World Pickleball Magazine Issue #19: August 2026

WPM

Global. Pickleball. Culture.

The August 2026 issue explores the culture, personalities and stories shaping pickleball globally in the last month.

• Dan Osben of Picklebros and Friday Pickleball UK speaks to us exclusively about the soul of the sport in Great Britain
• Ron Shell and how NPL have built more than a league in Australia
• Karen Latinovic on resilience and how pickleball transformed her life
• The Dink Review: comedy, culture and the sport’s cinematic debut
• Tokyo, Wales, and grassroots builders expanding the global footprint
• Tournament culture, hydration truths, recovery science, and the bucket hat debate
• Lee Whitwell on the missing rung in modern pickleball development