may know her as Pickleball Chick, and the official Night Owl himself Dekel Bar. Was a ton of fun getting to take a deep dive with them as to what we can can all expect for the Las Vegas Night Owls this upcoming season.
More pickleball. More Major League Pickleball. More fun. Thank you so much to Ryan Harwood, owner and GM of The 5s, and James Blake, owner of the Milwaukee Mashers, for joining the fellas and giving everyone a little more insight into the behind the scenes of a MLP franchise.
The pickle juice fellas got the chance to sit down with some members of Zook's hometown team, the New York Hustlers. Thank you so much to GM Corey Benbasset and #1 pick Anna Bright for coming on and allowing us to get a glimpse into the behind the scenes of a Major League Pickleball franchise.
The Pickle Juice fellas are back at it again, with another great conversation about the most beautiful sport in the world. Zook and Johnny are joined by Timothy Parks, owner of the Hard Eights, to take a deep dive in the team's draft strategy and talk all things future of pro pickleball!
Zook and Johnny are back for another live conversation about all things pickleball. The duo were joined by Monica Paolicelli and Stefan Avuergne, of the DC Pickleball Team, to discuss pickleball in 2023. The duo broke down some things that fans can come to expect from their team and gave some opinions about the future of pickleball in general!
Join Zook and Johnny as they have a conversation with two of the best owners from Major League Pickleball. Ritchie Tuazon, BLQK, and Travis Rettenmaier, Florida Smash, joined the show to give us all the dirty deets from behind the scenes of the draft and may have even made a tiny wager before the conversation was over......
Welcome to the first episode of Pickle Juice released in a podcast form. We were excited to be joined by Brooks Wiley, President of the MLP, and Ben Padula, President and Founder of Real Clear Stats. In this episode we broke down all the fun that was had at MLP Columbus and used some of Ben's stats to take a much deeper look into different aspects of play.