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Insights on padel technology, equipment, court guides, and the growing US padel industry.
Insights on padel technology, equipment, court guides, and the growing US padel industry.
Nox makes everything from $70 beginner sticks to Agustin Tapia's $400 pro frame. Here's the 2026 lineup sorted by who should actually buy each one — the AT10 Signature, X-Hero, and X-Zero — plus where to find them in the US.
Padel courts are 20m × 10m, end of story — but the walls, ceiling height, and service boxes are what make the game feel completely unlike tennis. Here is every measurement that matters and why it shapes how you play.
Spain's cult padel brand has finally landed in the US. The 2026 Siux lineup — Trilogy, Fenix, Diablo, and Génesis — offers four very different rackets at the premium end of the market. Here's which one fits your game.
Bay Padel — California's biggest padel operator — adds a 6-court outdoor club at Google's San Jose campus and its first LA-area location in Marina del Rey, growing the network to five.
Charleston has one open padel club today and two more on the way. Here's where to play, what's coming, and how padel showed up at the 2026 Credit One Open.
Padel Relations is a global B2B network connecting padel club owners and companies in the US and beyond — combining a year-round online portal with annual in-person events in New York and Barcelona.
The DC-Maryland-Virginia padel cluster keeps filling in. Three new clubs — Padel Social Bethesda, Epic Padel Tysons, and East Potomac Racquet Sports — are slated to open across the DMV between late spring and summer 2026. Here's what's new since our April update.
Maryland's padel scene has quietly become one of the most established in the Mid-Atlantic — 4 open clubs across Baltimore and the DC suburbs, with Padel Social opening in Bethesda this May. Here's the full guide to playing padel in Maryland in 2026.
The vibora is padel's aggressive sidespin overhead — the bandeja's spinnier cousin. Here's how to hit one, when to use it, and the drills that build a reliable, repeatable shot.
Two open clubs in Sunnyvale, one Google-backed San Jose project on the way. Here is where to play padel in Silicon Valley today, and what is coming next.
The return of serve is the single biggest leverage point in a padel rally. We break down where to stand, how to read the bounce, when to lob vs drive, and why the net is the goal after every return.
Head's 2026 padel rackets are organized into five clear families — Coello, Extreme, Gravity, Radical, and Speed — each with a distinct playing style. We break down the best pick for power, control, balanced play, and beginners, with US pricing and where to buy.