Episode 58 - Love at First Serve! Single & Looking? PickleMatch meet-up at MoodSwing

Thank you for joining in. I'm Mike. I'm Kisana. We're the Pickleballers Next Door. Denver, your nightlife, your playtime, your entire vibe is about to get a major mood swing. Introducing Mood Swing, the newest, boldest pickleball entertainment venue built for players, partiers, and everyone in between. Fast games, big energy, unreal food and drinks, and a place where your mood lifts the moment you walk in. Hi, Mike. Hey, how are you? Happy Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day to you, too. Yeah, because I'm such a sweetheart. Yeah, you are a very nice. You do have a good heart, Mike. I do. You do. I mean, just because everybody says you don't. You do. I'm joking. I do have one. Yeah, Mike, you do. But we're here. We had to leave our loved ones tonight. Well, Dave's here with me. We are loved ones here. My loved one's like, I'm in trouble. But he's kind of watching the hockey, I think, watching the Olympics. So, see, he's got the big TV. He's trying to play it out like, oh, yeah, see, we could have spent time together. Right, exactly. But I'm going to get it probably, if you see me tomorrow, I fell and my eye will be black. Yes. I fell and hit the door. Yes, and that's probably why. So, anyway, we're here at a great event tonight on Valentine's Day. Yeah, we're here for the Pickle Match. And it's for, of course, Valentine's Day. So people that may not have a mate but wants to come out and just actually hang. They don't have to find their mate. They can just find a friend. What a fun thing, though. I mean, you know, we've been talking about this, and it's probably going to be one of our talks on our episodes is people are lonely. We're all lonely, right? Yeah. Even if you're married, you get lonely because you work a lot. Yeah. You know what I mean? So you're always looking for a place to come, and she's done such a great job. Yeah, she was at another event last night. They had 170 people. Oh, my God. And then tonight, I think they are over their limit of 70 just because of the six courts. The courts, yeah. But back to your people lonely, I actually was talking to somebody, and they told me that 80% of the world is lonely. And if you can just give somebody a smile and just be a friend, it's amazing. Well, our life is so busy, right? We're always trying to chase the dollar, chase the Internet. You know, instead of we forgot about people, right? Yeah. Even ourselves, we're just so wrapped up in everything. Well, the Internet actually has caused that, I think, just because you could be home. COVID caused that. Yeah, COVID brought some of us together, but it did separate a lot of us. Yeah. Yeah, a lot of people here look at us. They're waiting for either to meet somebody as a friend or to meet their future. There's love in the air. Love. There's love in the air. Yes. You feel it? Love in the air? I feel it right now. I know. Mike actually got some cool glasses. I'm not sure if I can even put them on. Because your head's really big, so it's tough for you to get them on. Oh, there we go. See? Oh, there we go. Here we are. Yeah. It's kind of rose-colored. It is rose-colored. You know that song, right? That sad song? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Rose-colored glasses. But we're going to interview some people tonight and get to love where it started and where it ends. If Cupid hits somebody tonight. Hits somebody. Yes. Yes. We are. And you know what? The fun part with Pickleball is this community. I think this is a great place where you can meet people. Oh, yeah. It's not a threat. I don't think it's your average go-to-dinner. You know, ask a lot of questions. You get to go out here on a court, and it's kind of neutral. All four of them have fun because they just, you know, and you can just be yourself and have fun. Just have fun. Yeah. Yeah. We'll be talking to some great people. I think this is something we're going to talk a little bit more about. But like I said, we're at a great event here, Valentine's Day. And yeah, the place is packing out really fast. Yeah, it is. A lot of people, guys. And so we are here at Mood Swing. And Mood Swing, they're really doing well. They've had a lot of tournaments and stuff here, too. It's a new club here in Denver. A lot of people don't know about it. But the name is perfect. I mean, if you're looking for a place to come have some great pizza, oh, my God. Oh, yes. I just had that. Gluten-free, honey hot pepperoni. Well, you can leave the gluten-free out. But I mean, the hot pepperoni. No, no, it's good. It is good. It actually is good. Yeah. The food is good. The environment. They have a section. You don't even know there's Pickleball. Like, there's a whole other section that has huge TV. Huge bar. Huge TV. Lots of sitting areas. So if you want to come to a place and just enjoy yourself, they got a coffee bar. And they do bands, too. So they can close that off from the Pickleball. I mean, you don't have to play Pickleball to come here. No. You can bring your family. You can bring friends. You can have a good time. Yeah. But all right, guys. We'll be chatting here soon. We just wanted to say hello and look forward to... And happy Valentine's Day. Yeah. Happy, happy Valentine's. Yeah. Yeah. It will be... You'll hear us next week with this. But, you know, Valentine's Day all year. All year. Every year. