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  "id": "crbn-trufoam-genesis",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/crbn-trufoam-genesis",
  "brand": "CRBN",
  "model": "TruFoam Genesis (TFG1 · TFG2 · TFG3)",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-01-30",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Jan 30"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 279.99,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "14mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated (long and standard handle) · Widebody; hybrid TFG4 added later",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "Marketed as the first Gen 4 paddle: a full-foam core approved for tournament play. Pickleball Effect wrote that CRBN had 'solved foam cores' on durability while performance gains over prior all-court paddles were marginal; others noted less pop than Gen 3. It set the template most brands followed for the rest of 2025 and took Speak Pickleball's Innovation Award.",
  "construction": "100% foam core with placed voids and no polymer honeycomb, a fiberglass activation layer and carbon face sheets, with perimeter fiberglass weighting. CRBN says it took 18 months and 200+ prototypes.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "100% foam core with placed voids",
      "fiberglass activation layer"
    ],
    "face": "carbon fiber face sheets",
    "edge": "perimeter fiberglass weighting",
    "source": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "TFG1",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.35,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "8.0",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": 5.7,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/"
    },
    {
      "name": "TFG2",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 16,
      "widthIn": 7.85,
      "handleIn": 5.25,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "8.1",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": 6.7,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/"
    },
    {
      "name": "TFG3",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": null,
      "widthIn": null,
      "handleIn": null,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "pending",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "own-patent",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "At launch (Jan 30 2025) all three models were USAP approved with PBCoR .43 certification and only provisionally certified by UPA-A, per CRBN.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-01-30",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Jan 30.",
      "source": "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/crbn-trufoam-the-race-to-gen-4-paddle-tech/"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Effect",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Studio",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballstudio.com/reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-review"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleheads",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/crbn-trufoam-genesis-1-review"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "database-entry",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle-database/1-trufoam-genesis"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Blast",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.thepickleballblast.com/blog/crbn-trufoam-genesis-review-first-gen-4-paddle-with-100-foam-core"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://crbnpickleball.com/collections/crbn-trufoam-genesis-foam-pickleball-paddles",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/crbn-trufoam-the-race-to-gen-4-paddle-tech/",
    "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/crbn-trufoam-genesis-series-review-includes-tf1-tf2-and-tf3-models/",
    "https://crbnpickleball.com/collections/crbn-trufoam-genesis-foam-pickleball-paddles",
    "https://www.speakpickleball.com/articles/best-pickleball-paddles-2025-awards"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/crbn-trufoam-genesis.png"
}