Padel Smash Academy

In this inspiring episode of the Padel Smash Academy Podcast, Cesc & Julian sit down with a true Padel pioneer and rising star: Adrian Reino and his daughter Ornella Beltramino, the current #1 ranked female junior player in the United States.
Adrian shares the remarkable journey of opening the first-ever padel club in the U.S. back in 2009, building a community before anyone knew what Padel was. From putting up nets on empty courts and advertising in newspapers to shaping the roots of the sport in Florida—his story is one of passion, sacrifice, and vision.
Then, we meet 11-year-old Ornella Beltramino, who is quickly making waves in the international Padel scene. Training in Spain with one of the world’s top academies and mentored by none other than Paula Josemaría, Ornella opens up about:
  • Her transition from tennis to padel
  • Competing in tournaments with 800+ teams
  • Representing the U.S. in the upcoming Junior World Cup
  • Her daily routine, sacrifices, and big dream: becoming #1 in the world
It’s a powerful conversation about family, legacy, and chasing greatness—this is a must-listen for every padel fan.

🎧 Tune in now and remember the name: Ornella Beltramino.

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Hey, Julian says here and today, we're
so excited to have the next number one.

Female paddle player in the United States.

Whoa, what a great pleasure.

This is a family paddle.

Let me tell you.

We have Adrian

Reino and or Reino.

She is the next future paddle
star of the United States.

Make sure that you take a look at her.

Remember that name, because
she's already making.

Big waves.

Not only big waves, but tsunamis
around the world in the paddle world.

Um, so let's start with Adrian Adrianne.

Uh, I love your story.

You were the one who put the paddle
flag, the first paddle flag here in the

United States with the first Paddle Club.

Tell us where was the, the
Paddle Club located and, uh,

a little bit about the story.

When, eh, we start the, we opened
the, the first club in 2009.

2009. 2009. Wow.

Where?

No, no, where is it?

Close, the Ventura.

Okay.

Close the Ventura and 180 5 Street.

Okay.

And nobody play pattern.

So I provide, I open.

It was just for you, right?

You opened it just for you?

Yeah.

And you and your friends
and all marketing was in.

Newspaper?

No, no Instagram, nothing.

Wow.

We start, we start only two courts
is like, what's a newspaper?

What is that?

No, no, don't worry.

I know what the newspaper is.

Don't worry.

I saw it.

I saw it on YouTube.

Yeah, of course.

Um, we start with two courts and we
have the space for the third court.

Okay.

But we didn't put, because we
didn't know what, what happened.

Right.

Anybody play?

Um, we start in 2009.

I stay 2014.

Wow.

Alone.

Alone, meaning nobody was coming in?

No, no, no, no.

Open in the next club in 2014.

Real battle.

So how so how did you
go Up In Real paddle?

No.

Oh, the next club After
your, the next club opened.

Yeah.

Okay.

So how did you survive for those years?

I mean, how did you build that community?

How did you build people to come to
your club to, to play for the newspaper.

Come say, open Paddle.

Paddle, paddle, paddle.

They start a, and Spain is coming.

Okay.

And that's it.

And how many members did you have,
or how many players did you have?

When, when, when it started is for
two courts is around 5,100 players.

Really?

Oh, that was pretty good.

I in the first year, eh?

Yeah.

So at what point did your
wife say, what are you crazy?

What are you doing?

Because my wife born in Chicago.

No, she didn't know what this path paddle.

She didn't know what battle,
but I talking about the paddle.

Paddle, okay.

What to battle.

Okay.

But tell us a little bit about you.

So you were a paddle coach before
when you came here just for paddle

or you were doing something else?

No, I, I start play paddle
in 2000 and in 1992.

Okay.

I start playing in, in Argentina.

In Argentina.

Okay.

I, I, I live in Brazil,
play paddle coaching.

Uh, did you play tennis or
squash or anything before?

No, I was coming for the front home.

Front.

Dunk front.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I never played tennis coming from Fronton
for when it started, for me, it was easy.

See, the, the walls, the wall.

Yeah.

I probably in the net volley
the volley the volley.

But, uh.

Was in the, in the first club
is I, I closed in 2012 and

opened another club where?

Yeah.

And four, uh, 4 41 and 1 57.

What was the name of the first club?

A b Sport club.

A B Sport.

And the second one?

Same.

Same.

And the third cloud is Pan Life.

Oh, you were the one
who opened Power Life.

Wow.