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. All right. Hey, guys. Hey. We are here at Mood Swing with Annalise from Pickle Match. I'm Krisanna. And I got Mike. I'm Mike. Yeah. We're here. Hey. How you doing? Hi. I'm doing very well. Happy Valentine's Day. Happy, happy Valentine's Day to you. Look what you're doing. You're bringing the love. I am so happy that we organized so many events this weekend. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. So talk to us. How's it growing? I mean, it seems like it's growing great. Yeah. So the app itself is actually like working now and we have success stories, matches, first date, second dates. Wow. That's awesome. People are coming in. People are coming in. I mean, it's been a lot of fun. I mean, it's been amazing. And I'm glad we're here. It's been a lot of fun. I'm so excited. Yeah, I'm so excited. So the app itself is actually like working now and we have success stories, matches, first dates, second dates. Wow. That's awesome. People that are, you know, potentially coupling from the app, which is super fun, to be honest. And then the event side is now really pretty smooth. We've done like well over 10 events at this point. They're all sold out and that's been a big time. Tell us the one last night, or yesterday. That was huge, right? So last night we had 120 people come to relish. And it was super fun. We did mixed doubles open play. We had a lot of fun icebreakers. They made like special Valentine's Day cocktails for us. And then tonight it is Valentine's Day. And we had, I mean, this event is also pretty well attended. It's like 80 people. Oh my God. That's good. And we had probably like 15 people sign up today because I think people wake up and they're like, yeah, Valentine's Day. What do I want to be doing alone? Or like, do I want to go play pickleball with my friends? Absolutely. Yeah. It's a no brainer. Yeah. All the courts are going. People are waiting. I mean, this is running again. Awesome. Yeah. It's a vibe. And people are in great spirits. I feel like everyone is open to meeting each other, but it feels super low pressure, which I like. And I think it's like making people feel comfortable. That's what pickleball does, right? 100%. Well, when we're looking at this court next to us over here, there are people that don't know how to play pickleball. You're helping them learn how to play pickleball. Yes. And we have Tom. We got Tom, the absolute GOAT, the GOAT teacher. And I feel every event we have, like 15% of people that have never played before. So it's a great way to break into the sport. Oh yeah. When you know what happens. Look at you now, too. We were watching just at a tournament recently. The cutest player. She's got the most awesome looks when you're out there. You're like, I gotta do a video of you all together with your looks. We were spying on you. We were like, look at her go. You are bringing your game on now. Yeah, you did great. I love singles. It's new. I mean, now I'm thinking I need to do an event that's like a singles event. I'm getting really into singles pickleball. It's super fun. Well, think about that. Singles, when you're one-on-one now, it's on. Right? Here comes the balls. And lately, I've been doing pickleball dating as singles. And it's a fun vibe. With the right person. Right person. Right person. So now, have you met somebody from here? I have met people at pickleball. I mean, everything. I know. I mean, come on. Probably a little early to spill the tea on any specific relationships. But yeah. No, it's been very fun and good for me. Awesome. Absolutely. Well, you're a rock star. I mean, you just are. Around you, your vibes just around you. I mean, this was your calling. This was absolutely your calling. I so appreciate you saying that. Because I was talking to a friend last night, and he was like, you know, there's probably people that are going on dates tomorrow because of your event tonight. And I was like, that gives me so much joy. It really lights me up. And so, yeah, I totally appreciate the opportunity. It is. I mean, you didn't know. I mean, this is a new thing. Right? I mean, this is new. And you're rocking it out. I mean, this thing is cranking. It's been so fun. And you guys are rock stars. Thank you guys for coming out and supporting everywhere. Oh, yeah. Of course. It's so fun to see you everywhere. Especially this. We've actually been looking at a segment because people are lonely. She just found a report. They said 80%. 