There's a reason there are thousands of brands making pickleball paddles, but only a handful producing pickleball-specific court shoes.
It's really hard to do it right.
But one brand, Montis Pickleball , is adamant they've cracked the code.
“It's a very difficult thing to do. Shoes in general are crazy, let alone court shoes," says Montis Co-Founder Jay Glauser. "I'm confident that pickleball is one of the hardest sports on footwear out there."
"You're effectively dragging a shoe across sandpaper all day long.” In a sea of big-name brands selling rebranded tennis shoes for premium prices, Montis sets itself apart through premium on-court performance and durability for a price that's tough to beat.
Sound too good to be true? They've got the data to back it up.
The Court Shoe Conundrum The other Montis co-founder, Tyler Glauser (brother to Jay), was a competitive tennis player before getting heavily into pickleball beginning in 2020.
He found himself burning through his court shoes at an untenable rate. And when the market couldn't provide an option that could keep up, he tackled the problem directly at its source: Creating a shoe built for pickleball at a price players of all levels would be happy with.
Tyler knows they've done just that:
"The quality of our products is on par with the absolute best of what's out there from the big tennis brands that have been doing this for 100 years.” At the heart of Montis' shoe design is the understanding that tennis shoes and ... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/how-montis-pickleball-cracked-the-code-on-longer-court-shoes/