In this episode, Padel Smash visits LA Padel Club, an upcoming premium padel destination in Los Angeles, during the early stages of development.

While the full conversation with Steve Shpilsky, Founder of LA Padel Club, and Jennifer Shpilsky, Chief Brand Officer, is available exclusively on podcast platforms, this YouTube release gives you a visual walkthrough of the club as it begins to take shape.

Steve and Jennifer share the story behind falling in love with padel, the challenges of building a club in Los Angeles, the importance of location, real estate, permitting, investors, and why creating a sustainable club model matters. The project is being built around a historic property, the Collins Firth Mansion, a 1920s neoclassical mansion tied to the early history of Culver City and the entertainment industry.

This is more than just another padel club. LA Padel Club is designed to blend sport, hospitality, history, community, and premium brand experience into one destination.

In this walkthrough, we explore:

+The origin story behind LA Padel Club
+Why Steve and Jennifer believed LA needed a premium padel destination
+The real estate and business challenges of building padel in Los Angeles
+The historic Collins Firth Mansion and its connection to Culver City
+The future layout of the club, including the club room, pro shop, cafe, locker rooms, co-working space, courts, and member experience
+Why padel clubs need to be built as sustainable businesses, not just exciting concepts

In this episode of Padel Smash TV, we sit down with Adrian Grant, founder of Kanso Shoes, to talk about what really goes into building a high-performance shoe for racket sports.

Adrian shares his journey from being a former professional squash player and world-class athlete to launching a footwear brand focused on the real movement demands of sports like squash, padel, and pickleball. We get into the difference between squash shoes and padel shoes, why outsole design matters, how athlete feedback shapes development, and why the wrong footwear can affect both performance and injury risk.

This conversation goes beyond style. It breaks down the science, testing, and athlete-first thinking behind building shoes specifically for the demands of padel. If you’ve ever wondered whether footwear really makes a difference on court, this interview is worth watching.

In this episode of Padel Smash TV, we sit down with Felix Regalia, CEO and Founder of Varlion, one of the most iconic brands in padel history.

Felix shares the incredible story behind how Varlion started in Argentina in 1993, how the brand became a market leader through product innovation, and what happened during a difficult period of instability that forced the company to rebuild. He opens up about relaunching the brand, redesigning the collection, and building what he calls the next phase of Varlion’s legacy.
We also dive into why Felix believes the U.S. padel market today is similar to Spain in 1999, why he plans to personally lead Varlion’s expansion in America, and how the brand wants to win through product quality, hands-on education, key accounts, and direct market development.

On top of that, Felix talks about Varlion’s innovation mindset, new collections, expansion into pickleball, and the long-term goal of transferring decades of padel knowledge into other racket sports.

If you follow the business of padel, racket innovation, and the future of the U.S. market, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Topics covered:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Meet Felix Regalia
00:51 How Varlion Started in Argentina
01:44 Early innovation and growth
02:10 Becoming a leader in padel
02:23 What went wrong for Varlion
04:04 Restructuring the business
05:08 Major internal fraud and setbacks
06:54 Restarting from zero
07:03 The Varlion Legacy relaunch
07:22 Expansion into pickleball and beyond
08:35 Strategy for the U.S. market
09:05 Why product testing drives loyalty
09:33 Felix moving to the U.S.
10:14 Why America feels like Spain in 1999
10:52 Building the American team
11:16 Winning through education and market presence