THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2024 · CURRENT

Diadem Edge 18K SP

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.

List price
price n/a
Launched
Apr 15, 2024date known to the day
Build
Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
Thickness
14mm

1216.5 in nominal7.5 in5.5 in nom.14 mm
Drawn to scale from a nominal elongated outline; this paddle's own dimensions are not published. Left: the face. Right: cut away to the core. An original drawing, not a product photo.
USA PICKLEBALLApproved Sanctioned amateur play.
UPA-ANot confirmed here PPA Tour and MLP.
QUIET CATEGORYNot listed USAP's under-80 dB list for noise-restricted courts.
PATENTSBrand has not answered JOOLA's patent case Brand-level status, from the ITC case file and settlements.

Certification note. Diadem marketed it as 'the fastest legal paddle allowed in tournament play' at launch.

Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.

TIMELINE

  1. Apr 15, 2024 LAUNCH Diadem blog post introduces the Edge 18K SP. diademsports.com ↗

HOW IT IS BUILT

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.

  1. 114mm polypropylene core with 10mm cell size
  2. 218K raw carbon surface
Face
18K raw carbon fiber

Construction per diademsports.com ↗

Price and dimensions not found on the launch post; no lab spec table located.

MEASURED BY THE LABS

No lab page linked yet. If you know of one, the dataset is open.

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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