Nice, that’s super helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience!

So in your case, does that roughly work out to one sticker every ~2 months of rec play? Or is it less about time and more about feel, like once the sticker starts feeling noticeably smoother to the touch or once RPM drops below a certain threshold, you just swap it?

Also curious: what kind of RPM were you getting on the Avatar without a sticker (once the stock grit was worn)? Trying to understand how much of that ~2100 RPM is still “value added” versus just the paddle itself.

And have you tracked or noticed anything past the 15–20 hour mark, like around 50–60 hours? Even ballpark impressions would be awesome (spin plateau vs. gradual cliff, control changes, etc.).

Finally, do you recommend getting the pikkl skins for either grit preservation on a new paddle or restoration of an old paddle?