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EAST BA, ,i AES » SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024 MORE LOCAL NEWS >) EASTBAYTIMES.COM SOME BACK AND FORTH New, quieter equipment takes swing at sport's noise problem PHOTOS BY JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Darlene "Dar" Vendegna, right, and Angie Perez test out new, quieter picklebali paddles during a demonstration put on by USA Pickleball at the Linda Beach courts in Piedmont on Wednesday. Soffer paddles, sound panels aim to cut pickleball's acoustic signature `pop, pop, pop' in half; it's a solution that court neigbors are looking for By Katie Lauer klauer@bayareanewsgroup.com PIEDMONT)) The "pop, pop, pop" that's be - Darlene "Dar" Vendegna, right, and Angie Perez test out new, quieter pickleball paddles during a demonstration put on by USA Pickleball at the Linda Beach courts in Piedmont on Wednesday. Soffer paddles, 4pop� pops popI sound panels aim to cut pickleball's acoustic signature in half; it's a solution that court neigbors are looking for By Katie Lauer klauer@bayareanewsgroup.com PIEDMONT)) The "pop, pop, pop" that's be- come synonymous with pickleball may soon be a racket of the past. At least, that's the lofty goal promised by a new generation of equipment and technol- ogy specifically developed to lessen the fre- quency, pitch and overall acoustic burden of the booming sport. Rather than listening to plastic -y staccato "thwacks," imagine slightly padded "thumps" when paddles and balls collide. News of this emerging gear could be mu- sic to nonplayers' ears, especially as the fast- growing sport has sparked neighborhood clashes and legal battles in recent years; com- plaints have popped up in'Berkeley, San Fran- cisco, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Walnut Creek and across the Bay Area, but residents and elected officials have continually struggled to craft solutions that resolve pickleball': cacophonous soundtrack without shutting down the sport altogether. Carl Schmits, managing director of facil- ities development and equipment standards for USA Pickleball, said that as tennis courts, basketball courts and other spaces in com- munity parks were rapidly converted to try and meet the demand of pickleball players across the Bay Area, many of those changes happened without much research into how the game might increase the amount of noise Carl Schmits, managing director of equipment standards and tacmty aeveiopnium 1U1 Urn Pickleball, right, tests a quieter pickleball paddle as Eliot Arnold, founder of SLN/CR, looks on. and number of people in those spaces. Schmits said that's why Pickleball USA has been researching and investing in solutions with acoustic engineering firms for the past 18 months — aiming to change the actual sound of the game and also help.local com- munities understand how to best study and improve the acoustics of existing facilities be- fore installing additional courts. On Wednesday, he demonstrated a hand- ful of new equipment specifically designed PICKLEBALL » PAGE 2 Internal affairs » A look at the week's news in local and state politics THEY SAID IT "Once a Dodger, always a dodger." = Rep. Katie Porter, an Irvine Democrat, in one of the more memorable linesfromMonda'y's U.S. Senate race debate, directed at Republican former Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey after he declined to say whether he'd vote for Republican presidential front-runner and former President Donald Trump. LATEST LINE)) WHO'S UP AND WHO'S DOWN ADAM SCHIFF Los Angeles -area Democratic congressman running to succeed Dianne Feinstein escapes the Senate campaign's first debate without making any major mistakes, likely preserving his lead in the polls and fundraising. STEVE GARVEY In a low-energy, sometimes puzzling debate outing, former Dodgers first baseman and Republican Senate candidate refuses to say if he will vote again for Donald Trump, and displays a shaky grasp of issue. Sunday update not enough?)) mercurynewsa The reWOM& to those that door -t — could indicate just how seriously the Newsom administra- tion takes its ambitious housing goals. "This is kind of the test case," said Will Sterling, a land use attorney with the San Francisco firm Holland & Knight, which regularly represents real estate inter- ests in cases against devel- opment -averse cities. "It's going to be interesting to see what (the state) does, how firm they are.,, Developers, attorneys, elected officials and hous- ing advocates are watch- ing closely because this is uncharted territory. For more than 50 years, Cal- ifornia's Department of Housing and Community Development has been set- pickleball i OM PAGE 1 an Wen q g at 8ii51EiR�4 4 CiS - its special treatment of San Francisco earlier this win- paigns. Coler said she too would ter may offer a hint. have preferred the state re - Fairfax to plan for After conducting an un- precedented audit of the quire fewer homes (the town is city last year, the depart- setting aside space for 540) and