This episode we do something different. I play devil's advocate and put forward a proposition. And I ask some experts from the industry to agree or argue. This first debate asks Soul Padel's Mark Hewlett, InstantPadel's Christoffer Granfelt and Taktika Padel's Ryan Redondo to question whether the sport of padel is being positioned and promoted as a pasttime for the affluent and elite. Is the reputation of the sport and its ecosystem veering to hard towards luxury, celebrity and premium? And i...
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This episode we do something different. I play devil's advocate and put forward a proposition. And I ask some experts from the industry to agree or argue. This first debate asks Soul Padel's Mark Hewlett, InstantPadel's Christoffer Granfelt and Taktika Padel's Ryan Redondo to question whether the sport of padel is being positioned and promoted as a pasttime for the affluent and elite. Is the reputation of the sport and its ecosystem veering to hard towards luxury, celebrity and premium? And i...
All The Angles S1 E8: Focus on Padel in the Middle East
All The Angles
40 minutes
1 year ago
All The Angles S1 E8: Focus on Padel in the Middle East
One of the areas outside the Spanish-speaking homelands that has really embraced padel in recent years is the Middle East. Brought to Dubai by Sheikh Hamdan, the sport has flourished in the region to the point where now in 2024, the Qatar Sports Investments runs the sole and FIP-recognised global professional tour, Premier Padel. In this week's episode of All the Angles, Alex Inglot and Hexagon Cup's Ben Nichols welcome two individuals intrinsically involved and invested in the Middle East'...
All The Angles
This episode we do something different. I play devil's advocate and put forward a proposition. And I ask some experts from the industry to agree or argue. This first debate asks Soul Padel's Mark Hewlett, InstantPadel's Christoffer Granfelt and Taktika Padel's Ryan Redondo to question whether the sport of padel is being positioned and promoted as a pasttime for the affluent and elite. Is the reputation of the sport and its ecosystem veering to hard towards luxury, celebrity and premium? And i...