17. Wow.

Well, I mean, amazing, amazing
that I'm sure you can't believe it.

You know, some people are too early
and some other people are too late.

You know, you were way too
early, you know what I mean?

But, but you introduced it to
here, you know, to Florida.

You, you were the first one.

So.

What you're seeing right now is crazy.

Probably.

I mean, it's, it's now it's crazy.

Yeah.

When, when it start in 2009, I opened the
club as empty coat and Nicole, everybody.

Julian, you wanna play today?

Begging, begging them.

Please come for free.

I pay you to rack everything.

Balls don't for free.

I, I'm looking for any
player, uh, play good.

Yeah.

Because it's attribute to another player.

Say, okay, Julian is play.

Okay.

I going, right.

Right.

Wow.

That, that's, that's a,
just a beautiful story.

Yeah, that's a great story.

So now let's talk about the,
the cherry on top of the cake.

You know, Orella, Orella, uh, let's
talk about what happened this weekend.

You kick everyone's butt.

You won the tournament.

Uh, tell us about you played at
Paddle X. Let, let, yes, I did.

Let, let's go back.

Let's go back.

How did he get you to, to
play Paddle, or did you play a

different sport prior to that?

I know that before we interviewed you,
like a year ago, I think my daughter did.

But let's, let's talk about
that, how that transition went

and how he became your coach.

So, um.

I was playing tennis.

I played tennis, um, from
three to nine, and my dad.

He did not want me to change.

He wanted me to stay in tennis.

Mm-hmm.

But I think what actually changed my
mind, I was always, um, in the paddle

court, as he said, we, he opened the
first club 2009, then we had Paddle Life,

then we had second, the second club.

So I was always in the paddle
court, but I put tennis.

So I think, um, like I think the weekend,
Saturday and Sunday I started to train.

I started to like to play.

Fun matches with my mom and my
dad trained me, but like for fun.

And then, so I think I started like
replacing some days of tennis, of the

week of tennis that I played into paddle.

So I had, like for example, I had
five days of tennis and then two

days of paddle, like the weekend.

And then I may have changed
it like four days to paddle

and then three days of tennis.

So.

I started to t and then I
started to play fun matches.

And then I think that attracted me a lot.

And I didn't, I, I liked tennis, but
I had a problem, like I didn't like

to complete, to compete like I loved.

Um, I. To train, to train practice.

But I think, uh, the competition,
I really didn't like it.

Why a lot of cheating?

Oh, cheating.

Yeah.

Wow.

I mean, um, ball were like this out and
then I played with girls who were like

two years older, three years older, and
I was like nine, so yeah, eight, nine.

And then I had like these 13-year-old,
old girls and I was like, so,

so, and when did you decided.

Okay, I want to do this full time.

I mean, I love paddle, I wanna compete.

And did your dad have
anything to do with it?

I'm sure he was like, come on.

Paddle, paddle, paddle.

Paddle pat.

Paddle.

Yeah.

No.

Wow.

It's all was actually,
this is gonna be a fun.

Um, he actually did not want me to change.

He loved because I was a very
good pat, uh, tennis player.

Tennis, right.

He loved me when I played
tennis, um, tennis.

So I think, um, full time.

I think I started maybe like
two years ago when I was.

Nine, but going to 10, so
approximately like two years.

And then that's when I started to
train every day, like 20 hours per

week with the five days and then, um,
tournaments Saturday instead the weekend.

So I think it was like
two years approximately.

And when did you decide, hey, look,
I wanna take this more serious.

I'm, I want to go to Spain, so Oh
well, no, but let's, let's, let's

list's tell a listener, so now.

The sad part is that, you know, Ornella
and a Adrian, they don't live here.

They moved to Spain.

And, and, and why did you move to Spain?

Why did you, ma, did you guys make
the decision to move to Spain?

So we saw there were like less, um.

Two years ago, um, there was much
less kids here in competition.

Yeah.

And there's not a lot, like for
example, in the Paddle Ex tournament,

there was only three couples we
had to make like round robin.

Yeah.

So that's indicating to me that
there's not a lot of players.

So, and we knew that, um, Spain was a
great, um, place because there was a

lot of players, you know, all of like

all of.

The number ones come from Spain
and they had a lot there, so

I think, so we went to try.

So we went to try to see
the level the year quit.

And there was like in the first
tournament, no, actually second

turn tournament I played 800.

Like eight.

Oh yeah.

800 couple.

No.

Are you serious?