that she and her col - ment called upon San Fran- cisco to overhaul its pon- leagues had the power to derous permitting process require new developments to set aside more units for under threat of litigation, funding cuts and the pos- lower-income residents. sible revocation of its local But when locals encour- the city to fight back, planning authority. The city's Board of Supervisors age she said she points to the sheer need for ultimately blinked, passing Mayor London Breed's pro- community's extra places to live.. "What posed reform package. The I tell folks is, `Who do you in state's housing department think is waiting oil you Don't you signed off on the changes the restaurant? want them to live here?"' last week. Bay Area cities and coun- Coler said. Its not surprising that so ties "know that they'll take a lot of risk by bla- many local officials across on tantly not complying" the region are facing a spe- bacc C8^ envision and. fregVWUt11 enough, dread, bemoan and rally against. Not every city and county is feeling the heat equally. State law gives jurisdictions that followed the rules ear- lier in the process a more leisurely schedule, while tightening the screws on scofflaws. That places cities around the state into three buckets: On time: Cities that had their housing plans certified prior to a drop -dead dead- line — which vary across the state — have another three years to make any necessary zoning changes. Of the Bay Area's 109 cities and counties, which had until May 31, 2023, fewer than 30 fall into that cat - ams Orth SLW bms—a's that will depent -7- pN on how tough the S 4 e tides to be. For loca, ernments they range irksome to catestrophic. i Make Us Your Las H SM(i i i Open Monday -Saturday ' i i $39 i ' + certificate Ll search -and acoustic ' Since the launch f mhanufaYsicE cturedmobject objective baselent being uct ine studies will make i the first quiet pad by local decision- OWL Sportsaid it'sNovember, ness of and -time aware- leasier hes undscape makerst fordata obalance the per- ' Schmits possible cut the acoustic signature around pickleball courts spectives of both pickleball will be vital to the sport's for quieter play at Pied- of the hen combined with ongoing innovation, as well ing near Their ayers and ecourts. rs liv- mont's Linda Beach Pickle- ciallyw ability tohelping us navigate the ` ball Courts. That location other interventions, that cover sues pro actively. address is- "(This kind of data is). ' was fitting, since players as fabric sheaths,As the sport grows, conversation between op - are already required — or at. louder paddles and sound- " Long said to only r panels 'e ing to be r least encouraged — need to collect nfoma- Wednesdayore posing s"We want to use equipment that's been absorbing enanofier er tion yze informa- sure t we're pro - certified in USA Pickleball's carbon fibers and cores that can be installed tion — not jl st going off viding activities for every. - newly launched "Quiet Cate " Arnold one in the community, but gory" of products. Piedmont along fences around pickle- people Instead of having a how do you balance such officials have even printed ball courts. out a color -coded list of ac- "It's aldi gee It engineer- sq eeze can we build (about ystem that conflict because itinvites every ceptable paddles andballs to ing land is a premium. use at Linda Beach. any more noise out," alerts the community, law city, Generally speaking, Schmits said, explaining enforcement or Parks and We cant just expand every. Schmits said "quiet" cer- why Pickleball USA is also Rec.. " tified paddles can reduce researchingficial intelligence and other the city of Alameda's R cng, director f type eof tequipment may the sound of.contact from fit resent additional chal- 90 decibels — roughly the technologies can help itor the in reatmeat, i and Park Depart- p _ es - volume of hairdryers and sfs an l my. on this new administrators who: are pe ialls one of many city lengesys since new gear can power tools — down to o g P incr pensive only SO decibels, which is categoryat f quieter created prod - new tools land datatt un- and inaccessible, sup - closer to the noise levels acts) h _ let alone miti- measured on a busy down- help address very sensitive gate — just how much noise sources that civiceleadersal re - town street or near a gar- situations."like him can use to be ba ,e disposal. He said this Eliot Arnold, founders pickleball. tgames often difficult stewards for everybody. o hing is that new generation of gear also and CEO of SLN/iCR —e good aims to lower the pitch of Kansa roducesCity-bas sound -ab -ed and people are contributing the to isolate which activities Td aloguestare happen - the ball "pops," which can that p " Long said. "n doesn't negatively impact players' sorbing panels — empha- to noise complaints, he said ing, in coul-t." hearing. sized that in addition to the information from prod- need to happen Manual $20, VANS, TI VEHICLES +$10, DIESELS HYBRID +$10, E EXTRA C0: Must present this coupon. Cc EN OUR OBITI EAST