“I took on my entire engineering team and won, so I like the game,” Yann Courtel, Vice President of Engineering

“I drew the lines on the pavement in the parking lot at work in about five minutes and we had a blast at my company’s regular Friday lunches,” Ryan North, Software Engineer

“When I hear the word ‘exercise’ I usually sit down someplace so I don’t have to do any but they got me playing street paddle tennis and now I want my own racket,” Darryl Payne, Developer

“I surf and play lots of sports so I was really surprised at how much I liked street paddle tennis—it is easy to learn, fast to play and everyone can play—it’s a great mixer,” Michael Arrington, Corporate Counsel

“It’s a hoot,” Amanda Shiga, Software Engineer

“I am a competitive athlete—I can hardly wait for the world championships of street paddle tennis—count me in!” Magaly Obas, Programmer

“I have never been much good at games but I can play this one,” Taryn Naidu, Software Engineer

“I like the fact that there is strategy to the game and you get some great rallies too,” Andrew MacDonald, Graphic Artist

“I row competitively and enjoy sports so when I started playing street paddle tennis, I was a bit sceptical that a street game could be any good. It was and it is—kids and adults of all ages can play together,” Alex Lipov, Engineer

“I am 24 years old and I play kids on my street who are 12 and we still have fun,” Sunny Ahuja, Programmer

“I’ll try anything because I like the Zen of learning new things and there was a lot of Zen in zis,” Robin Chahal, Computer Systems Engineer

“I can play any racquet sport and as soon as I picked up the sturdy paddle tennis racket, I knew I could play this. I like the angles of the game and the running too,” Tom Moore, Aerospace Engineer