All, all.

Wow.

So 1600 people.

I mean, incredible.

I know.

So it's incredible.

So 800 comes in, we were like.

It was little bit more than here, I
think, but just a little bit more.

What was that division?

There was what?

12 UN under 12, under 10.

So there's like, it's
called Umin under 10.

No, it's called Benjamin Infant Junior.

So Ben Hamin is like under 10.

Then vin, it's um, under 12,
then infant is under 14, then

G is under 16 and junior is 18.

And then what, what, so you
started to play what division?

Vin.

Um, no, Benjamin, my first year
was in Ben coming, I was sec. So

there's two years in each category.

So there, but in ko it's, it's
different because there's pre

Benjamin when you're like very low.

Okay.

But VIN has two.

You funded, has two everything.

So what was the question?

No, so you,

so you start playing the
10 under the VINs first?

No, Benin.

The Benin, that's where I, uh, went to.

Okay, so hold on.

When, when you first arrived there and
started competing, did you feel measured?

Did you feel like, Hey, I'm.

I'm good enough or I'm fair and I
gotta work harder, or like, oh my God,

I'm lacking because these people have
been playing since they were three.

How did you feel when you got
there and started competing?

Um, I think I was, I
think I was like, good.

I was good.

I played well.

And um, so like even in the, for example,
in is one of the most where the 800

couples were, it's a. All the best ones.

All of the couples, uh, and
players all around Spain come

and play that tournament.

So I think that was a very good indicator.

So, and I lost final in Oh, so
you made, but you made the finals?

I got, I lost it in super
time break actually.

So it wasn't third set.

Um, don't have third set.

They have super tie break and
so yeah, we did super good.

And how did you finish the, the,
that year with word ranking?

Oh, so yeah, that's fun
because I ended three.

So you ended up three in
the, in the in, in Spain.

In Spain, national Week, Spain.

Wow.

Yeah, I ended up three and
I didn't play anything.

How were they with you?

Did they, did they, is there a lot
of international people or is just

mostly Spanish people and did they
kind of accept you or was there

a little pushback like, you know.

I mean, I think there's, all of them are,
almost all of them are are from Spain.

There might be one or
two, but not that much.

No, they're actually, they were very,
yeah, they were friendly, I would say.

Yeah.

So you even played the whole
year and you ended up three?

Exactly.

Wow.

Wow.

So now they see 'cause has like
a lot of points and the girls

of Benjamin and the master too.

Oh, the master of course.

Of course what happened in Master

The, oh, in vin?

Sorry, it was such a long time ago.

Such a long time ago.

I know.

Um, so in Vid you pass category.

Um, I, well, so Vinne is under 10.

No.

Under 12.

Under under 12.

I know it's weird.

Um, Hamin is under 10
and Vinne is under 12.

So you were playing Vinne and
that's when you Yeah, yeah.

Becausecause, I passed the category.

Your RA ranking was number three in VINs?

No, that was in bein.

In Hamin.

No, no, no.

Inna was three.

You finished the.

The first year at, I was,
you finished in number three?

I finished.

Okay.

In number three, two year
and, and in each category.

Okay.

In each category.

But in Ham, I started in the second year.

My first year of Hamin, I didn't
play, I didn't go to Spain.

Wow.

So I started like in my second year, and
then they passed the points from Hamin

to iv and that's how I got to three.

Okay.

And then, so the first 16.

No.

Eight couple.

Eight.

Eight couples, 60 players
go to the master finals.

Okay.

So I think it's in
December, November maybe.

And, um, I lost the final
seven, five in the third set.

Wow.

Man, that's such a tough one, man.

The third set, tiebreakers tough.

These are my first year.

My first year.

Very hard to be one of the top ones.

Get into the top 10 and be
your first ear of the category.

Normally the best ones are
in the, in the second ear, so

that was actually very good.

So how did you get your, your partner,
did you already have one when you went

over there or did, how, how, how did
that, how did you get your partner?

So, when we went to Spain,
we didn't know anyone.

Mm. So I think my dad got into
a group, um, uh, by the, by the.

What was it called?

So,

so I think, um, we sent, um, videos
and photos and yeah, so I think

that's how I got my first partner.

Then people got to know
me, got to see me play.

You had a line of people now.

Please, please.

Yeah, that's true.

I wanna be your best friend.

She, she played only one year in.

Okay.

And then she moved to this year.

I'm, I'm second I'm,
but she didn't play in.

