Damn.
3 more fans than I thought I had.
3 more fans than I thought I had.
No idea what's next for Picklepod, but as an over 3-year listener, the Tice era in 2025 was the bestView quoted post on X
Erik Tice
Verified account The Dink Pickleball@azetice
GM of the California Black Bears and professional pickleball journalist
725 Following 1.9K Followers 4.1K Posts
Latest posts 5
The @USAPickleball Nationals took place this past weekend in San Diego
Richard Livornese took home $17k with his two wins
Kat Stewart earned $14,250
Roos Van Reek took home $13,350 on the week
Medal Results:
Women's Singles
🥇 Seone Mendez
🥈 Bobbi Oshiro
🥉 Domenika Turkovic
Men's Singles
🥇 Ronan Camron
🥈 Andre Millet
🥉 Dusty Boyer
Mixed Doubles
🥇 Kat Stewart/Richard Livornese
🥈 Jack Munro/Roos Van Reek
🥉 Christine Maddox/Max Manthou
Women's Doubles
🥇 Viv Glozman/Roos Van Reek
🥈 Kat Stewart/Bobbi Oshiro
🥉 Domenika Turkovic/Glauka Carvajal Lane
Men's Doubles
🥇 Jack Munro/Richard Livornese
🥈 Zack Card/Jayden Broderick
🥉 Jay Devilliers/Harsh Mehta
Richard Livornese took home $17k with his two wins
Kat Stewart earned $14,250
Roos Van Reek took home $13,350 on the week
Medal Results:
Women's Singles
🥇 Seone Mendez
🥈 Bobbi Oshiro
🥉 Domenika Turkovic
Men's Singles
🥇 Ronan Camron
🥈 Andre Millet
🥉 Dusty Boyer
Mixed Doubles
🥇 Kat Stewart/Richard Livornese
🥈 Jack Munro/Roos Van Reek
🥉 Christine Maddox/Max Manthou
Women's Doubles
🥇 Viv Glozman/Roos Van Reek
🥈 Kat Stewart/Bobbi Oshiro
🥉 Domenika Turkovic/Glauka Carvajal Lane
Men's Doubles
🥇 Jack Munro/Richard Livornese
🥈 Zack Card/Jayden Broderick
🥉 Jay Devilliers/Harsh Mehta
The @PPAtour World Championships delivered 🔥
🏆 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro & JW Johnson pull off an EPIC comeback
👑 ALW claims her 46th Triple Crown
💪 John Lucian Goins wins his first Slam without dropping a game
👀 Ben Johns goes 5 straight tournaments without men's doubles gold
PLUS: Nations Cup, collegiate champs, Challenger Showdown & more!
My full Worlds recap for @Pickleball 👇
thedinkpickleball.com/ppa-tour-world…
🏆 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro & JW Johnson pull off an EPIC comeback
👑 ALW claims her 46th Triple Crown
💪 John Lucian Goins wins his first Slam without dropping a game
👀 Ben Johns goes 5 straight tournaments without men's doubles gold
PLUS: Nations Cup, collegiate champs, Challenger Showdown & more!
My full Worlds recap for @Pickleball 👇
thedinkpickleball.com/ppa-tour-world…
www.thedinkpickleball.com PPA Tour Worlds Recap: Teenage Sensation Wins Gold, Waters Claims Triple Crown, and Goins Dominates The 2026 Opendoor Pickleball World Championships wrapped up Sunday at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas, and the week had just about everything: dominant champions, emerging stars,... I talk to the top players in the sport on a regular basis. These are the things I hear regularly about ALW singles:
- She hits a heavier ball from both sides than all women
- Even if you feel like you are playing well you will feel under pressure during point one until the end
- Despite her height, her side to side athleticism is elite once she gets to the net
- Her groundstrokes are so precise so it’s difficult to out hit her from the baseline
- She anticipates your shots better than you do
This combo of things means: she’s undefeated in 1,000 days. 1,000.
AL is in a different stratosphere.
- She hits a heavier ball from both sides than all women
- Even if you feel like you are playing well you will feel under pressure during point one until the end
- Despite her height, her side to side athleticism is elite once she gets to the net
- Her groundstrokes are so precise so it’s difficult to out hit her from the baseline
- She anticipates your shots better than you do
This combo of things means: she’s undefeated in 1,000 days. 1,000.
AL is in a different stratosphere.
now that i’ve seen ALW play singles in person…it’s genuinely baffling how good she is.View quoted post on X
the anticipation, the speed, reading her opponent’s every move, placing the ball exactly where she wants it, the power…INSANE.
🏆🏆TAMA TIME🏆🏆
JW Johnson and Tama Shimabukuro win men's doubles
This is Shimabukuro's first ever doubles gold on the @PPAtour
In an EPIC comeback, the 4 seed took down the 3 seed, in Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu.
Yesterday, JW and Tama took out 5 seed, Oncins & Klinger, 11-6, 11-4.
Today, JW and Tama started off... not great. It looked over after game 2.
Christian and Andrei won game 1 and 2, 11-5, 11-5.
However, Tama and JW then took care of business starting in game 3. They won 11-4, 11-8, and 11-4.
@DaughtonWill had a great post match interview talking to Tama about playing last year's World Championships on the Jr MLP Team in the MLP Cup, and one year later winning gold in the biggest event of the year.
What a run for JW and Tama.
JW Johnson and Tama Shimabukuro win men's doubles
This is Shimabukuro's first ever doubles gold on the @PPAtour
In an EPIC comeback, the 4 seed took down the 3 seed, in Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu.
Yesterday, JW and Tama took out 5 seed, Oncins & Klinger, 11-6, 11-4.
Today, JW and Tama started off... not great. It looked over after game 2.
Christian and Andrei won game 1 and 2, 11-5, 11-5.
However, Tama and JW then took care of business starting in game 3. They won 11-4, 11-8, and 11-4.
@DaughtonWill had a great post match interview talking to Tama about playing last year's World Championships on the Jr MLP Team in the MLP Cup, and one year later winning gold in the biggest event of the year.
What a run for JW and Tama.
