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Rematch

About

Built for people who intend to play again tomorrow.

Rematch started in Scottsdale, Arizona, on a morning after a long one on the court. The jars in the drawer were either petroleum in a tube or a gel that smelled like a hospital, and neither said on the front what was actually in it. So we made the balm we wanted to open: camphor and menthol, a base made with organic coconut oil, beeswax and shea butter, and a label that says three things.

Every jar is poured, lidded, and labeled by hand here in Scottsdale. The formula is the FDA monograph for external analgesics, followed to the letter, because the people we make it for read labels. We do not promise anything a balm cannot do. We promise it will feel the way we say it feels, and if it does not, you get your money back.

Handmade in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Cole Stegman, founder of Rematch, mid forehand on a pickleball court
Cole Stegman, founder. Plays in Scottsdale.

Made by a player

Built by someone who loses the third game too.

Cole Stegman plays in Scottsdale most mornings. Rematch started as the jar he wanted in his own bag: camphor and menthol, a base you could cook with, and a front label that says exactly what is in it. He has made and refined the formula for 12 years.

Rows of freshly filled balm tins cooling on a tray

How it is made

Small batches. Poured warm, lidded by hand.

Warm balm being poured by hand into rows of open tins

  1. 01

    Melt

    Organic coconut oil, beeswax and shea butter come up to temperature slowly with the other base oils.

  2. 02

    Blend

    Camphor and menthol are weighed to the percentages printed on the front and blended in.

  3. 03

    Pour

    Each jar is filled by hand, cooled flat, and lidded.

Process photos show our tins from an earlier run. Rematch ships in the glass jars and tube pictured on the product pages.

Why Rematch

Made the slow way. On purpose.

  • Handmade in the USA

    Small batches, poured by hand in Scottsdale, Arizona.

  • Made with organic oils

    Organic coconut oil, shea butter, beeswax and plant oils carry the actives.

  • A 12 year formula

    Cole has made and refined this balm for 12 years. Tried and true.

  • It works

    Camphor 6.5% and menthol 1.75%: FDA monograph actives at real strength.

Transparency

Nothing hidden.

What you read on the label is everything that is in the jar. See every ingredient

  • Every ingredient listed, nine in the balm
  • A real Drug Facts panel on the topical analgesics
  • Every jar lot-coded
  • Honest pricing for partners
  • No fillers, no dyes, no petroleum