WORLDS GAUNTLET Pt. 2 w/ Pardoe, Rettenmaier, Blatt, and Goldin

The podcast Gaunlet at the World Championships in Dallas gave us more guests than we could squeeze into one episode. Part two is out now and features:

- Connor Pardoe sharing battle stories from inside of the Tour Wars

- Grayson Godin and Hanna Blatt talk about breaking through in pro pickleball in 2024 and playing mixed doubles with a significant other

- Travis Rettenmaier explaining his journey to becoming MLP’s Jackie Moon and new investors joining the Florida Smash team

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0:00 Intro

1:12 Grayson Goldin and Hannah Blatt join

4:34 Going under contract and making content

9:00 Playing mixed with your significant other

13:49 Grayson’s Bitcoin experiment

17:54 Hannah’s successful squash beginnings

22:20 Travis Rettenmaier joins the pod

25:02 Travis is the ‘Florida man’ and Graham updates

29:17 Where does a solo Ben Johns rank playing Challenger doubles?

32:45 Zane’s secret 2vs1 strategy

36:50 What’s next for the Florida Smash?

41:52 Appreciation for Travis letting it rip

47:02 Connor Pardoe joins the pod

51:27 Finally moving forward after the merger

53:28 Addressing rumors of killing MLP

56:08 Decentralizing MLP events

59:01 The Black Diamonds winning financially

1:00:40 Rehashing the struggles of the tour wars

1:05:50 Happy that the merger happened

1:08:45 What are the next big steps for PPA/MLP?

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