{
  "id": "engage-profoam",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/engage-profoam",
  "brand": "Engage",
  "model": "ProFoam (with Alpha and Alpha Pro)",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-08-15",
    "precision": "quarter",
    "label": "Q3 · Aug-Sep, exact date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 229.99,
  "listPriceLabel": "$229.99 at launch (PickleTip) · $169.99 list on Engage's site in 2026",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "14mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "Part of a three-paddle reset after Engage moved manufacturing from Florida to Asia; the CEO told The Kitchen that overseas factories were using technology that could not be matched in the US. No independent lab review was found. It mattered as the point where one of the last US-made performance brands went overseas to build foam and thermoformed paddles.",
  "construction": "100% high-density foam core with no polymer honeycomb, under a raw carbon fiber skin. Launched with the thermoformed Alpha ($199.99) and Alpha Pro ($259.99).",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "100% high-density foam"
    ],
    "face": "raw carbon fiber",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://engagepickleball.com/products/profoam"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "ProFoam",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.5,
      "handleIn": 5.375,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "8.0",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://engagepickleball.com/products/profoam"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "yes",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "named-joola-settled",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "Engage lists the ProFoam as USA Pickleball approved, PBCoR .43 approved and UPA approved.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-08-15",
      "precision": "quarter",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Q3 · Aug-Sep, exact date unverified.",
      "source": "https://engagepickleball.com/products/profoam"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://engagepickleball.com/products/profoam",
  "sources": [
    "https://engagepickleball.com/products/profoam",
    "https://www.pickletip.com/engage-pickleball/",
    "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/news/engage-pickleball-new-products-2026-eric-oncins/"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/engage-profoam.png"
}