Quang Duong is helping to accelerate pickleball’s international growth. With guidance from his Dad/Coach, Duong is embracing his Vietnamese roots to launch a new signature paddle and apparel line.

Fresh off a double gold victory at the US Open, Jack Munro stops by to show Zane his new hardware. One of those medals came in mixed doubles, where Zane's prediction for Andre Agassi and Anna Leigh Waters severely missed the mark.

Phoenix Flames GM Brant Weiss shares how he has stepped into his new role as coach/meme lord/cheerleader. He explains how the AZ Drive became the Flames and what they have planned for MLP Phoenix.

Our Guy Erik Tice helps recap all things MLP Columbus, including the Johns Bros withdraw that had the picklesphere buzzing. Find out how Zane thinks the situation could have been remedied on-site.

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0:00 Quang Duong signs with Sypik

6:04 Half a million is too small for us

7:00 The Avatar Ball Bender paddle

10:04 Legendary Duong family practices

14:55 How do you recover after long training sessions?

17:00 Everybody loves Bao

18:29 Quang lands Wika as shoe and apparel sponsor

23:20 Looking to Duc between points

26:22 Asian players still chasing US players … for now

Brant Weiss

33:47 Coach Weiss promoted to meme lord

35:40 AZ Drive become the Phoenix Flames

37:37 Interesting trades in the offseason

39:45 Leaning into personality and vibes

41:59 What are the plans for MLP Phoenix?

Erik Tice

43:49 Tice’s MLP recap

48:12 The Squeeze surprising the field

50:53 Strength of schedule advantages

52:49 Miami hit big in the draft

56:52 50/50 rally vs traditional scoring

59:22 Counting days since last cursing incident

1:02:19 Shock trolling with ‘Security’ guard shirt

1:04:02 Team Emmrich stepped up for the Hogs

Jack Munro

1:08:09 Zane’s son Jack Munro joins the pod

1:13:18 Is the US Open still a ‘major’

1:17:00 Why did ALW get the exception?

1:18:45 Zane with an all-time miss on the Agassi prediction

1:25:14 Life on the line - who do you partner with?

1:26:40 Will Howells riles up PPA crowd

1:33:00 Go follow Jack on YouTube

Erik Tice

1:36:23 Addressing the Johns Bros Columbus withdraw

1:44:45 Where’s the team support?

1:49:50 Fines and suspension

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