Comparing "Gen-3" Paddles

In this episode, John and Eddie discuss the latest pickleball news, compare foam-enhanced, "Gen-3" paddles, discuss whether or not Gen-3 is a useful term, and answer some viewer questions. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:17 PPA Las Vegas Recap: crazy women's doubles finals match 3:23 Andrei Daescu switched to Proton Series 3 paddle 4:46 Should I review the Proton Series 4? Testing the durability first 7:59 The Pickleball Science expert was recently featured in Scientific American 11:28 UPA-A releases certification costs for 2025 13:45 Gen-3 Paddle Comparison 18:38 Apes Pulse Series 26:57 PICKLN Alecto 3 29:54 Ace Heart 33:49 Nexus ProStar 36:52 Spartus Olympus 44:20 Our favorite Gen-3 paddles 47:64 Ranking Gen-3 paddles from most powerful to least 52:26 Is “Gen-3” a useful or problematic term? 1:00:52 Deep Dive: building my own exit velocity rig for measuring pop 1:08:42 Kew & A: what exactly are percentiles and how do you use them in the paddle database?