{
  "id": "luzz-pro-cannon",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/luzz-pro-cannon",
  "brand": "Luzz",
  "model": "Pro Cannon (relaunched with Inferno and Tornazo)",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-02-15",
    "precision": "quarter",
    "label": "Q1 · exact date unverified; relaunched in fall"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 109,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "unknown",
  "buildLabel": "Not stated",
  "thickness": "16mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated",
  "pro": null,
  "summary": "A $109 elongated power paddle that got its maker banned from the pro list after a Pickleball Tech Dude video, then came back in the fall. Pickleheads called it the most powerful budget paddle on the market with a tight sweet spot and head-heavy balance; John Kew compared it favourably to the JOOLA Perseus Pro IV. It was the year's clearest test of UPA-A enforcement.",
  "construction": "T700 carbon friction surface over a dense core, per Pickleheads. The UPA-A dispute turned on the Cannon being built differently from the 'ZZ' model it was filed under.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [],
    "face": "",
    "edge": "",
    "source": ""
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Pro Cannon 16mm",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.54,
      "widthIn": 7.48,
      "handleIn": 5.52,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "7.73-8.13",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballcentral.com/luzz-pro-cannon-pickleball-paddle/"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "yes",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "UPA-A removed every Luzz paddle from its approved list around Apr 1 2025 after the Cannon was submitted as a design variation of the provisionally approved ZZ. USAP approval was unaffected. By Oct 14 2025 the Cannon, Inferno and Tornazo were all on the UPA-A approved list.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-02-15",
      "precision": "quarter",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Q1 · exact date unverified; relaunched in fall.",
      "source": "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/upa-a-fires-back-at-cannon-paddle-removes-entire-company-from-approved-list/"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleheads",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/luzz-pro-cannon-review"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://pickleballcentral.com/luzz-pro-cannon-pickleball-paddle/",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/upa-a-fires-back-at-cannon-paddle-removes-entire-company-from-approved-list/",
    "https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/back-from-the-dead-a-look-at-luzzs-fiery-budget-paddle-the-cannon/",
    "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/luzz-pro-cannon-review",
    "https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/news/upa-luzz-pickleball-paddles-banned/",
    "https://pickleballcentral.com/luzz-pro-cannon-pickleball-paddle/"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/luzz-pro-cannon.png"
}