🎾 Add activity type: Padel

[dwozn]

Hi, it'd be nice to see Padel as a new activity type 🙂

It's pretty popular in the world and would match racquet sports that has been added recently (thank you for that!):

According to the FIP (International Padel Federation), over 25 million people play padel in over 90 countries around the world.

Thanks

[Endymion81]

Really a no sense decision. Fortunatelly i'm not paying anymore the subscription

[gbehr]

Yes its important to add padel. Its a growing sport.

[gbehr]

Wrong answer strava. 

[CzakOlo]

No Padel then I stopped my subscription, sorry

[LordCheff]

I think this is a bad decision. With this many upvotes by people using your platform to then not add a small feature as a sport activity type for Padel is not the correct decision. Even Pickleball is an activity type in Strava. Why is Pickleball then added if Padel can not be? I dont see the point in not adding Padel and I will consider ending a long subscription due to this decision.

[pvandesijpe]

It’s only adding the name and logo, rest is tennis. 😒 I ended my subscription after years and don’t miss it. Too bad. 

[Mhietane]

How long would it take from software development team to take for example tennis or pickleball as a baseline and change the name…max 10 min maybe. This is not the way you should treat you customers Strava!

[Luggistras]

Am staggered that the Strava powers that be have decided not to add padel. I mean how difficult can it be to add a new sport type? I will not be renewing my subscription either as a result.

[AshleyGCooper]

Staggered at this decision Strava. It cannot be a big tech lift to add Padel given the quantity of other racket sports already covered … your decision not to incorporate this quick fix is surprising to say the least.

[Johnline82]

Please Strava, add padel !

[gbehr]

Não vamos desistir!

[Caloboguerrero]

Padel is indeed a popular sport, especially in countries like Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. It’s growing rapidly in popularity across Europe and other parts of the world as well. It should be included immediately in the Strava platform.

[Johnline82]

Shall we circulate a petition? 😅

[aortizdp]

Padel is added by Suunto and Garmin already but not by Strava still.

Padel is not yet olympic because the process takes place around seven years before the Games - so we know padel won’t be making an appearance in Paris 2024, or in Los Angeles in 2028 - because the selection for that took place in 2021.

However, if the sport keeps growing as it does, then in 2025 the IOC will select the sports for the next Olympic Games. So let’s hope padel makes its debut at the Olympics in Brisbane 2032!

If strava is considered the most used sports app, it needs to cover the most used sports in it.

[Skywalker78]

I agree