Meet the people reshaping modern padel: how we play, where we play, what we wear and where we stay afterwards.
In conversation
“Padel has become a third place. It’s becoming part of a much bigger lifestyle, not just a sport.””
“Padel has become a third place. It’s becoming part of a much bigger lifestyle, not just a sport.””
Florent Prelo Founder and Head Coach of Palaestra
Florent Prelo Founder and Head Coach of Palaestra
Padel has a habit of turning a game into something more social. Ninety minutes on court quickly becomes a drink at the bar, four players become a group chat, and somewhere between the competition and conversation, a community forms.
It’s this particular chemistry that fascinates Florent Prelo, Founder and Head Coach of Palaestra, the padel club and retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand.
