Hi, I'm Garrett, the founder of CRBN Pickleball.

At the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, I was let go from my job.

Luckily, I found pickleball and quickly became obsessed, playing 5 hours a day, 7 days a week. I progressed rapidly and entered as many tournaments as possible.

My doubles partner first suggested, “We should make our own paddles. We know exactly what we want and need.” Three weeks later, prototypes arrived with the carbon fiber face and specs we desired to elevate our game.

It was love at first touch. With these paddles, we dominated the challenge courts. I quickly sent a few off for USAPA approval for tournament use. Initially, they were just for us, but soon everyone at our local courts wanted a CRBN Paddle too. They saw the control and power we could generate, and the paddles looked sleek and cool.

Through all those requests, I had my “a-ha” moment and realized I should start a business. I partnered with a childhood friend, an engineer and established entrepreneur, and the rest is history.

We've been on a rocketship ever since. I'm incredibly fortunate to spend all my time working on my pickleball company or playing pickleball. We're still the same scrappy and agile company that started out of love for the sport and a desire to improve paddles.

These days, we've grown and hired a team of passionate pickleball players, including best-in-class customer service and R&D teams. Every day, we design and build paddle prototypes in our own machine shop in Southern California, led by our skilled engineer, to bring you the highest-performing paddles in the industry.

Thank you to the pickleball community for your unwavering support! We look forward to continuing to innovate and bringing you the best products.

Sincerely,

Garrett Gosselin, Owner & Founder of CRBN Pickleball