Michael Boraas is an accredited PPR teaching instructor with several years of experience both playing and teaching pickleball. Prior to that, Michael was a certified tennis instructor, with inner city tennis youth, and played at the collegiate level. 

Pickleball was a natural transition and I quickly discovered the transformative nature of the sport relating to mental, physical health through movement, structure, focus, and social connections. 

Pickleball Tours began in 2019 with a vision to introduce others to my passions involving travel, education, yoga and entrepreneurship. The mission is to promote these benefits while giving back some time to others and improve a few lives along the way. As adults, we often forget to make time to play as we did as children. Our hectic lives, work, and other obligations often get in the way of this.

Michael has led groups of various sizes on trips, corporate and volunteer events as well as local and international teaching clinics. He is currently working on some exciting events and excursions for the remainder 2023 and into next year. 

Michael brings a fun energy and entrepreneurial spirit to his events and is excited to introduce new players to pickleball. 

Before launching Pickleball Tours, Michael was working in the Software space actively recruiting top level sales talent. He launched a volunteer job coaching platform during the pandemic and has been involved with European group adventures through his endeavor, Bold North Tours. 

In his spare time, Michael is usually planning his next adventure, working on the business, or spending time with this dog Wilson.