Padel, a racket sport taking the world by storm, has made its way to New York in West Harlem

WESST HARLEM (WABC) -- It's not tennis, badminton, or even pickleball.

Padel is a game taking parts of the world by storm and now it has reached New York.

This is America's first time playing padel.

It's also 16-year-old America Marin's first time playing the sport.

Much of the country needed an introduction to the sport.

"I found Padel in Mexico on vacation. My friend said there's a tennis court nearby. We walked in, we saw glass, we saw sand, we were like this is not a tennis court," Evan Brown said.

He left his job in tech to bring what would become his passion and a global phenomenon back home to New York.

"Then we got the opportunity to bring this back to New York and actually make it more accessible for folks and not just this 'members only' club, but have it be something peo