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Pickleball, padel, golf tech, cycling and water sports. Participation data and rule changes behind the sports people are taking up.
Sports and Recreation Price Trail
Bicycle producer prices in the US rose about 1% in the year to August 2026 while the consumer index covering bicycles climbed 6.7% in seven months. The tariff dates, the tube options and the repair math.
Sports and Recreation Trend Report
The distance rollback that was supposed to hit elite play in 2028 and everyone in 2030 has slipped, and the tours are asking for…
Sports and Recreation Market Shift
The BBCOR standard moved from the NCAA to USA Baseball in a July 2026 announcement, and high school baseball will allow drop -4, -5…
Sports and Recreation Explainer
Field hockey and boys lacrosse both rewrote their mouth protector rules for the 2026 high school season. What the rules now say, why no…
Sports and Recreation Buyer’s Brief
US life jackets are moving from Roman-numeral types to numbered performance levels and pictogram labels. What the numbers mean, which jackets must be worn…
Sports and Recreation Trend Report
Off-course golf has become a market of its own, simulator users have more than doubled, and launch monitor list prices run from $199.99 to…
Sports and Recreation Trend Report
High school girls’ flag football reached 102,360 players in 2025-26, 37 states are set to sanction or pilot it and the NCAA is moving…
Sports and Recreation Price Trail
After two years of falling prices, the government’s sporting goods index climbed 5.3% in the year to August 2026. The price trail by category,…
Sports and Recreation Market Shift
Padel took the growth headline from pickleball in SFIA’s 2026 mid-year data, but by our math it had about one player for every 23…
Sports and Recreation Buyer’s Brief
From October 1, 2026, new paddles need a measured spin rate of 2,100 RPM or less to earn USA Pickleball approval. Paddles already on…
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