KewCast 107 | New Dunlop Paddles, PaddleTek Full Foam & More Paddles Tested for Spin Durability

Dunlop has entered pickleball with a full lineup of modern paddle technologies, including full foam, Gen-3 construction, and finite element engineering concepts. We cover this, plus the new PaddleTek Honeyfoam TKO-X, and we tested spin & texture durability on 4 additional paddles: JOOLA Perseus, Proton Flamingo, Speedup Tide, and Warping Point Sophon. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:59 Lastest News/ Gear Gossip: Selkirk Sport has acquired Bread & Butter 8:11 JOOLA and PaddleTek settle patent dispute 11:47 Paddles of the Week - Dunlop enters the paddle space 27:59 PaddleTek Honeyfoam TKO-X 33:52 Tales from the Ball Cannon: Testing spin durability on 4 new paddles 39:42 JOOLA Perseus Pro IV spin durability 40:06 Speedup Tide spin durability 40:30 Proton Flamingo spin durability 41:19 Warping Point Sophon spin durability 45:44 Kew & A: What's the best way to clean the new durable grit paddles? 48:49 Why did some paddles show negative spin loss after wear testing—measurement variance, normal break-in exposing more texture, or evidence that certain surface materials can actually gain spin as they wear? 51:45 Are the new durable grit paddles damaging the ball more than the ball is damaging the paddle? 52:47 Would super-soft paddles like a broken-in GX2 Power or Inferno follow the same spin-loss trends, or could increased face pocketing and deformation affect spin generation differently? Products mentioned in podcast: 🔹Dunlop Pickleball: take 15% off with code JOHNKEW: us.dunlopsports.com/dunlop/pickleball 🔹PaddleTek Honeyfoam TKO-X: take 10% off with code JOHNKEW: https://www.paddletek.com/0G3GN8 In this episode of KewCast, we break down the new Dunlop AG-Thr33, CR-Thr33, and TT-Thr33 paddles and compare their lab data and design philosophies. We also cover: •Selkirk acquiring Bread & Butter •JOOLA and PaddleTek settling their patent dispute •PaddleTek’s new Reserve full-foam paddle •Updated spin durability testing •Viewer questions about grit wear, spin retention, and paddle deformation 📬 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://johnkewpickleball.beehiiv.com/ 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: http://tinyurl.com/u2t7a3uy 🎧 Listen on Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/57kv8de8 📸 Follow @johnkew.pickleball on Instagram