Pickleball players in this picturesque California beach town might be calling city officials “dinks” over their attempt to permanently ban the sport after years of noise complaints.

Local bureaucrats in the tourist destination about a two-hour drive from San Francisco are looking to block the game from being played on public courts in the tiny city — which has a population of about 3,200 — due to the popping noise caused by pickleballs connecting with racquets and the court.

The town’s city council unanimously voted earlier this month to review a permanent ban on pickleball at the courts in Forest Hill Park after initially enacting a temporary ban on the sport last month, per municipal documents.

The city attorney will now draft the permanent pickleball ban for the city council to vote

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