I'm, I'm 11, so I play the second year
of Vinne, but I'm playing, um, 14.

I'm playing in infant.

So you are, you are 11 years
old and I'm play with the 14.

So right now you're 11.

And you're playing fourteens.

Exactly.

Wow.

And then what is your
ranking at fourteens?

So I started in 14.

Um, I started 283.

Wow.

And now I'm 31.

Way to go, girl, gimme five.

Don't leave me here.

So, wow, that's amazing.

And they still don't pass me
the points from a, because I

still didn't pass to infant.

Okay.

So normally they pass
you all the points from.

The other category and in this
case would be vin, and then

they give it to you in infant.

So it's probably like, in my
first year of infant, I'm gonna

be one of the top five or top 10.

Nice.

Yeah.

2, 3, 3. Wow.

Two, three.

Wow.

And you're still 11.

Exactly.

Don't you wish you should
start playing paddle at three?

No.

Such a long time.

No, no.

You know why?

Because tennis made my base.

Tennis was the Yeah, that's true.

The key to playing well, I think if.

I could have played very good, but
I think tennis gave me the backhand.

Tennis gave me all the bass, gave
me everything except the walls,

of course, but that you can learn.

So I think I wouldn't change it to paddle.

I think our future start
with tennis just stronger.

Yeah.

Strong.

More the and more.

Yeah, exactly.

Yes.

But Cesar said it and it's
definitely helps degree, yeah.

Eastern, Western kind.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Wow.

That's, that's definitely true.

Yeah.

So I think it's always a good base.

Okay.

Let's talk's, talk about your academy.

Where, where, where you train
and how did that happen?

So I train in Spain, it's in
ante dorm with Claudio and Maria.

Wow.

And so Claudio Gioni is the
trainer of the number one.

Player, which is Paolo.

So, and Paolo Somia is the best
one in the world right now.

Currently when you guys start PA Academy,
it's called University of Palo Academy.

And, and ARD is one of the top
coaches in the world by far.

Of course.

Yes.

And so how did that happen?

How did, uh, did they reach out to you?

How, how did that happen?

That's not easy.

Of course not.

Um, can you tell this part what.

Um, so how do they reach out to you?

Right,

Felix?

Oh, Felix.

Yeah.

Okay, I got it.

So my dad was Fred of an
Argentinian man who's called Felix.

Felix.

Felix.

And so Felix had a. He knew Claudio Dard,
he knew, and I think Felix saw me play,

saw videos of me and was, and saw me play.

So I think that's how Felix talked and
reached out to Dard about me to Claudio.

So I think that's how the, um,
that's how that happened, I think.

Right.

Because Felix called Claudio.

Hey, there's this girl,
you should see her.

And I went to the academy before,
before that was in Vienna.

It was like one hour, one hour
15 from my house in Spain.

We drive every day.

Yeah, every day.

Wow.

Really?

One hour 15 every day.

Cool.

That's two, two hours.

Well, that's, that's a beautiful, I mean
that's, and I, I think I read or I saw

on Instagram, or I saw a video that.

Maria signed on a napkin.

You know, I knew you were gonna say that.

That she was gonna be
your partner very soon.

Wow.

What year?

What year is that?

2029. 2029. You're gonna be
playing with Paolo, Jose Maria.

Yes.

That's gonna be a former goal, you know?

Yeah.

We did it in a napkin,
like messy, no messy.

So we did it like in a,
what is Ari gonna say?

Didn't think it's gonna get,

is little nervous.

Oh, I, I, I love that story.

Yeah.

So tell us the life of,
uh, almost professional.

Player, so like a mini pro.

Okay.

Yeah.

So what, what time do you wake up?

Uh, how much hours of training?

What, what is your whole
routine and school education?

Yes.

Course and school obviously.

So, um, in Spain, when I train in
the academy, they give us the time.

Okay.

So there's maybe I
sometimes train at nine.

So I train at nine, and then
so I train to nine to 10 30.

Then I do fitness with my dad.

I do from.

Probably like 10 30 to 12.

Then, then, um, I do school, which I
do school online from the School of

United States, Florida, and I do online.

Okay.

So since the time difference is six
hours, it gives me the opportunity to

train the morning and then the afternoon.

So I do school, and then at five.

Five.

I come back to train and then I train up
to 6 15, 6 30, and then I go to the gym.

But that's to stretch and do
the front, the rope and walk.

So you, so you do three
hours in the morning?

Yeah.

