How Six Zero Became The Most Popular Paddle | Building Pickleball Podcast
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- In this engaging video, we delve into the world of Six Zero, a company that has revolutionized the paddle industry. Join us as we explore the origins of Six Zero and how they managed to stand out from their competitors. Discover the impact of reviews on their business and what sets them apart from others in the market. We also discuss the open throat design and dive deeper into the reviews of SixZero paddles. Learn about their iterative design process, patents, and unique shape. We explore the R&D and manufacturing processes behind these incredible paddles. We also hear from Dale, who shares his inspiring journey and how his time spent in Africa taught him to appreciate life. We talk about sponsorships, being an ambassador, and how the Pickleball community has helped shape SixZero's success.
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00:00 Intro
01:19 Opening
02:55 Managing burn out, mental health
04:26 Origins of SixZero
06:34 How reviews affected their business
08:41 What makes SixZero different
13:07 Opinion on open throat design
14:31 Diving deeper into reviews of SixZero paddle
16:09 Iterative design process
20:51 Patents
22:51 Unique shape
24:39 R&D and manufacturing
24:47 Dale's time spent in Africa
36:17 Travel, taking life for granted
40:05 Sponsorship, ambassador
42:06 Pickleball community, Ben Johns
47:14 Advice
51:36 Hiring?
53:50 Closing
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Great interview . Appreciated the passion, hard work, and patience in developing and producing the best quality paddle on the market. Happy to represent sixzeropickleball company.
100%. I just received my DBD16MM. Thanks for watching
Excellent interview, excellent company, excellent human being. Glad to be playing with a Six Zero paddle and part of the family.
Thanks for watching!
I bought this paddle sight unseen and also convinced a friend to get one. Can't find a negative review anywhere about the double black diamond 16 mm! That's unheard of! Great work over there, guys.
The negative reviews just donât exist đ¤ˇââď¸. Thanks for watching!
There's a real human behind a great paddle. My order is in transit and can't wait to get my hands on it, even for the beginner. I told my brother about SixZero and he ordered one too.
starting out right
Just bought a Double Black Diamond can't wait play with it. Watching Pickleball Studio calling the Double Black Diamond best paddle for 2023
Welcome back from your break Dale! Terrific interview and proud to represent the brand.
Thanks for tuning in!
Thank you for the great interview! Learned lots more about the company and the owner. Now Iâm more proud to represent the brand! đđ
Thatâs what Iâm here for! Thanks for watching
Great interview. I like what 6.0 is doing, innovating in a market where there are way too many copy cats... My money goes to the innovators that want to make a better product and are putting their own hard effort into making a great product, and not ripping off someone else's design. Great back story!
100%, agreed. Love what theyâre doing. Appreciate your support đ
Great interview - I clicked onto the site and ordered a paddle. Such a grounded and visionary guy, it would appear, in whatever he does.
Glad you enjoyed it. Agreed. I hear heâs working on some more exciting stuff.
Super interview. Ordered the Double Diamond 3 weeks ago and can hardy wait for it to arrive mid May
Thanks for watching đ canât wait to get my hands on one as well
Really good interview, what a great and down to earth guy. It would have been interesting to have asked him about the delaminating saga and if they had to implement any manufacturing improvements to address it. My double diamond is arriving mid-May - yay!
Definitely, maybe I can get him back later this year after their next release. Stoked you got the DBD in order!
I bought the Double Diamond 14mm. I think it is my current favorite. I let my friends try it and they also love it. I'm currently messing around with lead weight on it. But when my friend was using I heard a few really loud noises from it. It still seems to play really good to me. I hope it isn't delaminating already.
Yeah, tough to know. I have a video with Carl Schmits talking about paddle delamination detection if you want to check it out. Better to find out sooner than later
â@@buildingpickleball Share it! I play with Carl sometimes and he hasn't explained it to me.
Great interview, loved hearing from the man himself. So FIRED UP to try the paddle mid-may. Legit have been playing with an Onix Recruit v3 since I started playing middle of last year. This is like driving a 1980 Camry then hopping in a lambo. đ Might even look into ambassador program for Idaho. Looking forward to more of your work with 6.0(which should be called 7.0 in the near future đ)
đ got me fired up too. Thanks for watching
I e ordered the 6.0 DBD and canât wait to give it a GO!! Excellent interview!!
