Editor’s Note: Liz Truluck, currently ranked 36th in Women’s Doubles and 19th in Women’s Singles on the PPA Tour, is documenting her trip Down Under for The Dink playing for the Fast Fours in MLP Australia.
Hi pickleball enthusiasts! I’m looking forward to taking you on my journey to Gold Coast, Australia, for Major League Pickleball Australia Season 2.
With a total of three flights and over 25 hours of travel time, I decided to get here a couple days early to adjust to the time change and get some practice in with my team, the Fast Fours, before competition time.
On my flights were some members of the USA National Ultimate Frisbee team, decked out in red, white and blue track suits, who too were heading to the Gold Coast for the WFDF World Ultimate Championships taking place this weekend.
Managing to get more sleep than usual on flights, I arrived to Gold Coast this week excited to be in Australia for the first time. Upon arriving, my captain and teammate George Wall was kind enough to pick me up from the airport and gave me a welcoming tour of the area.
We walked around Burleigh Beach, where a good amount of surfers were hitting up the clear and beautiful waves. We stopped for a little caffeine pick me up (well, I did 😄) where I got my go to…