And then three hours in
the afternoon, every day?

Pretty much.

Besides if it's paddle or or stretching
or physical condition and all that.

So six hours a day.

So I train approximately like 20 to
24 5 hours per for the five days.

Yeah, I train the five days and
then Saturday and Sunday I always

have tournament or almost every
time I have a tournament like so.

And if I don't have tournament
that weekend I trade.

But I do it more light, I do more
technique, I do more technical.

You still feel that passion after?

It's a, it's a good question.

Like how, how do you find time for your
friends to go out and how do you I think

that's a sacrifice that if you want to
be able to do a professional, I think

that's a sacrifice you have to make.

Okay.

And how do you not get tired of it?

You know, I mean, well that's of anything.

When you do something real long
of something, sometimes you

get what they call burnout.

How, how do you avoid that?

I mean, I think I just have.

So much love for the sport that I
wake up and I start always thinking.

I think when you have a motivation for any
sport, it can, it could be whatever sport.

I think if you wake up in the
morning and in, and you go to

sleep in the, in the night.

Thinking about the sport.

I think that's a very good passion.

And you have motivation to wake up
every day and go play that sport.

So I think it, it, the same thing
happens with him, but, but he wakes

up thinking about Dunking Donuts.

I I was waiting for that.

Yeah.

So he's motivated for Dunking Donuts?

Yes.

That's the difference.

Yes.

Thank you my friend.

Thank you.

So what is, what is, so that's amazing
and I wanna put this, uh, so we have this

recorder because four years from now.

I wanna, I wanna release this video again.

Yeah.

Orino at 11 years old, she
said, what is your dream?

My dream, my dream is, um, to be
the number one player in the world.

It's louder, please.

What is it?

Sorry.

My dream is to be the number one
player in the world of paddle.

Paddle of paddle.

And we're gonna have you back for sure.

Many times.

We're gonna have you back for sure.

You back here when you are number one.

It's gonna be pretty amazing, you know?

I wish.

Yes.

So now tell us about your sponsorship.

And I know Reserve, it's been a a, a big.

Supporter of you and also head rackets.

Why don't we talk a little bit about that?

So Reserve, um, so we are now in Soya,
but, um, so I train in Soya and Reserve

is, supports me for my, for my project.

Everything, everything for my
project reserve supports me in that.

And I had the representative
that's recruit, that's.

With reserve.

So it's the, um, representative
agency, agency of rep. So recruits

are, is a, is a agency support agency.

It's an agency that belongs to reserve.

Yes.

Part It represents a player.

Yeah.

Okay.

And then what is your project to
become number one in the world?

Yes.

Two.

Okay.

And they help you financially
with training practices?

I mean, what, what?

A little bit of everything.

He knows that more.

This for the process for the formation?

No, I don't know exactly
say in English formation.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Formation is formation.

Formation is okay.

Okay.

This because, uh, she need the,
the travel, eh, academy, eh,

physio, eh, the whole thing.

Wow.

Everything.

Psychology that so, and now
recruit has also a Delphi Breer.

Yes.

Garrido, Garrido.

Garrido.

Also Gala, I think Lan, not sure.

I'm not sure about Glan, not sure.

But also Arturo Coil is it's part
of, works with colo. He trains here.

He's actually right now training.

Yeah.

But we don't, we don't know this
here, but we know, we don't know that.

Okay.

And then so is basically
your, your supporter.

Exactly.

And tell us about Head, how important is
Head for you and how did you choose Head?

So, um, head is everything that has
to do with clothes, shoes, everything.

That's with clothes
rack rackets, of course.

So.

What is your fa what is the racket
that you're using right now?

I use Paolo.

Jose Maria's racket.

Which is, which one is it?

It's the, oh my God.

Um, the speed motion?

No.

Yeah, yeah.

Speed.

Motion.

Green one.

Okay.

Yeah.

And that's your favorite one?

Yeah.

I love it.

It's, it's perfectly, it's balanced.

It's light.

It is green.

It's,

that's right.

If it's good enough for her, you know.

Right.

She gives me a little bit of her magic.

Yes.

Yeah.

So tell us a little bit, have you
trained with her, with Paula Va Maria?

I haven't trained with her, but
she, I see her every time in Spade.

She trains there.

And Do you talk to her?

Is she your mentor?

Yeah, of course she is.

Um, how do we Madina She's mentor.

Yeah, like mentorship.

She mentor, she, she's a mentor.

