{
  "id": "flik-falcon",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/flik-falcon",
  "brand": "FLiK",
  "model": "Falcon",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-09-01",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Sep 1 · announcement; ship date unverified"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 190,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "13mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "The first paddle built around cork inserts in a foam core, announced as USAP approved. No independent lab review was found beyond a database entry. It is in the register as one of 2025's few core-material experiments outside EPP and EVA.",
  "construction": "EPP foam core with natural cork 'dwell pads' that let the face flex and hold the ball longer, under three layers of raw Toray T700 carbon. Pitched as unusually quiet.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "EPP foam",
      "natural cork dwell pads"
    ],
    "face": "three layers raw Toray T700 carbon",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://www.bodyhelix.com/blogs/news/body-helix-unveils-usap-approved-flik-falcon"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Falcon Elongated",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.5,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 13,
      "weightOz": "8.0",
      "sw": 118,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://www.bodyhelix.com/blogs/news/body-helix-unveils-usap-approved-flik-falcon"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-09-01",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Sep 1 · announcement; ship date unverified.",
      "source": "https://www.bodyhelix.com/blogs/news/body-helix-unveils-usap-approved-flik-falcon"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "database-entry",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle/flik-falcon-13mm"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://flikpickleball.com/products/falcon-elongated-paddle",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.bodyhelix.com/blogs/news/body-helix-unveils-usap-approved-flik-falcon",
    "https://flikpickleball.com/products/falcon-elongated-paddle",
    "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle/flik-falcon-13mm"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/flik-falcon.png"
}