CRUSH makes premium pickleball paddles and equipment that perform better for longer and cost less. The FREESTYLE Pro Paddle is made with thermoform raw carbon fiber, 16mm, and available in red, grey, and blue. The FEARLESS Hybrid Paddle is traditional construction raw carbon fiber, 14mm, and available in royal blue and lime green. For more information on CRUSH, its mission, its products, or to become an ambassador for the brand visit crushpickleball.com and join the community on Instagram @crush_pickleball. Learn more about the brand and its mission with the CRUSH life podcast.
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00:00 Yeah, all right.
00:01 Yeah, all right.
00:02 The game of pickleball has become a staple literally everywhere.
00:05 And the way I see it, if you're going to jump on the bandwagon, then you better be getting
00:09 yourself the best gear possible.
00:10 And that's where Rachelle and Pete come into play with Crush, who are telling us that they
00:16 have now discovered a great way for everybody to get involved with some great gear.
00:20 Now this is the thing, people.
00:21 You've got to understand this.
00:23 This stuff is crushing it.
00:25 And they've only had the company three months, four months now?
00:28 Yeah.
00:29 Crush launched in late September.
00:30 Oh my gosh.
00:31 Yeah, it's been a blessing.
00:32 All right, let's talk about this.
00:33 What got you into wanting to start getting into pickleball?
00:35 Well, we have three boys, but our youngest came home and he said, "I'm done with lacrosse.
00:39 I'm taking up pickleball."
00:40 And Pete and I were like, "That's for old people."
00:43 And here we are.
00:44 We started taking them to the court a couple hours a week, turned into 20 hours.
00:48 All we heard was people saying, "I'm going to crush it."
00:49 We were getting ready to go to bed one night.
00:51 Pete's like, "That's it."
00:52 I go, "What's it?"
00:53 He goes, "We're starting another company."
00:54 Yeah, that was the thing.
00:56 This is kind of weird too.
00:57 We're going to go back way, way back.
00:58 I met you two almost 20 years ago.
01:02 20 years ago.
01:03 When we had Me For Kids.
01:04 Yeah, Me For Kids, a great company that was doing medical kits for kids and stuff.
01:08 But now you have this and you think, "Okay, retired.
01:10 No, you're getting into it."
01:11 But the big part, you guys said, "Okay, if we're going to do this, we want to make sure
01:14 we get the best product there for people out there."
01:16 Absolutely.
01:17 And so you guys did a lot of researching, saw your son and stuff, and you saw that paddles
01:20 are of course the key to everything.
01:22 And that's where you guys said, "We've got to design a paddle that's going to be great
01:25 for pros to amateurs or amateurs to pros."
01:28 Right, exactly.
01:29 Absolutely.
01:30 So how do we go out there and find these holes in the market with paddles and we make the
01:34 best paddle that everybody can play with, it's not going to break, it's not going to
01:38 delaminate, it's not going to fall apart, and it's going to give everybody the best
01:41 chance to win.
01:43 And so that's where we started building these paddles and voila, it's happening.
01:47 People love the paddles.
01:48 They love the way they play.
01:49 And as a matter of fact, that's one of our trademarks is love the way you play.
01:52 I like that.
01:53 And also what's really neat too is that you're like, of course, probably her idea, when she's
01:56 like, "Okay, we're going to get to this, Pete.
01:57 We're not just going to do paddles.
02:00 We're going to make sure we do a lot more."
02:01 Like bags, like of course balls.
02:03 You want to make sure people are walking out there crushing each day.
02:06 Absolutely.
02:07 And honestly, our podcast is our favorite part, Crush Life Pod, which you can find online
02:12 through YouTube and Apple and Spotify, but we are changing lives along the way.
02:15 I love it.
02:16 Intentionally.
02:17 You've got some paddles here and now you have, actually what's really neat is that you do
02:19 have those for just starting off for the amateurs.
02:21 Yeah, the 14 millimeter, the hybrid.
02:24 And then Pete has something for you.
02:25 This is the performance paddle.
02:27 I'm going to give this to you because we're going to do it.
02:29 We're going to crush a little bit.
02:30 So there's our performance one.
02:32 I love it.
02:33 And this is our latest release that we just released actually just the other week called
02:37 the racket.
02:38 And the reason we developed this was because so many tennis players are coming over to
02:43 pickleball from tennis.
02:44 But one of the big things that they have is they have, be able to get two hands on there.
02:50 So two full hands on there.
02:52 We did an exclusive with Fromith.
02:54 That's right.
02:55 Fromith Pickleball.
02:56 You can go there, buy it.
02:57 They have an exclusive for six months on this racket.
02:58 I like it.
02:59 All right.
03:00 The bags, everything's available for people to get so you can look good out there.
03:03 Crush Pickleball, which is really nice.
03:04 Let's just hear how this sounds.
03:06 Just dinkin'.
03:07 Just dinkin'.
03:08 Just nice and easy.
03:09 I didn't put it in the kitchen.
03:10 You ready?
03:11 I didn't put it in the kitchen.
03:12 Not in the kitchen.
03:13 Just nice and easy.
03:14 Just back and forth.
03:15 Oh, this is smooth.
03:16 What I love is that this paddle is big for four people.
03:17 What I love is that this paddle is big for my hands.
03:20 That's what I love.
03:21 This is great.
03:22 This is awesome.
03:23 See those moves, people?
03:24 Nice and easy.
03:25 I love this.
03:26 This is great.
03:27 All right.
03:28 So now, this is the big thing.
03:29 Since you guys have just started, you guys are starting to move across to all the pickle
03:31 world and everything.
03:32 You're very excited, teaming up.
03:33 You said the podcast is the big part because you do want to hear people's stories about
03:36 how they're crushing it.
03:37 Absolutely.
03:38 Not just in pickleball, but in life.
03:39 Yes.
03:40 Absolutely.
03:41 Financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
03:42 Pickleball's for everyone.
03:43 It doesn't matter your age, your height, your size, your weight.
03:45 It really does not matter.
03:46 Everyone can play.
03:48 That's a really great part of the process in this sport.
03:51 Well, I'll tell you.
03:52 Great paddles.
03:53 I'm glad you guys are doing this.
03:54 This is fun.
03:55 The kids are doing it and everything like that.
03:56 Of course, you can go to Crush Pickleball on IG and different places to find out more
04:00 about them, which is really neat.
04:02 Absolutely.
04:03 This is great.
04:04 All right.
04:05 Thank you.
04:06 Thank you, guys.
04:07 Thanks.
04:08 This is awesome.
04:09 There we go.
04:10 All right.
04:11 Come on up.
04:12 We got more for you because it's National Soup Month.
04:13 We're getting some delicious but healthy soup recipes when the mix returns, thanks
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