80% of people, even if you're married, you're lonely. Which is sad. That's kind of sad. And so, you're doing something that's taking people from off the couch, getting them out here. And they would have never been together had you not done this. Think about that one. Yeah, exactly. And at every event, even if you don't leave with a romantic interest, I know people leave with friends. And that's, like, also pretty gratifying. That's what we just said. We just did a live up here for you. And the live was telling people, look, it might not be the love of life tonight, but you're walking out of here with somebody you didn't meet before in your life. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, 100%. Yes. Pickleball community is huge, too. I mean, it's giant. And growing. Oh, my God. Yes. It's nuts. I mean, we always wondered, like, where is it going to plateau? But it's not plateauing anywhere. It's not getting bigger. No. I mean, and even last night I brought a few new friends who had never played tonight. I have a few new friends out there who have never played. It's going to continue to grow like that. Yeah, it's going to. And the urge is out there now, right? Now people have heard it now, right? A year ago, or even a year and a half ago, I used to get, what's pickleball? Now people are like, where can I try it? You know what I mean? So the vibe is changing. Yeah, 100%. So what's next? So what's your next event? So we're doing another event here either end of March or beginning of April. We're also looking at Littleton. Location TBD, but Littleton will probably be in March. And then we also want to go to the Springs. Oh, there you go. Yeah. Are there a lot of lonely people in the Springs? I get a lot of DMs from the Springs. So I think there's a lot of demand. Well, I think you have the military there and stuff, right? So they're flying in and out. I think it's a perfect place to have it. And we really want to penetrate Colorado deeply. We're also live in L.A., and we're going to continue to do events in L.A. How'd that go? You were in California, right? Yeah, L.A. has been a really good market for us. It is obviously a massive city, and so to tackle it properly will require a bit more time. We started more in the Santa Monica area, and I would say we've kind of gone to surrounding areas. So Hollywood, Santa Monica, that's really where our community is right now. And we'll continue to expand there. But again, it's pickleball. So the neat part is the market is big there, but pickleball is pickleball, right? Pickleball is pickleball everywhere. It is, exactly. So if you play pickleball and you want a date, it's the perfect place to be. 100%, yeah. And there's clubs opening up. We just know two clubs that just opened the last two weeks just there in L.A. It's crazy. And they're big clubs. Yeah. We think pickleball is here. We get, like, a 20 place. They got 40, 45 places. We were just at nationals at 60 courts. Come on. It's crazy. And L.A. is very fun. I mean, I will say they have a great pickleball community. Like, even in Santa Monica, they have Memorial Park, which is, like, 16 courts open play all day. All day. Full. It's crazy. I grew up there. I'm from Orange County. So, yeah, it's crazy. But that's awesome. I mean, this is, again, you're awesome in what you're doing. And we're so glad you invited us to come out here to talk about it. Thank you guys so much for coming. Yeah. And happy Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's to you, too. All right. All right. Thank you. Have a good night. Talk to you soon. Want a pro-level pickleball court without pouring concrete? Discover Rollout Courts from Pickleball Management Group. They offer quick setup. The standard Rollout Court uses five textured polyvinyl rolls seamed together to make a 30x60 court customizable. Or choose Pickle Deck, interlocking panels for any surface. Perfect for backyards, schools, events. The complete Pickle Deck system install in under two hours and saves big versus concrete or asphalt. Pickleball Management Group is an official sponsor of USA Pickleball, Pickleball Canada, the APP Tour, and the 2025 U.S. Open Pickleball Championships. Learn more at pickleballmanagement.com. Okay. So, Alex, so we're here at Mood Swing, and we are here for Pickle Match. And so tell us, how long have you been going to these Pickle Matches, or have you been – is this your first time? About a month ago I think we came here for the first time. Yep. Sorry. Closer. Yeah, we got closer. I know you got to get romantic. We, a friend, or how – you said? There was four of us. Okay. Oh, fun. And we're all here tonight. You're all here. Okay, so you can – And we saw this event. Okay, and that's why you're here. That is literally why I'm here. There's no other reason. If I saw this event alone, I'd be like, neat. A little scared. Well, have you ever played pickleball? Do you play pickleball normally? Well, we do now. Now you do. Isn't it awesome? It's fun. Oh, there you go. There you go. So are you good then at pickleball? I am for – this would be my fifth time. I'd say I'm pretty fine. Decent? I like it. I like it. I like it. How is the meeting people with doing pickleball? Is it kind of awkward still, like going to a date, or is it a little bit more open and, you know, not so, you know, so close? It's definitely a little less awkward. A little less