Saturday April 25, 2026
8:00-9:00am (PDT)

All Jamboree troops are invited to our first Saturday Squadron Breakfast Call.

If you’re not on a troop, you’re welcome to join with a $10 donation to your local food bank or North Shore Community Hub. Reply with a screenshot of your receipt and we’ll send you the Zoom link.

Every year, pickleball is said to be reaching a tipping point.

We’ve come to take these endless tipping points with a grain of salt.

However, it’s become clear this spring that many of you are grappling with the tension between different pickleball experiences. From the DUPRization of your community to the rise of local private pickleball clubs to all the new people showing up—there’s a lot to be excited about. These forces are undeniably reshaping local pickleball culture — and with it, the ethos of the game.

Pickleball’s first wave was like a frontier—chalked lines in RV parks, taped church gymnasium floors, abandoned tennis courts. It was loosely organized around interesting local characters.

Second wave pickleball has been about optimization. An obsession with ratings, paddle technology, better facilities, and software. The sport has become more legible and structured. Not unlike the impact Starbucks had on global coffee culture.

Now a third wave is emerging. Not a rejection of accessibility and performance, but a response to what feels like a flattening.

Can pickleball become more serious without becoming generic? Can different facilities and communities develop distinct cultures within the same global sport? What role does identity, community, and meaning play in a high performance training environment?

Javier Regalado has been working at the centre of pickleball’s global growth as President of the Global Pickleball Federation. Even as he worked tirelessly in his tenure as president of the Global Pickleball Federation to hasten this moment, he has also felt apprehension. 

In the first of a series of Saturday breakfast calls, we’ll talk about what’s happening globally, where pickleball may (or may not) be heading in the Olympic conversation, and the forces shaping the game right now, including what we’ve been calling DUPRization.

We’ll also introduce the ideas of practice culture, troop culture, and how they fit into what we see as pickleball’s emerging third wave.

This is not a webinar. It’s a conversation. Pour a coffee. Bring questions.