đ let us know how it is! Thanks for watching
Such a great interview Brian as always. I'm kicking myself for not wanting to wait on backorder times, and getting a Vatic Pro "flash" 16mm and not a SixZero. Who I buy from is a main factor in my purchase choice, and sixzero is who I'd support in the future. Willing to wait next time.
100%. Thanks as always for supporting. I donât know the founder of Vatic, might be a guest soon đś
I just bought a double black, so this is perfect timing. Appreciate the great content.
is it everything they say it is?? thanks for taking the time to watch đ
Did they give any estimate as to when it would arrive?
@@evanhayes5891 late May, early June is approximate production date
I placed an order roughly, two weeks ago and expect a mid May delivery. The company sent out an email immediately after the order with an estimated delivery time. I emailed over the weekend for a current end of April update and got an email within 24 hrs (still the weekend). I don't mind waiting but I do appreciate the good communication from the 6.0. I have read poor review of Legacy because of slow or non existent communication.
awesome to hear about the customer service from 6.0, excited to see what you think about the paddle.
Proud to be using their product! Terrific interview and outstanding person.
Glad you enjoyed it! Lots of proud 6.0 customers
Great interview! I'm looking forward to trying this paddle (mid May). Part of me likes the fact that theyre pouring proceeds back into future development and are already talking about 2.0, the other half is like well hopefully not too soon đ. I know thats how it is with new technology. Regardless im excited, Thanks again.
100%. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. Iâm really enjoying these interviews.
Stoked to hear it. Thanks for the support, really appreciate it.
My Six zero double black diamond is in transit currently, can't wait to try it out. I'm a sucker for a good engineering story, my current paddle is a gearbox for the same reason. Love companies like Six Zero who are pushing innovation. I can't wait to see what this company does next !
Totally agree! Canât wait to try one out as well.
Good stuff. After listening to this. Iâve made up my mind!!! 6.0 DBD is gonna be my next paddle of choice. Coming from a Joola Hyperion 16MM. Thanks.
I think youâll like the change. Thanks for watching
Thanks for this. Really and enjoyable episode. I loved it and ordered a paddle this morning.
Thank you for watching, always great to hear the feedback. Hope you used the code provided!
Great interview, keep, up the awesome work!
thanks for the feedback and watching!
Iâm buying every new high performance paddle that SixZero will release! Best legal paddles in pickleball!!
right?! can't wait for their new releases later this year
Smart they are putting a patent on the shape.
I love my CRBN 2x, but I'm in the queue to order a DBD right when they are available. Can't wait!
đ hear nothing but good things about the DBD.
I've had my DBD paddle since December and, whenever I've had a comment or question, Dale has taken the time to answer my email. A few weeks ago, he mentioned the new generation that was coming and I told him to put my name on one - even tho I have no idea what he is making, I'm betting he took what he learned with the first version and has designed an even better paddle.
Thatâs awesome to hear, love supporting a company like that.
Wow awesome to see this , I have spent thousands on paddles finally used a DBD and that is the only paddles I currently have , this paddle company is amazing and has made me a better player
Thank you @sixzeropickleball
As a local supporter of dale and the 6.0 brand, I'm humbled by the passion and determination of this guy. We've had many a battle on court here in the Sunshine Coast but those battles also come with a lot of banter and laughs. About to buy my 3rd 6.0 weapon of choice, one of the limited edition run and can't wait for it to arrive! Cheers to an incredibly successful future 6.0! Hurrah!!!
đ. Thanks for watching the conversation
What limited edition?
I just order a double black diamond like 3 week ago , I canât wait to get it and play ! đ¤đđ
Something tells me youâre going to like it âď¸
good interview, good interview just about good business practice. nice job
thanks for the feedback, and thanks for watching.
Sounds cool. Will have to take a look at one of these.
Def something different. Thanks for watching!
