Pickleball in Cartagena

Did you know pickle ball is the only sport in the world named after a dog? Great fun, I participated lots in Canada. I've been in Colombia 6 months now and havn't seen a hint of it. Sorry. If you find anything can you let me know?

Doug, thanks. We had a couple of people from Canada playing in Chiang Mai.

CanadaDoug wrote:

Did you know pickle ball is the only sport in the world named after a dog?

And here I thought it was named after a cucumber soaked in brine.

My research indicates it's a paddle game that uses a ball with holes in it.  However, I did not come across information that it may or may not have caught on in northern Colombia.

cccmedia in Depto. de Nariño

Thanks, it is the fastest growing sport in the world. It is all over Thailand. Singapore has 70 Pickleball Clubs.  I guess it will take a little longer to get to Columbia.

CanadaDoug wrote:

Did you know pickle ball is the only sport in the world named after a dog?

Also little known:  the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean were named for dogs.

The former Spanish colony of islands -- Islas Canarias -- derived its name from a Latin phrase meaning "islands of dogs."  In a previous época, large dogs were known to roam the islands.

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Ironically, the islands were not named for the bird species of canary.  It's the other way around:  the birds were named after the Canary Islands.

source: Wikipedia

We are playing beach tennis in Boca Grande, Cartagena.   It is similar to pickle ball but the net is high off the ground (sand) rather than on the floor.

jprice19 wrote:

We are playing beach tennis in Boca Grande, Cartagena.   It is similar to pickle ball but the net is high off the ground (sand) rather than on the floor.

Hard to envision.

Post photos of this activity on the main Colombia forum, please.

cccmedia

Hi cccmedia

You can watch videos of beach tennis on youtube.

We are playing in front of Shopping NAO in Boca grande.  We are also playing at a complex in Barceloneta.