Pickleball After Dark

After an unacceptably long time without a new episode Lauren finally got her life together briefly to bring you the man the myth the legend, Adam Stone.  He breaks down his early years of smashing tennis racquets and how poker grounded him before finally finding his true calling...pickleball.  Always a good time on and off the court, join us for this brand new episode of Pickleball After Dark and pray to the pickleball gods that the next new episode doesn't take as long to get as this one did.  

Things this year have been a little unexpected for pro pickleball player Rob Nunnery but I finally was able to find time to talk to him in Austin following the first MLP event of 2022.  With a new job in Hawaii and a couple surgeries in the near future the future is a little up in the air but luckily the past is set in stone and we got to dive in deep.  Turns out Rob Nunnery is more free spirited than you might have ever imagined.  I had an absolute blast sitting and talking to Rob and I hope you enjoy our convo too! Check on this Freestyle Boy on this brand new episode of Pickleball After Dark.

Everyone knows Byron...or at least of him.  He has been a staple on the pickleball scene for many years and has dedicated himself to reffing pickleball and helping grow the game for over a decade.  He is looked to by many people within the pickleball world for him expertise and wisdom in many areas.  Currently he is the head referee for the APP Tour and one of the most fascinating people you'll ever meet.  The man can sure talk, as he has many tales to tell, and Lauren got to dive even deeper into some of them on this episode.  Meet Byron as you've never known him before!  And this episode only scratches the surface!! 

By now you know the Johnson family everywhere they go.  It's not everyday 3 members of one family are all top 10 players in the world in their respective divisions of a sport.  On this episode of Pickleball After Dark, Lauren wanted to go a lot deeper into getting to know Julie Johnson, the mom of this super star pickleball family. She absolutely learned some new things about Julie and some of them may surprise you!! Catch up on all the episodes of Pickleball After Dark after this one or else you're definitely a coconut!!;)

On this episode of Pickleball After Dark up Stefan Auvergne, an up and coming pickleball pro, joins Lauren in bed where they discuss the many different lives Stefan has lived.  Fitness, fast cars, France and many other topics are discussed including why sometimes you need to change colleges over slow internet.  Get to know Stefan a little more on his first ever podcast appearance before he becomes a household name on the pickleball pro scene. 

Join us for our next episode as Lauren sits down with up and coming pickleball pro Brandon Nsekpong to discuss his extensive background in racket sports from a very young age, thoughts on parents who put their kids in sports, the lack of diversity in pickleball as well as a shocking almost career path Brandon left on the table.  Grab a Mike's hard lemonade and let's get to stomping in our air force ones!

Publishing their first piece in April of 2021, Gritty and Slim, the anonymous authors behind No Man's Land Pickleball (NML) became the first people to put out an opinion blog dedicated entirely to pickleball.  They turned heads with their raw and unfiltered opinions on the rankings of pro players, the two pickleball tours, as well as live blogging pickleball events and giving takeaways at the end of the events.  People at the highest level of pro pickleball started name dropping them and speculating who they were but almost a year later, their identities still remained largely a mystery.  Until now. 

In this second episode of Pickleball After Dark Lauren chops it up with LA native Gabe Joseph to see just how hard on the outside and soft on the inside he is.  Gabe is known for bringing the passion and sometimes controversy to the sport of pickleball whether it's deserved or not.     Join Lauren as she pushes Gabe to dig deep and get honest. 

Zane Navratil comes over to Lauren's house to set the tone of Pickleball After Dark as the first guest of this brand new podcast.  We peek behind the veil of professional pickleball and talk very candidly about what it's like in the world of pro pickleball that the average player might not know.  Will we spill any secrets??  Make sure to listen, subscribe, and tune in for each new episode/guest!