WOODS CROSS — Utah's very first padel club is opening in Woods Cross. While you may not have heard of this sport before, once you see how it's played, you're going to want to try it.

Combining tennis and squash, padel is serving up a worldwide craze. The racquet game started in Mexico in 1969, then took off in Argentina and Spain. However, it wasn't until 50 years later, in 2019, that it gained global popularity as a sport.

Now you can try it too.

SLC Padel Club is the first of its kind in Utah, giving you a chance to discover the fastest-growing sport in the world. The great thing about padel, according to founder Pedro Bautista, is how inclusive it is. Anyone can pick it up quickly, and it's as much about fun and community as it is about competition.

For Bautista, padel started as s

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