Six Zero made a great paddle and fairly priced.
Shout out Joey Wild, the guy's a stud
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I love my sixzero paddles, my issue I have is with the manufacturer's (China) doing a poor job, ordering a paddle and waiting months to finally get it just to delaminate in less than a month is not acceptable. And I'm not directing this to sixzero, every thermoformed paddle I tried has had this problem, very frustrating.
Yeah itâs definitely not great. Wonder how theyâll address this.
I love my new Honda but I have to get a new one every month. I don't blame Honda though. Huh?
@Amy Lau Obviously you can't read, I put no blame on Sixzero as a company, it's the manufacturing plant in China cutting corners and not being consistent.
Those thermoformed paddles probably were made in the same factory?
@Roc X. from my understanding yes, I did hear Legacy moved production to a different plant but not totally sure.
I need an extended handle and paddle in the 6.0 brand please đ.
Might be coming out sooner than you think đ
How can you patent a shape?
How can you patent a circle shape? How can you patent a more complex shape than a circle ??
You can patent a design to protect the appearance of a product, so a shape might fall under that.
Honda trailbikes and quads motto, why fix what's not broken... until they got left in the dust
Thereâs testing and thereâs guessing. Nothing else!
This is the way.
I would gladly pay more for a USA made paddle.
You arenât the only one đ
he's saying Vatic ripped them off right? They should lower the price of the 6.0 then haha
Is that the word on the street?
@@buildingpickleball I haven't heard much about that but I got both the SixZero DBD and Vatic Flash 16mm recently and when you put them up against each other, it's the exact same shape and size.
How about the feel?
Iâm going to be sacrilegious here but I like the BD more than the DBD. đ
Same đ
Shift manufacturing to the USA. I would gladly pay 20% more for a U.S. produced paddle.
I think a lot of other people would as well đ¤
Players Pickleball manufacture theyâre paddles in the USA & their Rogue 2 paddles are not only excellent to play with, but incredibly innovative in their design & the technology implemented in their production.
Where are they made?
@@robedwards6926everything is made in China
I own a Vatic pro flash and just bought a DBD at double the cost, that was defective and shouldn't have passed "Taiwanese QA". You have to be pretty effin naive to start a business, manufacture in China and not think China will sell your design. He's an engineer as am I, I don't buy it. Like many a washing machine or LCD display, one company makes, several others personalize with stickers and silk screening. Six Zero bought into this and all that's different is the face design. That makes sense. There's at least four I can think of that are practically identical. Prove me wrong
I agree with a prior comment. Please move manufacturing to the U.S. or Australia. I dont like supporting China. I will pay 20% more if made in U.S. or Australia
Am I the only person that noticed the hypocrisy in this guy ? Talks down about other companies taking paddle designs but also admits that his product(s) have design from other previous gen paddles of various manufacturers. Says that 90% of paddles companies have production in China ( not a bad thing , but he brings it up first negatively in an attack ). Then later in the interview admits his own production is in China and sheepishly gives answers as to why he hasnât moved production to AUS. What a tool, great you have an engineering background, Congrats as do many others. This guy is not a representation of an engineer but of a marketer. As for engineering in design itâs my understanding that many paddle companies have in house engineers or outsourced third party talent.
He references the 1st generation technology/previous paddle designs as a segue into what he wanted to change and develop in his own paddle. It goes without saying that majority of any technology uses prior generation models as a foundation, at no point is he claiming to start completely from scratch and/or without acknowledging what previous paddle brands have accomplished.
Yes, he said 90% of the paddle companies produce in China, including his own? Not sure what the problem is there. He's calling out the fact that it's an issue when it comes to IP and ownership and is acknowledging the desire to move away from it.
It's your "understanding"? And to what background and experience do we owe this understanding? You're throwing shade at someone who is literally in the very role you're referring to, someone who took his time to share his information and perspective.
I do agree with some of your points here. Gotta admit 12:12 was weird when he says he's manufacturing in Australia.. That's never going to happen.
@@buildingpickleball my background is in engineering, my last job at an aerospace company. Iâll stop offering honest feedback and sharing your content