John Riedy

Player Bio

Name: John “The Spinja” Riedy

Hometown: Carlsbad, CA

Sponsors: Pickleball Apes and Vessel

Age: 56

Family: Wife, Becky and two sons - Cole, 22 - Jack, 21

Most Influential Person in Your Life: My wife, Becky

Year Started Playing Pickleball: 2020

Mentor: Pickleball Mentor - Steve Dawson

Pickleball Coach: Steve Dawson

How you got into Pickleball: Started playing during Covid with my buddies Is drinking a sport? (If yes, at a club level, not varsity). So none.

Famous person you want to play Pickleball with: Bono. I don’t really care if we play pickleball, I just want to have a beer with him after.

Pickleball Accomplishments: PPA Senior Pro gold medal with LA Extreme GM, Laurent Yung. 2025 NPL National Champion Coachella Valley Scorpions, BABY!!!

If in NPL Last year, Favorite Memory: Hands down, securing the 2025 NPL championship with my patented Spinja, inside out slice serve (off the tape) to the short corner for an ace WITH my dad and wife watching from the sidelines. That, plus hitting an Erne on center court during the NPL finals WHILE the match is being called live by the inventor of the Erne, Erne Perry.

What are you most looking forward to this year: BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS, BABY!!!! That, and getting my 2024 Scorpions SD homies (me, Keith Jain and Piet Aldrich) back together. Rod, if you’re listening, there had BETTER be a disco themed party for the west region this year!!! You WON’T be sorry!