{
  "id": "diadem-edge-18k-sp",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/diadem-edge-18k-sp",
  "brand": "Diadem",
  "model": "Edge 18K SP",
  "year": 2024,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2024-04-15",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Apr 15"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": null,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "hybrid",
  "buildLabel": "Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)",
  "thickness": "14mm",
  "shapes": "",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "Diadem's answer to the spring 2024 power race: a thinner, thermoformed Edge 18K pitched explicitly on speed and pop. Its launch the day before JOOLA Gen 3 shows how crowded the power lane had become before USAP intervened. Reviewer coverage is thinner than for the standard Edge 18K.",
  "construction": "Thermoformed Edge 18K variant with a 14mm core built from 10mm-cell US-sourced polypropylene, an 18K raw carbon surface, and Diadem's first molded handle.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "14mm polypropylene core with 10mm cell size",
      "18K raw carbon surface"
    ],
    "face": "18K raw carbon fiber",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://diademsports.com/blogs/diademblog/diadem-introduces-the-edge-18k-sp-pickleball-paddle-the-fastest-legal-paddle-in-the-game"
  },
  "variants": [],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "named-joola-default",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "Diadem marketed it as 'the fastest legal paddle allowed in tournament play' at launch.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2024-04-15",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Diadem blog post introduces the Edge 18K SP.",
      "source": "https://diademsports.com/blogs/diademblog/diadem-introduces-the-edge-18k-sp-pickleball-paddle-the-fastest-legal-paddle-in-the-game"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": "Price and dimensions not found on the launch post; no lab spec table located.",
  "productUrl": null,
  "sources": [
    "https://diademsports.com/blogs/diademblog/diadem-introduces-the-edge-18k-sp-pickleball-paddle-the-fastest-legal-paddle-in-the-game",
    "https://allabouttennis.com/products/2024-diadem-edge-18k-speed-pro-paddle"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/diadem-edge-18k-sp.png"
}