awkward, yeah. Okay. So you're single, right? I am. Okay. So you're looking? Sure. You're looking? Okay. And do you see anybody tonight that you might be looking for? There are options. I like it. I like it. I like the options. I kind of put you on the spot there. Yeah, look at her there. She just goes right in hard. I go right for the jugular. I just do. That's fine. I can circumvent when needed. It is. So are you having fun? Yeah. Now, is it, Ran, like you, is it, how do they work it here? We've never been in it. So I see the line up there. So is it so many points you get to go in and meet somebody new, or how does it work? So the way they, they didn't really explain it. I asked. So then I figured it out. But so it's, they're playing to nine. And then, and then they, what they call paddle stacking. Yep. And, and so you can take turns. And do you do one at a time, or do you have partners and go in, or how does that work? I think it's where everybody's just kind of winging it. Like I would have, if it were me, I would have structured it a little bit more. Sure. Sure. Made sure that like, all right, these people are going to go in here and you just kind of kind of circle around and, and be forced to awkwardly meet people. Yeah. Yeah. Is it like, but what if you find somebody you kind of find attractive and that now can you kind of be like, Hey, do you want to go into the next rack or paddle with me or, you know, paddle stack? You could, but I feel like we all kind of came with friends. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's less awkward, right? I mean, honestly, I mean, yeah. Coming by yourself, like you said, this would be a really tough, you know, like, Ugh. And so your friends are the ones that nominated you to be on the podcast. Did you notice that? I did. These were your friends. Yes. Yes. You can do it. Yeah. Oh, Hey, I don't want to do it, but I do know how Alex will do it. That's how you got nominated. I tend to be fairly eccentric. I like it. So is this something you would do again? Would you try this again? Sure. I mean, I like the venue. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And she does them all over. I mean, and this is new. She's new. I mean, on her end, this is just started. She just does. I mean, she's only done probably 10 here in Colorado. So, I mean, this is brand new. So then 10 of these, uh, getting together and playing pickleball. Okay. Pickle match. And then how about, um, did you go last night? They had one at relish. Did you know about it? Okay. So have you done one a month or what do you, how often do you come to these? Every time a female friend of mine says, Oh, we should do this. And then I'm like, Oh, okay. All right. Okay. Well, good. That's the best way to do it. Huh? And now have you met anybody in those four times that you've come that you talked to after? Well, the other times that we came, we're just us playing pickleball. Oh, he said, this is his first time here ever doing that. Oh, this is the first time you've ever been at a pickle match. Some sort of event like this. Yeah. Oh, okay. I thought you had come for four times. Okay. See that. I don't even think this place has been open that long. No. No. Mood swing hasn't been open, but maybe six weeks. Yeah. Six weeks or so. It hasn't been open that long. And then pickle match. She goes to all different places and venues. Yeah. But anyway, so you, um, you like it. I mean, so far, so far, so far, you think there could be some, you know, something happening tonight, meeting somebody. No idea. Not something happening. I mean, me, you know, making some contact. I'm so jaded when it comes to this. Like, like, like it's, we've got, it's this or dating app. So like, this is fine. Yeah. Well, at least you get to kind of play with them and see if they're actually nice. That's yeah. Right. And how old, how old are you? Very. Oh. 39. 39. Wow. You look like a young pup. You look good. I mean, that's good. That's really good. Yeah. You look 39. Yeah. That's good. That's a good thing. Now we can say my last name. I like it. I like it. Well, that's awesome that you came and you will. Okay. So you'll come back to moose swing. Will you do another pickle match? Because it seems like it's kind of a fun and there's, and when we come, we see different people to new people. And then some of the other people depends on, on my friends, right? On your friends. I'm not, I'm not just coming by myself. Why? Why? Why? Because it's just, it's more awkwardness than it's worth. Okay. Okay. I have, I have some sons and they came to one of her events and they said it was a lot nicer. I mean, my sons tell me the truth. They're like, dad, I got to go out and go to this restaurant. First I got to get integrated online and then I got to go to a restaurant and I have to have my, my uh, resume sitting right there on the table. You know, I mean, yeah, I, I, I've been married a long time. Thank God. Cause I don't. Oh my God. I don't even go there. His age. Yeah. 30 to 39. I just lost my hair right there. We're brothers. Well, your sister was over there too, right? Well, that's what they're kind of like her and her sister are like sisters. Okay. I like sisters. Okay. Yeah. No, it's awesome. I mean, but I just, I think it's a better place to go. They need new stuff. My son was showing me this swipe stuff, which I've never been on. And I was like, this is horrible. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Horrible. So you swipe? Oh, I guess. I mean, I mean, there's no, you don't get to know nobody. I mean, you do. It's not based on personality. No, it's not. And see here, you know, you can meet people. You got the personality. You can. You know, if they start cussing on the pickleball court, you may not want to like date her or him. Well, it depends how intense they are, right? Yeah. Yeah. Like I'm going to, I'm going to swear no matter what. I think I, I didn't even ask you if that's okay. You're okay. You can swear. Well, as long as you're not like, as long as they're not throwing paddles at you or something, that could be a sign. That, that, that is generally a sign of, uh, someone being a little bit more competitive than competitive or aggressively angry. Both. It could be both. Well, and again, you get to see somebody's personality than sitting here trying to have a, like this, this is awkward, right? We're here trying to talk about things. I mean, we're kind of brilliant. Yeah. But, but at the end of the day, it's, you get to see somebody in their real state of person, right? I mean, maybe they've been a little nervous, but I'm telling you, go into that restaurant thing and spending $200 for a night and being like, wow, I don't like you. This is, this is better than most first dates. How about that? I like that. I like that. It does seem like, are you, are you somewhat advertising for them? No, no. We do everything. We don't charge anything to do this. This is freedom. No, we're just, you know what? We come to the people, we come to the action. Uh, this is very interesting because it does bring a lot of people together, uh, pickleball community and everything. So that's kind of why we're here. We're, we're getting your story why you're here because you're single and you're looking. Yeah, that's, that is, it's, it's the most basic story ever. Basic. It's not very, it's not very thrilling. I'm sure you can find somebody here that's like been through a lot of shit and like, brought me to this position, but no, no, I just had a friend that's like, we should do this. And I'm like, all right, let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. But you're having fun. Yeah. You're drinking a beer, having some fun. That helps. It always helps. It does. It does. It loosens up. Yeah. I like it though. Well, thank you so much for being on our podcast. Sure. And good luck tonight. Hopefully you, uh, all of a sudden those eyes flare into somebody else. What happens? What do you think? I don't know. We're going to see. Um, I think you're going to find your true love tonight. That would 38 years. I mean, what's that? I mean, were you, were you looking at one? Okay. Let's go. Like, let's go. Like, so I'm thinking because you started at one, maybe that, maybe that's it. I don't know. I think you've got a good personality. You're fun. I think you're going to do well. I think you're going to do well. Come on ladies. If you want to DM us, uh, when we put this out, Alex, great. We need to put pictures. Just for the age. It's like, yeah, this guy's, this guy's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, Oh my God. Yeah, I, I would never guess that. Never guess that. Oh, what would you guess? Let's do this game. I'd guess you at the thirties, like beginning thirties, like 32, 31, so yeah. I was probably sitting there. I mean, that's awesome. So keep that going, because I'm telling you, this is what happens later. Keep using the what kind of skincare products? Bring it. Bring it. Bring skincare products that you like to have. Of course. You moisturize. Everyone knows about that. Everyone knows about that. Well, that's what happened to me. I forgot to moisturize. I moisturize every day. Oh yeah. You look young too. And she's older than me. That's crazy. She's like you, she's going to be, that's what, this is what you have to look forward to. And he's like his eyes across from me. Yeah. Sorry. That's not good for a podcast. A lot of facial expressions. Yeah. A lot of facial. Well, thank you again so much. You were awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you again so much. You were awesome to have on here and have a fun night. Hi guys. We're here, Mike and I. Yep. We're here at this wonderful mood swing at a dating on here. Pickle match. Pickle match. Yeah. And we're, it's the, it's actually Valentine's day. God, I need to get some drinks or something. Here's some coffee. That's why I'm here because he doesn't remember nothing. I don't remember nothing. I'm old. So we are. He's already hooked up. I'm hooked up. I'm hooked up. And I'm hooked up. I'm hooked up. So we're here. We're here. We're here. I don't remember nothing. I'm old. So we are. He's already hooked up. I'm hooked up. I'm done. Yeah. I don't have to worry. So we're here with Amanda and Tobias. Did I say your name right? You got it right. Yeah. I did. That was good. Yeah. Mike would have slaughtered it, but you know. