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Zane Navratil Leaves PicklePod: What the Beyond The Bounce Move Actually Tells Us

PicklePod co-host Zane Navratil announced his exit on Nov 10, with a farewell episode still to come. It lands 18 days after Beyond The Bounce unveiled him as the face of its original programming, but the terms of that deal have not been made public.

PicklePod co-host Zane Navratil announced his exit on Nov 10, with a farewell episode still to come. It lands 18 days after Beyond The Bounce unveiled him as the face of its original programming, but the terms of that deal have not been made public.

Nov 11, 2026 — Zane Navratil is leaving PicklePod. The touring pro broke the news on the Nov 10 episode, titled “Zane Navratil Is Leaving PicklePod” (1 hour, 23 minutes), and the episode’s YouTube description says his farewell show arrives the following week. The podcast has run since 2021 and bills itself as “Pickleball’s #1 Podcast”.

The Nov 10 episode is the announcement, not the sign-off. Its description lists a segment where Zane announces his last episode,…

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