THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2025 · CURRENT
Engage ProFoam (with Alpha and Alpha Pro)
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.
- List price
- $229.99 at launch (PickleTip) · $169.99 list on Engage's site in 2026
- Launched
- Q3 · Aug-Sep, exact date unverified, 2025date known to the quarter
- Build
- Full foam (Gen 4)
- Thickness
- 14mm
- Shapes
- Elongated
- Made in
- China
Certification note. Engage lists the ProFoam as USA Pickleball approved, PBCoR .43 approved and UPA approved.
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- Aug 2025 LAUNCH Launch: Q3 · Aug-Sep, exact date unverified. engagepickleball.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
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).
- 1100% high-density foam
- Face
- raw carbon fiber
Construction per engagepickleball.com ↗
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProFoam | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | 5.375 in | 14 mm | 8.0 oz | — | — | engagepickleball.com ↗ |
Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.
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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