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't even try. So, okay. So we're going to start with Amanda. And Amanda, so tell us why you're here tonight. Um, I love playing pickleball and I think, you know, just meeting people, playing things a sport that you love is probably, you know, the best, like use of my time and, and, uh, get to do something I love while meeting new people. Now you said, what do you know? Level you are? You're a four Oh three, five, three, seven, between a four Oh and a four, five. Oh, there we go. So now I got to ask the question because here's where we go with this is out. Yeah. Cause now when you play somebody like you have to actually like how they come up to the line, how they serve, can that make a difference? And when you do, are you a little more judgmental when it comes to like playing with somebody? Even if they come on and say, I'm okay. Now do you judge them a little bit more? Cause you're a better player. Um, I think, you know, going into things like this, I tend to play with whoever, and I just have that mindset where I'm just like, I'll play with whoever and they're getting to know the game too. So I think it's fine. But if I'm playing like regularly, then yes, I'm super judgy. And are you judgy with Tobias? I've only seen him play, but I want to play against him. Yeah. He, this is them. We've been, we were on, we did, we were here for another event and this man can play some pickleball. Don't let him, don't let him. Don't let him. I saw it. Yeah, exactly. He's got the moves. I'm a tennis guy, so. That's what it is. Yeah. Yeah. Fairly easy. Explain why you're here tonight. Well, I saw the advertisement and I, uh, I, I figured I'm going to be, hopefully in the future, I'll be coaching here on one of the coaches panels here. And I'm trying to get that going. So I figured maybe I can get to know people and, you know, socialize and meet, meet everybody and promote myself. Are you single? Are you single? Oh, he's single here. He's single. Are you looking for a special person? Well, yeah, it would be great, but I'm realistic and I'm open-minded. And Amanda is too, I think, right? Looking for a special person? Yeah. I mean. Sorry. Amanda's blushing right now. I know, right? I like it. Yeah. So this is neat though. You guys, I mean, so much different than coming out. I mean, imagine calling somebody that you got on a dating app, but then you have to ask him to go play pickleball. Like, you know what I mean? I think that would be a little awkward. Now you did come out with people that are kind of willing to start to at least learn or play. Now, are you finding that pretty good players here tonight? Yeah. I think there's, yeah, there's quite a few, I think, over on. On the court? Yeah. On the other side where I think. I think people will hover. Like, good players kind of know. They kind of watch and they're kind of like covered together. There's some snobs rolling around and they're saying, hey, let's get a game going. I like it. I like it. So, so you came, you saw, you're going to be working here then at Midswing? That's the plan. That's the plan. Or that's the rumor? That's the plan. Well, I'm on as one of the coaches here right now, so it's just, you know, just barely started and they're trying to get things rolling. Yeah. Now, would you body bag anybody tonight? Him, maybe. Oh, you see this? I like it. So if you know the person. He can play now. Is that on the pickleball court or? Oh, wow. We're getting serious now. We're getting serious. I like it. Wow. And this is the first time you guys have met, right? Okay. Nice. Nice. Yeah. Well, and where do you guys live around here? I live closer to Boulder, so I play, yeah, I play like relish and lifetime usually in Pickler. So. Oh, nice. And how about you? I'm anywhere from five to 10 minutes away. So that's. This is a great place. Take this place. What's the vibe? Yeah. First time I've been here. It's great. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. First time I've been here. It's great. Oh, yeah. Have you had the food here? Oh, yeah. You got to try it. Oh, yeah. The pizza. The pizza here. The guy that he's a chef. He's incredible. So it's really good. Have you tried the food? His name's Luigi. Yeah. He should be. I've tried it several times. It's very good. Very good. Yeah. How about relish? Yeah, relish. Oh. They got a good mart, but we don't want to. Yeah. Well, I mean, they have good food too. One of the few places that has that same similar. Yeah. Vibe. Yeah. Well, and they're so far apart anyway. Oh, big time. You know? Right? They're so different too. I mean, people try to compare this to chicken and pickle. It's a different vibe all together. Yeah. This is almost to me more of an adult, really an adult. I mean, I know there's kids that come here and stuff, but I think it's really an adult picture. Yeah. Like if you walk over through those