Two-time Spanish Olympic skier and current World Cup athlete Quim Salarich Baucells has a unique and playful warm up routine before getting on course.
Quim’s coaches pack padel rackets and hit a little volley to get the blood going. Not to be confused with pickeball or paddle tennis (platform tennis), padel a racket sport that was invented in Acapulco, Mexico in 1969. Thought to be combination of squash and tennis, it is played on a walled court with a ball less pressurized than a standard tennis ball. Although it’s still relatively niche to Americans, padel is massive in Europe and has 25 million active players in more than 90 countries across the world.
Here’s Quim smacking a padel ball around in ski boots. He even calls out the official global padel tour to let them know he is ready to compete.
“Premier Padel I’m ready when you want” –Quim Baucells
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