{
  "id": "selkirk-vanguard-control",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/selkirk-vanguard-control",
  "brand": "Selkirk",
  "model": "VANGUARD Control",
  "year": 2024,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2024-02-23",
    "precision": "day",
    "label": "Feb 23"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 200,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "poly",
  "buildLabel": "Polymer honeycomb",
  "thickness": "16mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated (Invikta) · Standard (Epic)",
  "pro": "Rachel Rohrabacher, Lauren Stratman (PPA Tour, per press release)",
  "summary": "A small but telling release: the biggest legacy brand conceded that raw carbon had won and brought it out of the Labs program into the Vanguard line at $200. Reviewers treated it as a conventional control paddle rather than a breakthrough. It marks the year Selkirk's mainline caught up to the raw-carbon market.",
  "construction": "Selkirk's first raw-carbon paddle in its main line: two layers of Raw QuadCarbon fiber on each side of a 16mm polypropylene honeycomb core, with a new octagonal grip.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "16mm polypropylene honeycomb core",
      "two layers of Raw QuadCarbon fiber per side"
    ],
    "face": "Raw QuadCarbon fiber",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://www.selkirk.com/pages/press-releases/selkirk-sport-adds-the-first-raw-carbon-paddle-to-its-main-line-with-vanguard-control"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Vanguard Control Invikta 16mm",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": null,
      "widthIn": null,
      "handleIn": null,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": null
    },
    {
      "name": "Vanguard Control Epic 16mm",
      "shape": "standard",
      "lengthIn": null,
      "widthIn": null,
      "handleIn": null,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": null
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "unknown",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "none-known",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2024-02-23",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Selkirk press release announces the Vanguard Control at $200, available now.",
      "source": "https://www.selkirk.com/pages/press-releases/selkirk-sport-adds-the-first-raw-carbon-paddle-to-its-main-line-with-vanguard-control"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "other",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://weartesters.com/selkirk-vanguard-control-review/"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": "Press release names only the Invikta shape; the Epic shape is confirmed only via retailer listings.",
  "productUrl": "https://www.selkirk.com/products/vanguard-control",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.selkirk.com/pages/press-releases/selkirk-sport-adds-the-first-raw-carbon-paddle-to-its-main-line-with-vanguard-control",
    "https://www.selkirk.com/products/vanguard-control",
    "https://fromuthpickleball.com/selkirk-vanguard-control-epic-pickleball-paddle-2024/",
    "https://weartesters.com/selkirk-vanguard-control-review/"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/selkirk-vanguard-control.png"
}