10/12/2026
Jilly B tried more than 25 pairs of shoes before she found DAPS. She counted.
That's a former #1 on the APP World Tour, a two-time National Champion, an MLP champion, captain and MVP, and a former CEO of DUPR. She has spent a decade inside this sport looking at it from every angle, and she still couldn't find a shoe that was actually built for it.
Her words: "Pickleball is not tennis."
That's the entire thesis of this company in four words. Different movement, different demands, different shoe. Energy return for the jumping. A comfy toe box so you can stay on your feet. Traction dialed for the short court, not borrowed from a bigger one.
Then she went and said the thing we're framing for the office: she wears her black and whites out to dinner with black jeans.
Customer Foot Notes is where we sit down with real DAPS players and ask them why. No scripts. No takes. Just the truth.
Jill Braverman is a DAPS athlete and a paid partner. She's also been telling us the truth since day one, which is why she's in this series.
Where's the furthest you've traveled for a tournament? π