THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2025 · CURRENT
Avoura Rhapsody 13
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.
- List price
- $225
- Launched
- Spring · exact date unverified, 2025date known to the quarter
- Build
- Polymer honeycomb
- Thickness
- 13mm
- Shapes
- Widebody (rounded)
- Pro
- Designed by Jennifer, Steve and Callan Dawson
- Made in
- USA
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- May 2025 LAUNCH Launch: Spring · exact date unverified. thekitchenpickle.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
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.
- 1Polymer honeycomb
No layer-by-layer core description is on file for this paddle yet. The drawing shows the general construction for this build type.
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhapsody 13 | widebody | 15.5 × 8.37 in | 5 in | 13 mm | 8.1 oz | 110 | 7.76 | mattspickleball.com ↗ |
Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.
MEASURED BY THE LABS
The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.
FIELD REPORTS · AFTER YOU BUY IT
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