Pickleball ARTwear, by Rachael Chatoor and PicKleTEL records.
I do have a blog that I've been writing on and off since I started performing. It's called rachaelpachelwasmyname. Feel free to visit it.
I've made this little parking spot for my brand because there is a LOT going on and this can simplify things or at least clarify why I made this explainer site.
After a mild meltdown over another pickleball company adding "Pickleball Artwear" to their "new" website and tag lines, I decided to take down my rants and let them just be. Be the sort of people who report history incorrectly for their own gain, knowing that history tells the story in many places despite whomever disregards it, so I will just keep moving forward with creating and sharing the truth, so that people can see for themselves what the truth is.
That's the beautiful thing about shitty things happening, you can either let it bum you out, or you let it motivate you. In an effort to right history I've gone and told history the best way I know how, with art and music. My image of Pickles the first dog of pickleball is one of my favorite images particularly because it is currently the only dog representation of Pickles that is historically correct.
There is a company out there telling people that pickleball was named after a dog. That is incorrect. Their cartoon of a dog is not the right color or breed. I have shared this information with them but they seem to be either woefully or willfully ignorant because they have doubled down on their advertising.
Ok then. Be those people but it's not very pickleball is it?
I'll be living by the mantra "you do you, and I'll do me" in the meantime. And to their pro ambassadors who are sharing incorrect history for them, or themselves, I lost interest in correcting you but also in being your fan or following you or anything you support. I know you don't care about me, but I've brought a lot of my friends along to become interested in your area of the sport, areas most rec players don't bother going, I was leading my friends to you.
I'll do that less now. My friends find me tedious about it anyhow. (wink giggle)
Finally, welcome to the Pickleball ARTwear blog. I've been using the name Pickleball ARTwear for a long time, two years longer than the other guy.... I've published two books with that name in it, and all of these clothes (and more of course) have the brand name on them and on the tag. If you see a dog that is not a black cockerpoo, that's not the real first dog of Pickleball and I'm just telling you because they won't.
Rachael Chatoor, Artist for Pickleball ARTwear
Sing along to my pickleball parody to the tune of Jimmy Buffett's legendary song #Margaritaville. Inspired by my Pickles the dog sitting in a #pickleball rimmed paddle #margarita artwork. (All my art is made with teeny, tiny pickleball paddles, look close)
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