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CrispyQ

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2. They installed several pickleball courts at our recreational lake.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:20 AM

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I never go to that side anymore, so I don't know if they're still popular like they were. I liked the area better when it was just open grassland, but it was technically part of the park & apparently people wanted pickleball.

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What Would You Guess Ended the Pickleball Craze? [View all] GreatGazoo Friday OP

Non-participants rejecting the annoying noise? Harker Friday #1

Very much this. GPV Friday #12

They installed several pickleball courts at our recreational lake. CrispyQ Friday #2

Mid-age to elder injuries? Chasstev365 Friday #3

A big factor - yes GreatGazoo Friday #16

Oh Yeah... Give Peace A Chance 22 hrs ago #22

A comfortable chair in the AC? Lochloosa Friday #4

LOL GreatGazoo Friday #15

Cranky old people and Floyd R. Turbo Friday #5

I see empty courts most of the time. Outdoor courts down the road from my house hardly ever are used. Diamond_Dog Friday #6

People went back to playing Cornholio? House of Roberts Friday #7

Too many......... MyOwnPeace Friday #8

Weird, but I think... some_of_us_are_sane Friday #9

Pickleball has been a mystery to me. Polly Hennessey Friday #10

Last summer the three women in our bike doc03 Friday #11

peanut butter injuries? And then I realized you were talking about pickleball injuries!! I am so used to seeing PB as SWBTATTReg Friday #14

Pickleball has given Orthopedic surgeans a lot of buisiness lol. doc03 Friday #18

I'll bet!! SWBTATTReg Friday #19

like other exercise fads, when people found out it involved sweat rurallib Friday #13

It sure has not ended here! OldBaldy1701E Friday #17

Maybe they ran out of recruits Marthe48 Friday #20

"What Would You Guess Ended the Pickleball Craze?" LudwigPastorius Yesterday #21

GOOD one! some_of_us_are_sane 20 hrs ago #24

It seems to still be going gang-busters around these parts. Xavier Breath 21 hrs ago #23