Season 3, Episode 2, Francisco Villaverde Reed (The Padel Company)

This week's guest has been one of the first non-Spanish person who really took padel to the next level! Victoria Pahlett is an ex tennis pro, who worked at Playtomic and went on to get to know everyone in the padel space. She has been to all over the world, seen the Swedish expansion of padel through and came up with the amazing idea of Padel Relations. She was a pleasure to have and we have had a great chat about everything padel   false

Nacho Porto is a Spanish-born padel coach and industrial engineer who began playing padel at the age of 10. With over 15 years of coaching experience in both Spain and Finland, he has competed in Spain's first category in Madrid and Málaga for more than eight years. Notably, he was a runner-up in the Spanish team competition and has won the "Series Nacionales Padel" four times in Málaga and Madrid. Additionally, Nacho has partnered with top players like Juan Lebron, the world number one, securing several tournament victories. ​ In Finland, Nacho co-founded Finspadel Akatemia, the first Finnish-Spanish padel academy located in Jyväskylä. ​ Nacho also contributes to the Finnish national padel team as an assistant coach, bringing international experience to the team's preparation for European competitions. ​   false

It is that time of the year! Expo or some might call it, Summit season! And who better to have on the podcast than the director of the Padel World Summit which will be held in Barcelona from the 27th till the 29th of May. We talk about a lot of great topics and Alex is such a natural, hope you'll like as much as I did!   false

I just got inspired by the Miami P1, so I thought I'll do a quick recap! Galan, Chingotto, Lebron, Stupa and all the other big names are being mentioned and how the ladies faired as well! Stay tuned for a lot more to come!   false

Mark Ayers is one of the pioneers of UK Padel, quite literally! He is planning over 80 events this year in the UK from juniors even up to the seniors! Their events all over the country bring a competitive edge as well as an amazing spirit all around for padel. Mark is a lighting engineer by trade, but now fully focusing on padel as his full time activity!    false

Just a quick recap of the Cancun P2 and what I'm expecting for the men's final!   false

Pasquale is back and he is always welcome on the pod!  We talk Coello's new racket line. Why Edu Alonso changed brands and how does it work with sponsorships in general! Head holds 3 of the 4 number 1s in the world, so they know something! Tune in!   false

Pablo Garcia of el4set is back and we talk about padel. Gijon P2, Tolito and Gonz Alfonso's chance, the Augsgate (Augsburger, Chozas and Libaak leaving Nox and Volt for Siux), Pablo turning pro and what he thinks of the goats of padel! Definitely a nerdy episode with a lot of insight!   false

Bojana was an absolute pleasure to have on the pod! She is smart, driven and just knows what it takes to be great in sports as well as to be exceptional in life! We talk about her connection to tennis, Novak Djokovic, Stef Bojic and Janko Tipsarevic and how she ended up as a professional padel player! She has an amazing follower base on Instagram as well as TikTok and she is a mindful content creator!  Tune in if you would like to hear how she is living her everydays! Also find the video on Youtube on my channel!   false

Fran is back, and he was worth the wait! We are joking, bantering and talking padel! We touch a bit on the new pairs, all his brands, which include Siux, Volt and 4ON as well as RS. He is definitely always welcome on the show, and he delivered as always!   false