{
  "id": "selkirk-labs-project-boomstik",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik",
  "brand": "Selkirk",
  "model": "LABS Project Boomstik",
  "year": 2025,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2025-08-14",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Aug 14"
  },
  "lifecycle": "limited",
  "listPriceUsd": 333,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "foam",
  "buildLabel": "Full foam (Gen 4)",
  "thickness": "16mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated · Widebody",
  "pro": "Jack Sock, Catherine Parenteau, Lauren Stratman",
  "summary": "Pickleball Effect called it a clear return to form for Selkirk: Gen 3-style power and pop with foam-core durability, suited to advanced players with a developed soft game. It became the power benchmark later foam paddles were compared with, was Pickleball Blast's top pick and Speak Pickleball's Paddle of the Year runner-up. Sold only through Selkirk.com and LABS retailers, with a $33 feedback credit.",
  "construction": "BoomCore: a PureFoam (EPP) core fused inside an EVA 'Power Ring', three-layer T700 carbon face with InfiniGrit texture, and an MOI Tuning System of 7.5g weights clamped at 3 and 9 o'clock. Selkirk claims 12 percent more power than the average Gen 3 paddle.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "PureFoam (EPP) core",
      "EVA Power Ring"
    ],
    "face": "Multistrata T700 carbon, 3 layers, InfiniGrit texture",
    "edge": "MOI Tuning System weights at 3 and 9 o'clock",
    "source": "https://www.selkirk.com/products/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Boomstik Elongated",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.45,
      "handleIn": 5.8,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.3",
      "sw": 121,
      "tw": 6.9,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/selkirk-labs-boomstik-review-foam-core-power-with-a-gen-3-edge/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Boomstik Widebody",
      "shape": "widebody",
      "lengthIn": 15.95,
      "widthIn": 8,
      "handleIn": 5.6,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8.3",
      "sw": 113,
      "tw": 7.72,
      "specSource": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/selkirk-labs-boomstik-review-foam-core-power-with-a-gen-3-edge/"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "unknown",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "split",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "limited"
  },
  "certNote": "Selkirk sells a separate UPA-approved Boomstik Elongated without the MOI weights to players in PPA pro-division events.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2025-08-14",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Launch: Aug 14.",
      "source": "https://www.selkirk.com/pages/press-releases/selkirk-sport-introduces-labs-project-boomstik-to-redefine-power-in-pickleball"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Effect",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/selkirk-labs-boomstik-review-foam-core-power-with-a-gen-3-edge/"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Studio",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballstudio.com/reviews/selkirk-labs-boomstik-review-its-about-dang-time"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/blog/selkirk-boomstick-review"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Matt's Pickleball",
      "kind": "database-entry",
      "url": "https://www.mattspickleball.com/paddle/boomstik-elongated-16mm"
    },
    {
      "lab": "other",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://weartesters.com/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik-performance-review/"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": "China",
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://www.selkirk.com/products/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.selkirk.com/pages/press-releases/selkirk-sport-introduces-labs-project-boomstik-to-redefine-power-in-pickleball",
    "https://pickleballeffect.com/equipment-reviews/selkirk-labs-boomstik-review-foam-core-power-with-a-gen-3-edge/",
    "https://www.selkirk.com/products/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik",
    "https://www.speakpickleball.com/articles/best-pickleball-paddles-2025-awards",
    "https://www.thepickleballblast.com/blog/best-pickleball-paddles-of-2025-paddle-of-the-year-awards"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/selkirk-labs-project-boomstik.png"
}