{
  "id": "avoura-rhapsody-13",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/avoura-rhapsody-13",
  "brand": "Avoura",
  "model": "Rhapsody 13",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-05-15",
    "precision": "quarter",
    "label": "Spring · exact date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 225,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "poly",
  "buildLabel": "Polymer honeycomb",
  "thickness": "13mm",
  "shapes": "Widebody (rounded)",
  "pro": "Designed by Jennifer, Steve and Callan Dawson",
  "summary": "A US-made control paddle from the Dawson family. The Kitchen's reviewer said the standout trait was how easy spin was to generate; other reviews describe a fast, forgiving paddle short on power. It was one of the few 2025 releases cut, printed and assembled in the United States.",
  "construction": "Raw T700 carbon face over a polymer 'PolyPropel' core, with a metallic weighted gel injected around the core perimeter to move the sweet spot toward the paddle's equator.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [],
    "face": "",
    "edge": "",
    "source": ""
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Rhapsody 13",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.5,
      "widthIn": 8.37,
      "handleIn": 5,
      "thicknessMm": 13,
      "weightOz": "8.1",
      "sw": 110,
      "tw": 7.76,
      "specSource": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle-database/rhapsody-13mm",
      "note": "Product page: 15.5\" L, 8.37\" W, 5.25\" handle, 8.1 oz avg (range derived from brand's ±0.2). Brand homepage (https://avourapickleball.com/) lists the same paddle as 15.5 x 8.5, 5\" handle, sw 110, tw 7.76 — sw/tw taken from homepage, dims from product page."
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "unknown",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-05-15",
      "precision": "quarter",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Spring · exact date unverified.",
      "source": "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/avoura-pickleball-paddles-expert-review/"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "The Kitchen",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/avoura-pickleball-paddles-expert-review/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "database-entry",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle-database/rhapsody-13mm"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/blog/avoura-rhapsody-13-pickleball-paddle-review"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "USA",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://avourapickleball.com/",
  "sources": [
    "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/gear/avoura-pickleball-paddles-expert-review/",
    "https://www.pickletip.com/avoura-rhapsody-13/",
    "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle-database/rhapsody-13mm"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/avoura-rhapsody-13.png"
}