doors, all of a sudden it's the bar restaurant and you're out of pickleball. And it's a huge bar. So I think that's kind of neat. Yeah. It's huge. It's huge. This place is giant. Yeah, it is. But you can bring your drink. Yeah. You can bring your drink, hang out. So you two have never met each other before tonight, huh? So let me just ask this question, since you guys are good pickleball players. So this would be the question I would wonder is, do you go play again somewhere else? Like if you like each other, have that vibe, would you say, hey, do you want to go to an open play or rent a court? Rent a court? I think that would even be more like, hey, you want to rent a court together? Yeah. I would. Yeah. I like it. I like it. That would be definitely a good opportunity there. Yeah. I like it. She's a good player. Oh, there we go. You picked up on that. Yeah. Oh, look at this one. Well, you know, I think people pick up on things. The noise. Well, good pickleball players. It's very loud when she hits the ball. She'd be cracking it. Double backhands? Sometimes. Oh, there we go. You got your hands cut out for you. I mean, four or five, you're up there. What are you? Probably the same. He's up there. Yeah, he's probably a four or five. I think he's definitely better than me. You know, there's just a difference. It's crazy compared to playing, you know, lady. You have more patience, but you have a drive that's just as friendly, like, but all of a sudden you just bring on the heat. Like a good pickleball lady, like she just, you bring the heat on. Like you're smiling and then it's like, ah. You're taking them home. Are you the type that says sorry after you've just like bagged them and. I mean, I'll apologize. Smack that ball by them. Yeah. Sometimes. I like it. We're going to have to get some video of you guys playing. Have you played together yet tonight? No. All right. So you're right. That's where you're wanting to go right now, right? We said we'll try to play. We'll make sure that I get in on that court. So you guys can do the paddles like how you want it. Like if all of a sudden you're like, oh, I want to go meet that person. And then you put the paddle right on. We can arrange that. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. That's kind of how it's going. Nice. Everybody's starting to get it. Kind of get their drive. OK. And I think it's mostly just friendly. Yeah. Nice. Yeah. And just get to know each other. And that's great. And good competition. Yeah. Now, you two are both single. This has to be much better than going to a restaurant and looking at each other going, here we go. What food do you like? Where do you like to vacation? I can't even imagine. This has to be so much better. Yeah. You smack a ball and it's like, let's go. Well, and we already know we have one thing in common. That is good. I like that right there. That was good. Yeah. Yeah. You're not already trying to find that place where you can talk about something. Do you like wildlife? Or do you like to hunt? Or do you like to play golf? Or, you know, I mean, whatever. You like to hunt? Yeah, I'm hunting right now. Yeah. I like it. So is this your first one, both of you, at this pickle match? No, I've been to one at Relish, too. Relish. Was that the one last night? Yeah, I did go to that one. That was huge. It was so many people. Oh, my gosh. That has 22 courts there. It's crazy. It's nuts. I can't even imagine that. Did you hook up? I know. Yeah. Did you meet anybody? So I play there. Oh, here we go. I play there regularly. So I knew so many people, including the staff there. So everyone just kept pulling me to, like, play. And so I really just played with friends the whole time, honestly. Yeah. This night, though. So tonight, you're getting some real meat and some great people. I feel like I've matched more people. You're actually meeting your... Yeah. You're going to meet Tobias. I met Tobias. Yeah. Mine was in the gutter on the meat, but... Oh, no. Here we go. I like it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I like it. I like it. And so it starts. Here it starts. I like it. I think he's trouble. Yeah. I think it's time to put... I didn't know where you were heading with that. I think you need to body bag him right away. Yeah. I'll work on it. Oh, yeah. I like it. So, well, thank you guys for being on tonight. Yeah, thank you. I know. I told you guys, and I appreciate you guys coming over. Of course. We do. We do. You guys have fun, and hopefully we'll be at another one, and we can find out if this ever turned out to something. All right. Thank you. And we'll see you on TV. Yeah. Yeah. We're here with Isaiah, and you work at Mood Swing, right? Yes, I do. We're here for that pickle match. So talk to us. So are you dating? Are you dating anybody right now? I'm currently not dating anybody. So you're kind of keeping your eyes open around here. I guess so. Well, I'm actually... I graduated high school early, so I'm going to college soon. That's awesome. So I've decided that I'm not going to date anybody, because college is kind of close. That's awesome. Yeah. Where are you going? Stanford. Stanford? Yeah. Stanford? