Pickle me this... How PickleRage is helping drive the sport of pickleball to new heights Interview by Michael J. Pallerino
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hat started as a backyard experiment on Bainbridge Island in 1965 (yes, you read that cor-
rectly) continues to grow into a worldwide sensation. How about a nearly five-million-playersacross-the-US kind of sensation? It all started when Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum were looking for ways to pass the time. Their innovative strategy of combining elements of badminton, Wiffle ball and makeshift paddles into the game we know as pickleball was created, becoming an official sport in 1972.
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