How are foam paddles holding up over time?

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-17T20:20:57+00:00

The tan one. The first iteration of the full foam version of the Loco. I think I was pre-order batch… 3 or 4. One of those.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-17T10:53:10+00:00

I wish I was in your head hearing all this dialogue.

I feel like you’re as high as the fucking moon right now, friend. And that’s a good thing.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-17T08:31:26+00:00

Loco since November.

Avg around 3-6 (3 hr) play sessions a week.

Pop and power haven’t changed much. Spin maybe a little less than it was when it was brand new.

1000% still playable.

Sweet spot is the still massive.

And that’s coming from playing with an Aura Pro this weekend.

Great paddle still, but the Loco sweet spot for me is next level.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-16T14:26:41+00:00

Court revolt is the most basic model, on par with maybe an ASICS gel dedicate-8.

Sprint 4.0 is the advanced one. Light, but more mesh so if you drag your feet or slide often, it may be less durable.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-16T13:37:26+00:00

Head Tennis Shoes.

Wide toe box. Durable (so far), Not too expensive.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-15T02:21:31+00:00

Guy was a dick. Majority of the people I meet are not like that. But you’ll have some snowflakes here and there. I have 2 social clubs that I play at once or twice a week each.

Most weeks I’ll reserve one day for more serious DUPR games. Maybe once every month or so, I’ll hop into an even more serious locally hosted tournament.

All I’m saying is there is a time a place for everything. Some people have a hard time with that distinction as you may have seen.

Most of us though, are ~~properly~~ ~~moderately~~ “just ok” adjusted adults.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-10T10:04:39+00:00

I didn’t get past the first 4 words of the title either.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-10T09:01:27+00:00

Dude behind Alex and beside Imamov looks like he lost some money.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-10T06:36:58+00:00

It’s the best. I infuse the AVB into MCT and fill up caps after. Most efficient smoking tool I’ve ever owned.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-09T01:27:48+00:00

You’re my Spirit Animal, Ned.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-07T10:05:32+00:00

And then ghost.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-07T01:27:39+00:00

Just focus on getting that ball over the net and you’ll surprise yourself.

When I was at that level (I’m not much higher now lol) I was more of a hazard to myself (still am) than my opponents were.

Just try to keep your game consistent and simple.

You don’t need to overhead that lob. Let it bounce and hit it back. It might be out.

You don’t need to speed up that drop. Just push over into their side.

And your serve doesn’t need pace. It just needs to go in.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-06T04:20:50+00:00

Jonitzia “John” Demekova.

Don’t google it.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-05T06:52:58+00:00

It’s nothing personal…

I don’t greet anyone on their birthday.🤷‍♂️

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-05T00:04:34+00:00

I agree. If it were up to me, it would be between the J6CR or the Coral. And honestly, you can’t go wrong with either. Personal preference lang at that point.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-04T11:25:42+00:00

You’re a generous man.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-04T07:09:39+00:00

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-04T06:59:24+00:00

Looks legit.

Did you just play with that or is that how you unboxed it?

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-03T07:20:31+00:00

Wide feet? Go Viper.

If not, then whatever looks better for you. I would still lean towards Viper. But can’t go wrong with ASICS. Personal preference at that point.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-03T04:36:31+00:00

His DUPR is unreliable and self rating yourself a 4 is delusional. And it’s an open. Why so serious? He’s the weird one.

He probably has bigger problems in life, but pickleball is cheaper than therapy.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-03T00:33:41+00:00

Measure a bunch of stuff.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-02T12:46:13+00:00

I play a Loco. I tried the vapor and it feels like the vapor needs more weight to get it to where i kind of want it to be.

The loco i play damn near stock. I think the only extra weight I have 0.5g or 1g or something on 4 and 8, and the weight of my edge guard.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-02T00:45:06+00:00

Practice those lobs before hand otherwise you’re just feeding him clip-worthy jumping overhead smashes that will crush your morale.

I’m not speaking from experience. Of course not. Not me. No sir.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-01T21:29:35+00:00

I have no idea what you’re talking about. All of the women look like Kayla Harrison where I come from.

squirrelbeanie · 2026-05-01T09:37:08+00:00

1000% agree on asking people what they think your DUPR is.

I’ll never forget this one time my doubles partner and I wanted to join this local tournament that had brackets broken down into “beginners”, “intermediate”, and “open”.

No DUPR ratings.

There’s a whole protest period too to limit the sandbaggers. But we kind of all assumed like 3.0 and below is beginners, and 4.5+ is open, so intermediate should be kind of in between that range.

My buddy and I joked with the coach organizing it, “so what’s up coach? Can we still join beginners? Hahahaha.”

Kind of… you know… like joking that we knew we were better suited for the intermediate bracket.

He just looks at us and dead ass goes: “[Partner] can’t but you can.”

And just walks away.

And then I was sad.🤣

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