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Excellent video. Please leave the clicking noises out on your next one.

My feedback about UPA-A suggestions is that they need to be more independent and less big companies on the board. John, you should be on the board. You would be a great independent voice. Also, I like a pro-rated fee or a smaller fee. Example, $10k fee is much more reasonable than $100k to give smaller companies a chance and not such a cut line. Last thought. The end result should be minimal inflation cost passed to the consumer to pay for a paddle. I’m not paying $300 for a paddle in the future that lasts 6 months. Most companies need to be able to stay $200 and below in today’s market.

Non profit gets their money from……… UPA, so who is the whipping boy?

I hope you do more testing of the Hurache X Control Kevlar with some lead to see if it improves the performance. Also, for a Control player, would the Thrive be too poppy?

Was competing in San Clemente pre-planned or a result of having division cancelled at Dallas event?

I've had this question for a couple weeks now since you've brought up that you live in a higher altitude area in Colorado. Do you think that the difference in your RPM numbers from other paddle reviewers has to do with the fact that the air is less dense where you test? I know that technique and other bodily mechanics play a component, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

How has Eddie modified his paddle? Thanks!

Hmmmmm. Not sure how I feel about UPA-A being a non profit. Seems like a lot of their decisions will determine how much money the PPA makes. Oh no, am I turning into a conspiracy theorist?

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Regulation leads to dead weight loss in the market shared by the supplier and consumer 100% of the time. Regulation is bad. Barrier to entry is irrelevant because the market will reach equilibrium no matter what so eliminate as much deadweight loss as possible to maximize benefit to consumers and suppliers. Economics 101…

Eddie had quite the dance party going on behind him. 😂

Great pod. Thanks for the paddle testing updates- always interesting.

But what about the Vulcan ball?

PLAYERS PICKLEBALL uses a system to measure sweet spot size.

Question: JK, did you make/play drums on the intro music you use for the pod? We need some video of your kit and of you playing some drums!

This was a GREAT show! Recording on location was genius. Loved seeing what you keep in your bag. Keep up the great work.

Ooh, sweetspot heat map😮. Plushness maping😮.

Regarding your spiderchart. Have you thought about reversing the swing weight area so that lower shows deeper in that area? Then a paddle that swelled in that area would have a lower swing weight and it would be easier to visualize in relation to pop power etc.

If anyone wants a great idea for a cheap and good PB Bag I found that the Swiss Army brand or similar Laptop bag from your local Thrift store can hold 3-4 paddles and my shoes and balls and accessories. Cost me $12.

I think this is a loss for the PB community. More regulation, more money talking, stifling the innovation, lack of input from the consumers, big move made by big companies. USAP had the opportunity to do it right by investing in more staff and additional throughput in the testing to handle the load, but they did not, the communication was broken , the rules unclear, "trampoline effect" and now here we are. And to have a RPM cap is going to stop the ability of the game to progress. It's different than a grit test because the paddle build has a lot to do with it along with grit. but if they cap RPM.... not good.

Congrats on the 2nd place

Enjoyed the review and tasting notes!

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John, can you please elaborate on exactly where you’re weighting the Chorus SS? Had a bit of a hard time following how you modified since your last pod review. Thank you, and I’m receiving mine tomorrow! 🙌🥊

John, wont a super high twist weight start hampering flicks?

The lady dancing in the background made me chuckle ua-cam.com/video/LaR2c59R01o/v-deo.htmlsi=oXohbzHFUl3GnRJh&t=2927

It’s hard to believe reducing the swing weight by adding a several grams to the static weight would make paddle more maneuverable. I speculate the static weight makes a difference at some point.

It seems like the UPA-A, to date, is just a marketing entity - lots of proclamations; no real progress. There is no UPA-A registered with the IRS as a 501c3 non-profit! Try doing a search. of the IRS registration site. There is no web site. There is no way to contact UPA-A except for calling the president. Are there any employees? Let's also remember that Pro Pickle Labs has already been doing testing for the pro tours for over a year. Where's the "beef"?

Love the pod John. You are the go to guy regarding scientific/quantifiable metrics for pickleball equipment and you continually come up with new measurements to help explain paddles based on real numbers. Please don't go down the rabbit hole of putting a subjective score on pop, plushness, etc. Everyone else is doing that and honestly a subjective score is a joke. To that, your paddle batttle was kind of funny but was a turn off as it seemed more like a way to get clicks/views since there was nothing scientific about it. I don't think I would watch future paddle battle kinds of episode unless the battle was a comparison of numbers and not "who played better with a paddle". Eddie may like this as he seems to be more of a touchy/feely less scientific guy but I urge you to do what you do best and stay true to that instead of getting into subjective stuff. It's not you.

I want to see Jon and eddy optimize their pickleball balmer curves.....

There are some companies in China that are actually copying big pickleball paddle brands in the US and selling them at a very much cheaper price. With PPAtour charging paddle brands USD 100k per year and 5 K per paddle, this will only push the price for pickleball paddles to go up. And with that, more and more ppl especially those who are living in countries who earn less will definitely buy those "fake" pickleball paddles. How about tennis? Are tennis brands such as Head, Wilson, Price, etc paying this much annually and per tennis racquet? I believe PPAtour should charge according to how many paddles each company is selling. That would allow competition to be fair.

Please do more podcast with a live match in the background. Great environment with a lively touch.

I like the idea of recording on site, but it was really difficult to listen to on my end. Between the sound of the ball hitting the paddles and the music, it was tough to follow what y’all were saying, which is the only reason I listen

Eddie in the grandstands sounds exactly like the commentators during Anakin's pod race in Phantom Menace

John what about the Thrive Azul you voted to #1? Vs your current paddle ?

Agree w/ Eddie on his experience w/ certification and creating a more diligent certification process through the entire design/development process of equipment. Actually, I am surprised that this wasn't similar to how it works today w/ USAP. I think you would catch a lot of issues ahead of product launch as well as be confident in your R&D in launching a certifiable product. My $.02, we won't see much benefit between UPA-A and USAP testing. The desired outcome will be achieved by both, and the differentiation will be in UPA-A's barrier to entry. Ask yourself this, what paddles have been approved that should not have been? Also, what paddles have not been approved, but should? It seems to me that USAP, outside of a huge hiccup with Gen 3, has achieved the desired outcome for testing and certification.

so, how much does usap actually charge manufacturers just to have their paddles certified? i heard they charge per paddle? if true, then this must involve a hell lot of money for usap 😊

The fact that proton decided to make new paddles withOUT the use of their nano-tac, that really had them stand out in the first place, troubles me 😅

Coming from the audiophile community, some reviewers have overlays of a headphones sound signature on an EQ graph and they can pick and select and overlay different headphone graphs (in different colors) to see their differences. You should do the same with the sweet spot of a paddle and then you can overlay them with different paddles to see their differences.

The hat is cool. Really like it.

Love the video. What's the difference between Hurache-X and Hudef Mage Pro?

Thanks for your video. I have a Hudef Viva Pro Gen 3 and wonder how it compares to J2K?

Great video. John, what do you think of Hudef Viva Pro Gen 3?

John, what did u think of the wpt? I’ve played 2 of their events earlier this year and might play 2 more this year.

Greetings from the OC! Eddie, it was great meeting you and Paula today in Tustin. Love the show guys. Keep up the great work.

Eddie what hat are you wearing?

Salemae will teach you how to make hook line calls

Pls get rid of the Gearbox Pro Power, it's an unfair advantage with its power and can ruin the game

Beautiful bromance haha

Also love the Centerline shirts. So damn comfortable. I have these and the new Bread & Butter performance shirts.