Episodes

  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 6: Jesper Hougaard (Rocket Padel)
    May 25 2024

    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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    29 mins
  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 5: Joan Suasi (Rafa Nadal Academy)
    May 24 2024

    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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    22 mins
  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 4: Bill Stamile (Padel Ambassador, ex-FIP)
    May 23 2024

    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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    36 mins
  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 3: Mauri Andrini (Hello Padel)
    May 22 2024

    As promised, Mauri Andrini came on the pod and spoke about his journey within padel!

    Mauri is an ex professional player who played with the likes of Sanyo Gutierrez or Fernando Belasteguin (Bela) the goat, himself.

    He is an absolutely amazing coach, who is building something in English, which hasn't been done before!

    Amazing guy with an amazing agenda!

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    23 mins
  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 2: Manu Martin
    May 21 2024

    Manu Martin definitely needs no introduction! The goat of padel tutoring and really approachable, great guy!

    I caught him at the Padel Summit, where sooo much is happening!

    We talk about his past, his present and his future!

    A must listen for padel enthusiasts!

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    21 mins
  • Padel Summit Week, Guest 1: Ben Nichols (Padel 22)
    May 20 2024

    Loads of background noise, different atmosphere, quicker format!

    Live interviews are in, and who better to start it off with than with Ben Nichols, everyone's favorite PR person in the padel industry!

    Partly he is the reason I'm in this field, so we had a great chat and he was lovely to reach out about a live interview in his hotel's lobby!

    Innovation in the different areas, what is happening with the US and the UK padel scene, and is pickleball relatable to padel?

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    36 mins
  • Season 2, Episode 15, Ben Harris (The Padel Directory)
    May 19 2024

    Ben is doing something, which no one in the UK has done before and organizing The Padel Directory!

    One thing is that he instantly became a padel enthusiast, but he is such a great ambassador of the sport, that it was a privilege to have him on the show!

    As a sport fanatic and now converted padel freak, he has great insight on what is going on in the British padel and now the idea of The Padel Directory is not just an idea, but a reality.

    Starting on the 1st of June, please watch all the spaces!

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    53 mins
  • Season 2, Episode 14, Tom Farquharson (The Padel School)
    May 10 2024

    This week was really special!

    Started off by speaking to Tom Farquharson, who definitely doesn't need any introduction, while he is one of those few guys who everyone identifies with padel! We met on the Padel Aid in the Padel Hub in Slough as well and shared a few games in the process.

    Tom is a junior Wimbledon doubles champion so we got into a lot of tennis, and the grind of the tour and also on how padel just got him an absolute new love!

    He is ecstatic doing The Padel School with his brother and also getting to the highest echelons of padel, with being in the selection for Team GB!

    Great treat for the weekend, have a listen!

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    55 mins