The Pickleball Industry Could Change Forever | Where is paddle technology going for 2024? 

Thanks for this video. Your generosity with information acquired through hard work and the passion you seem to be putting into getting great new technology into everyone's hands is admirable. Pre-ordering the Spiked now and I hope to be able to continue supporting your company in the future.

I enjoyed hearing your vision for developing new paddles. A price point for everyone is a great idea. I like the paddle with all the cut outs. I am playing lights out with my second slice as the two ounces has made a huge difference in my game. I did not tell anyone that this is a new paddle. I have so much control in block shots down the line and in fire fights. Just from watching video I feel KiwiLabs is a company I want to continue to support when the prototypes are available. Excellent video. It was not too long as your sincerity comes through.

I had a friend get a new Slice and you changed the handle (for the better in my opinion). I love how you continue to tweak things. Interested in that new one.

Loving the colors.🔥

I posted this on Chris Olsen's video re: Nomex and Kevlar, so I'll copy and paste the majority of this here: They're pretty different! They're both aramid fibers, but one is a para-aramid, and the other is a meta-aramid; not getting too deep into the differences between them, p-aramids are self-arranging in lines molecularly, leading to much higher stiffness and strength compared to m-aramids, which have molecules arranged angularly to one another. To illustrate, Young's modulus is a way to express a materials stiffness. Let's look at the three most common core materials, polypropylene honeycomb, nomex honeycomb, and kevlar honeycomb and compare their compression modulus: Polypropylene honeycomb @ 1" thick sheet, 8mm cell: 11.5 ksi Nomex honeycomb (phenolic resin-stabilized) @ 0.5" thick sheet, 3.175mm cell, 2.5mil wall thickness: 28 ksi Kevlar honeycomb (phenolic resin-stabilized) @ 0.5" thick sheet, 3.175mm cell, 1.8ml wall thickness: 400 ksi *Note that these can vary pretty wildly depending on specifications**; these are examples of commonly sold sheets from a large supplier, however different cell sizes can be specified for the two aramid core materials which can make them *significantly stiffer or, in some cases, slightly less stiff (larger cell size, thinner wall thickness); the trend remains though, with Nomex being about twice as stiff (or more) as polypropylene and kevlar being very significantly stiffer than that. The polypropylene is one of two common sheet specs and the other spec just differs in cell size (the other being a larger cell size) and just results in a ksi of 10.5 instead of 11.5. Note as well: The sheet thickness is just a standardized way to measure modulus and they can be ordered in many different thicknesses. What this means is that the aramid cores could (and likely will) feel very different from one another, with Nomex being closer to polypropylene than to Kevlar. Also note that the only pure Kevlar core paddle that I'm aware of, the ProDrive Ghost, was mentioned in that same Pickleball Studio podcast by Will as being quite probably the most powerful paddle he's hit with, or at least on the level of the most powerful.

EVA foam seems to absorb some of the impact/stress your arm hand/wrist elbow would normally absorb.

I’m a new player and love your channel. I subscribed.

I've had a kelvar paddles for 7 years. Great on windy days, heavy but no sweet spot.

HUDEF eva Newera paddles are awesome!! Impressive quality and incredible price. I own two of them, and LOVE them!!

I want that purple and black paddle!

I love PickleBall! I would love a new PickleBall paddle!! #002

Sooo interested in trying the purple paddle! Hope it's not up there in price. Is 3k what gearbox cx14's and cx11's have been using on the exterior (I know the interior is a whole other thing that everyone else)?

Sent yah an email a while ago, was hoping to pick your brain on something’s pertaining your video on starting a company. Appreciate yah and all you do. 😊

I had a ProDrive, which has a Kevlar core. I did not find it loud. However, Kevlar does not absorb vibration well. As a result, my hand was vibrating like a pitch fork when I was done playing. First time this ever happened to me. In the long run, this may not be healthy.

I would guess that a paddle with many slots around the perimeter would naturally have a longer dwell time than the same paddle with no slots. I don’t believe the slots are an aerodynamic feature.

The "Spike" looks incredible, I can't wait for its debut. Any thought as to when it will be sold so I can start saving my pennies now??? HURRY THE R&D UP!

When is the spike aka the purple paddle coming out?

For that purple one, I thought you couldn’t have holes on the hitting surface…..or on the face of the paddle

Kevlar is known for being abrasion resistant. It is not brittle like carbon fiber.

I tried a thermoformed paddle and it felt head heavy and actually hurt my arm. I prefer a softer paddle for sure

But you DO have to bust your arm for the power of a z5. That stupid paddle is the most unwieldy block of garbage I've ever touched.

Where does the texture come from with the 3k carbon fiber? How does it seem to be lasting compared to the T700 peel-ply texture? Nice job, enjoyed the video!

Hmmm, maybe this Kevlar thing is going to be the next big thing for paddles. Look forward to the upcoming reviews on it. PS - I think your hot link to Johnkew pickleball is incorrect - YT gives me the 404 Not Found Monkey.

Get me 'soundless paddle' now. Why isn't that happening? No more battles with noise control neighbours....

I enjoyed the possibility to use Eva foam. But not sure about using it in layers. I would assume it would be better to use the honeycomb holes filled with Eva foam, like the haxcore foam.

"Labs" because we engineer our technology within our R&D laboratory. Oh wait....😑

Awesome video guys! Just discovered your channel and have been going through your videos. Excited to hear more about the new paddles you have in R&D, let me know if you need any help play testing 😊. I've got family up in Michigan too so hopefully I can catch you guys at a local event some time

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