Anna Leigh Waters shared a video tour of Nike’s custom pickleball booth at the Pickleball World Championships, underway this week at Brookhaven Country Club outside Dallas. The modern display includes merchandise themed around Waters, and she revealed a new shoe colorway in the video.
The booth brings the apparel and footwear brand’s partnership with Waters into view at the event, giving attendees a chance to see its pickleball-focused setup in person.
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For players and clubs, Nike’s on-site display shows how a major apparel partnership can connect athlete branding, product launches and direct engagement with pickleball fans.
The Global Pickleball Summit 2026, organised by RacketPro in Hong Kong from October 18 to 20, moved the conversation from growth to structure, Pickleball News Asia reports. Timed just before the Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong Slam, it opened with social play and a session with pros such as Ben Johns, Anna Bright and Len Yang.
Panels covered growth data, education, sustainable facilities, national federations, youth curricula and technology, and one asked whether the Olympics should be the goal at all. Erika Von Heiland Strader, who leads the Global Pickleball Federation, said recreation drives participation while governance brings legitimacy.
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Talk of curricula and youth pathways at a global summit signals demand for qualified coaching. Coaches who document their programmes will be better placed as federations set standards.
