Pickleball Paddles
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@yancou30Paddle shopping shortlist. Mix of foam-core power paddles and control all-rounders, spanning budget clearance to premium. Shapes range widebody (forgiving) to elongated (reach/power) to hybrid; weigh shape finesse — how the shape suits your swing and touch — alongside raw power and spin. All prices live CAD from Canadian retailers (pbsport.ca, pickleballpaddlescanada.ca, pickleballtown.ca).
Ronbus Ripple V2 R4.14
14mm FIRE foam core (carbon-fiber lattice + EVA), Raw Toray T700 textured face, hybrid shape. 8.0oz, swingweight 117, twistweight 5.87. USAP + PBCoR.43 certified. Clearance/final-sale at PB Sport (was $389.99); currently pre-order. Best value of the group — foam power-and-spin at a budget price.
Selkirk LABS Project Boomstik 16mm
16mm BoomCore (PureFoam + EVA Power Ring) with MOI Tuning System clips, Multistrata T700 carbon face with InfiniGrit texture. Selkirk's flagship power paddle — ~14% more exit speed than SLK ERA, no core crush, no break-in. Limited lifetime warranty. Comes in Widebody (forgiving, larger sweet spot) and Elongated (more reach/plow-through). Highest spin ceiling of the group. Pick a shape before ordering.
JOOLA Perseus Pro V 16mm
16mm core, Ben Johns signature, elongated shape with rounded corners. Patent-pending KineticFrame throat flexes and recovers on impact for placement. ~8.1oz, 4.25in grip. JOOLA's current flagship and the consensus no-compromise all-rounder (power/control/spin all ~9/10). 1-yr warranty. Also offered in 14mm for more pop. Edged out only by the Boomstik on raw spin RPM.
Six Zero Double Black Diamond Control 16mm
16mm honeycomb polymer core, Japanese Toray 700K raw carbon textured face, Carbon Fusion Edge tech, slightly flared shape with 5.5in elongated handle (4.25in grip). The benchmark value all-rounder — premium control + spin with a big sweet spot at roughly half the price of the flagships. Strong control-first contender against the power picks. Includes neoprene cover.
CRBN 1 TruFoam Genesis
100% foam core ("Gen-4"), T700 raw carbon + fiberglass peel-ply face, elongated 7.35 x 16.5in, 8.0oz, swingweight 118-120, twistweight 5.75, 5.5in handle / 4.125in grip. Note: single density only — engineered at 14mm (no 16mm option), so it sits outside the 16mm bucket but is the natural foam-power rival to the Boomstik. No core crush / no break-in, tennis-like dwell and spin. 1-yr warranty.