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Stanford. Stanford. Woo. Wow. You're a smart cookie. Yeah. You've got a smart person here. I don't... I didn't even make it to regular... I didn't even make it to high school. That's awesome, though. So what are you going to go to school for? I think I want to do biology, but kind of just... I don't know. I want to try everything out and just see... See where it's going? Yeah. See what's best. When you got your brain, you can pretty much try what you want. Yeah. I guess so. I like it. I like it. So how long are you here for at Mood Swing? I started out when it opened, so probably late December. Okay. And then I don't know. I don't know when I'm going to leave. Maybe May, maybe before the summer. Maybe I'll stick it out through the summer. We'll see. That's going to be awesome. Are you excited? Yeah. Yeah. You got to be. I got a lot ahead of me, so... Yeah, you do. Are you going to keep the pickleball up? Keep going? I hope so. Yeah. I think I'm going to start pickleballing even more when I get out of here. Oh, and now the colleges have their own... They're actually putting... Yeah. They've actually got college pro teams that they're making now, so... Yeah, exactly. How good of a player are you? I'm not that good. Do you have like a duper or anything? No, I don't. I've never done a tournament or anything. I played in high school, but everyone that I played with was really bad. And then when I came here, I played with people that were good, and it was really intimidating. Yeah, the owners are actually pretty good. They are. I've played with the owners before. Yeah, they're intense. Even the pizza man. Yeah. He's pretty good. He's a big man, but he can get the ball around. I know. Yeah, but I'm getting... I'm definitely improving a lot, and I think I could hold my own against some good players, but I'm not like tournament level. Not yet? Not yet. Maybe one day. You should try, though, just to see how you do, because they have all levels. Yeah. So what do you think about, I mean, coming into this, like, working for a pickleball place? It's pretty neat, isn't it? Yeah, it's cool. I also, like, I really like that I'm working for a new business. I think that's the coolest part about it, is like I get to see all the decisions being made. I get to see, you know, how we're reacting to problems that, like, I haven't gotten before in other jobs, you know, because it's been smoothed out for so long. But this is like... And this is... Feels very real-life change. And this is big. Yeah. This isn't a tiny little place that we're here. Mood Swing, they put some time and money and effort into this. I mean, this is... These poor guys have worked their butt off. Yeah, they really have. Yeah, so I... Yeah, I love seeing it change, you know? I love seeing it develop over the past few months. Yeah, it's great. It's beautiful. What's your favorite thing here? I mean, what's your favorite thing that you could... I mean, I know it's a job, you're working, you know, but I mean... You're probably leaving. Yeah. Yeah, and you're leaving and gonna be going to make lots of money. My favorite thing about working at Mood Swing is that I get to play pickleball. There you go. That's great. There you go. Yeah, if there's a group of three or, you know, just one person that comes up, I can just play with them if it's not too busy, and that's really awesome. And you get paid. You're still getting paid. Yeah, exactly. I'm still getting paid to play with them, yeah. That's awesome. Nice. Well, we just wanted to get you on really fast. We... You know, you're awesome. You can tell your energy's good. Keep playing pickleball. I will. Yeah. I mean, I think you got the height and you got the long arm. Yeah. I think you got the... You got the build for it. We'll be seeing you on TV as a pro. We'll be like, we know you. Yeah. We'll have to call you and be like, hey, remember us? Yeah, I'll talk to you guys again. I'll be back on. You'll talk to us? Uh-huh. Okay. Yeah, when I'm a famous pickleball player. I love it. I love it. That'd be fun. Well, thank you for being on our podcast. We just wanted to get you on. Just love your energy. Thank you guys. And thank you for kind of giving us the insight of what this place is. You hear mood swing and pickleball. It's kind of a mix. Like, what does that mean? Yeah. It's a fun place. They just gotta come try. Gotta come try it. And the food. You have to have the food here. The food is great. Oh my God. All of it. It's all good. It is very, super good. Well, good luck in your adventures. Thank you. And we'll hopefully talk to you in the future. Yeah. We'll see you soon. Yeah, I'll see you guys later. Thank you. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye. Every professional athlete, from football to tennis, relies on electrolytes to stay strong and recover fast. Why? Because sweat takes away more than water. It drains essential minerals like sodium and potassium. 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