From Taiwan to the pickleball courts of Utah
Growing up in Taiwan, I was never a stranger to paddle sports. Tennis, ping pong, badminton. They were part of life. When I first encountered pickleball in Utah, I wasn't sold. Plastic ball, a paddle that felt like a toy, a court that looked like a shrunken tennis court. I didn't think much of it.
Then I kept getting invited to play. And I kept showing up. The more I played, the more I realized: this sport is deceptively deep. It's easy to learn, incredibly social, and genuinely hard to master. I fell in love.
What surprised me most wasn't the sport itself. It was the people. In a single session, you play with strangers, laugh with them, and leave as friends. Pickleball has a way of connecting people I've never seen in another sport.
I wanted to track my progress. There was no good app for that.
The more serious I got about pickleball, the more I wanted to see it: was I actually improving? How many hours have I put in this month? Who among my friends is putting in the work?
Every app I tried was either too generic (built for all sports, optimized for none) or just a basic log with no soul. Nothing felt like it was made for pickleball players, by someone who actually plays.
So I built Piklo. Not as a side project, but the app I genuinely wanted to exist. Something that tracks your game, rewards your effort, helps you find players, and makes the community feel alive.
Pickleball gave us our people.
Because of pickleball, I've made some of my closest friends. New connections, deeper friendships. Across all ages, all backgrounds. It's the most inclusive sport I've ever played.
The all-in-one pickleball platform.
We're starting with what matters most: tracking your sessions, earning XP, and finding players. But the vision is much bigger.
We want Piklo to be the home of pickleball. Track your progress over months and years. Connect with players everywhere. Find and book courts. Record your tournament results. Follow the competitive scene. Everything a pickleball player needs, in one place built specifically for this sport.
Small team. Big court vision.
Howard Chuang
Originally from Taiwan, now based in Provo, Utah. Lifelong paddle sports player who fell in love with pickleball and couldn't find an app worthy of the sport, so he built one.
Josh Carlson
Software engineer from BYU who brings Piklo's vision to life on iOS. The technical backbone of the app, and a pickleball player himself who gets why this matters.
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