So yeah, she, we have a great
re relationship with her.

She's amazing.

She's the kindest.

Everything.

And she tells you about the life, the
life of a professional paddle player.

Yeah.

She helps you with
everything she gives you.

She gives you everything you
need, and she tells you her life.

She tells you when the draws
come out, who does she play?

Everything.

It's like, like you have like the
mentor, but that understands you a lot

because she went through everything.

That's beautiful.

I mean, that, that's a, that's
a beautiful, beautiful story.

Yeah.

It's a, it's incredible.

I, I have lots of love to be
able to have, um, photos, Maria.

Good.

And are, are you planning eventually
to come back to United States to

bring your, I. Battle mastership.

Well, you, you, you do come back here.

Yeah.

How often do you come here?

What's your schedule between
USA and and and, um, Spain?

So, I think I'm much more in Spain because
of the competition and the tournaments.

So for example, here I'm in Miami
and I stay, so I came here on the

30th of April and um, I leave on
the 26th of May back to Spain.

Okay.

Because I have the competition.

And then I think I'd come
back on September and then

I think I'd go December.

Of course.

Yeah.

December.

No, we stay up till October, November.

And, and do you like living in Spain?

Yes.

A lot.

Uh, Spain is incredible.

I, I prefer Spain.

Wow.

Cool.

You have your friends
there, you have paddle?

Paddle.

I have everything.

How about you for the father?

Do you prefer, do you like
Spain, living in Spain?

Yeah, I very happy in Spain because,
uh, she's enjoy the, the father.

I like.

That's beautiful.

That's beautiful.

How about mom and the food?

Ah, the food is incredible.

I mean, you can't, the
food is incredible really.

How about the mom?

Is she very supportive of you guys doing?

Yeah, my mom goes with us, but my
wife is, move comes, she travels more.

She comes, she's more,
yeah, she stays in Spain.

She comes and then she comes back.

So she has more traveling to do,
but she comes with us all the time.

She's very supportive about that.

Yeah.

That's great.

Uh, what, what a great story.

Yeah.

Can you tell us about any new, uh,
goals that you have within the,

the FIP or the tournaments that
you're gonna start again with?

Um, so maybe.

Be able to go to a master's.

Master's, yeah.

In, in 14.

But that's, so I think that
would be a very good ave to make.

But it's hard.

But I think we can do it.

And you have a permanent
partner right now?

No, not right now.

I just got, I. Separated.

Um, with now, how, how does that work?

'cause that's kind of tough always.

We always ask post, how do you
separate who separates from who?

Do you have some already?

Who makes the call?

It's in, it's very And this
case, I did not make the call.

Oh, she called you?

Oh yeah.

Oh my God.

We hate her.

Yeah.

Yeah, we do

now.

Um, so I think it works

once, but for example,
it wasn't tough for me.

Because I have all options, but,
um, I think it could, it's, in

my case, it, it wasn't that hard
because, uh, it wasn't that hard.

So, okay.

So I mean, and, and what do you do?

So she drops you out and then
you start picking up the phone

and start texting everybody?

No, I don't text.

I, I try to text the ones that are in
the top because if I go the ones who

have lower ranking, I can go anywhere.

I could go with the first, um, I
could go, there's like the four, um,

seeds, seeds in the tournament and
I can go like, I don't know, first

round of one of them and that Okay.

But if you call somebody, if
you take somebody else, meaning

you're breaking another couple.

Exactly.

Right.

Yeah.

That's, that's, that's
part of the business.

That's life.

Yeah.

But.

Um, but so are you planning to,
uh, represent the United States

anytime soon in the Junior World Cup?

Yes.

Or anything like that?

So I'm going to represent, um, the
United States in the World Cup.

Yes, you are.

Yes, I'm going.

Cool.

That's incredible.

Yeah.

So, um, they went to see me in
Alax and I'm going so, so happy.

On the juniors.

The juniors.

Juniors.

And I'm gonna try out
for, um, women's too.

The adult?

Adult?

Yeah.

For the Pan Americano.

Wow.

We try.

Cool.

Oh, we're gonna try it.

Yeah, it's gonna try out.

That'll be amazing.

It gonna love it.

Well, uh, or Adrian, what a
great pleasure to have you here.

Um, I want.

I'm sure we're gonna do this again.

Uh, that message is gonna stay
there in a few years and we're gonna

resurface it when you are number one.

We want you to come back here.

Yes.

Thank you, congrat.