Team Selkirk: 2025 PPA Cincinnati preview
The third PPA Slam event of the season kicks off this week in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a Slam, the tournament will follow a progressive draw format, with each division playing one round per day. Battle of the Boomstiks Tama Shimabukuro has been making headlines this past week after defeating Tyler Loong in singles and mixed doubles at the PPA Fukuoka event. Over the weekend,...
Sock reaches the Las Vegas semifinals, eyes bronze on Sunday
Singles day at the Las Vegas PPA delivered on impressive matchups and upsets. Federico Staksrud, Tyson McGuffin, and Dylan Frazier were some of the bigger names in the draw to bow out before the quarterfinals. Jack Sock played sensational pickleball, routing Max Freeman, Roscoe Bellamy, and Noe Khlif on his way to the semifinals. He will be looking for his second bronze and fifth...
Team Selkirk's young stars represent at PPA Fukuoka
Two of Hawai`i’s young and rising stars in pickleball are representing Selkirk on the main stage at the PPA Asia Fukuoka event this week. One to watch: 14-year-old Shimabukuro 14-year-old Tama Shimabukuro battled his way through qualifiers in men’s singles, coming out on top of the 67-player field. Now in the main draw, Shimabukuro’s first test will be fellow US player and PPA North America...
