The launch program

Launch your paddle brand.

The first paddle with your name on it should feel like the start of something. You do not need a factory, an engineering degree, or every detail figured out. Start with the player you want to build for, the brand you want to create, or the paddle you wish existed, and we help turn that into a product that looks, feels, and arrives like a real brand from day one.

The creation journey

From “wouldn’t it be cool if…” to a paddle you can hold.

01 · Start with the player

Who are you building for?

The audience decides everything that matters: feel, price point, look, and where it sells.

02 · Create the product

How should it look, feel, and play?

We translate that into materials, construction, and a photorealistic mockup you approve before production.

03 · Build the brand around it

Artwork, packaging, presentation

Retail boxes, covers, accessories, and the details that make the product feel like a brand, not a sample.

04 · Make it real

Samples to landed delivery

Prototyping where needed, certification support, production, inspection, and freight handled to your door.

Core technology

Every core generation. Under one roof.

Customers talk in generations, and the industry uses the terminology inconsistently: different companies define Gen 2 and Gen 3 differently. Tell us the generation or construction you are after and we will translate it into the actual materials and build specification. We manufacture across all of it.

GEN 1

Polymer honeycomb

The proven standard: a polypropylene honeycomb core with face layers bonded on. Consistent, forgiving, and the most cost-effective build, ideal for promotional runs, club fleets, and entry lines.

GEN 2

Thermoformed unibody

Heat and pressure mold the paddle into one sealed piece with the core fully wrapped and foam-injected edge walls. Stiffer, more powerful, more durable: the backbone of the modern performance market.

GEN 3

Foam-injected hybrid

Thermoformed construction with engineered foam layered around and through the polymer core for a suspended-core effect. A significant power jump and the current battleground of the performance category.

GEN 4

Full foam core

The newest frontier: engineered foam replaces the honeycomb entirely for a larger sweet spot, consistent response, and durability that does not fade as the core breaks in. We build it today.

Design and mockups

See it before you pay for it.

Before any production payment, you approve a photoreal mockup of your paddle with your graphics applied, and we refine the concept with you until you approve it.

Production artwork, proofing, and photorealistic mockups are included within reason. Full creative and brand development services are available when needed, from logo to full face art, with terms on your quote.

Brainwashed Coffee full print paddle
Full face print
Christian Kuntz signature paddle
Signature series
Beyond the paddle

Retail-ready, not just court-ready.

The paddle is only part of what makes the brand feel real. The box it arrives in, the cover it travels in, and the wall it hangs on do the rest, and we build the whole unit.

PACKAGING · MOQ 300

Custom retail boxes

Fully printed boxes in multiple formats: flip top, slide, and more. Your brand on the shelf, not just on the face.

COVERS · MOQ 100

Custom paddle covers

Branded neoprene covers that ship on the paddle and travel with your customer.

HANGERS · MOQ 500

Retail paddle hangers

Custom hangers for peg wall retail placement, built for your paddle and your brand.

COMPLETE THE LINE

Sets, storage, and reorders

Edge tape, additional grips, custom branded balls, and paddle and ball set packages ready for retail. Finished inventory can be stored and fulfilled for an additional fee, and your specs stay on file for reorders and line extensions.

TRIBE Pickleball paddle and cover in a custom retail box
Custom retail packaging
Casual Dinker paddles boxed for shipment
Boxed and shipped
Fox and Bear paddles fresh from production
Off the line
Approval and logistics

The unglamorous parts. Handled.

Certification support

USAP and UPA-A

We regularly manage USA Pickleball approval projects and can support UPA-A certification when required, so your paddle can be sold for sanctioned play under your name. Testing, certification, and related fees are separate from manufacturing, and approval is never guaranteed.

FREIGHT

Landed to your door

Air freight when speed matters, sea freight when margin matters. The price we quote is landed: production, freight, tariffs, and customs accounted for upfront, with no surprise import bill after your paddles are finished.

Brand services

We even build the storefront.

A paddle line without a launch plan is inventory. Our team can build your brand website, your marketing plan, and your go to market alongside the product itself, from first sketch to first sale.

Founder-led on both sides: we have been launching consumer brands for five years, and the operator behind this factory relationship has spent two decades building and running consumer businesses. You get product and business in one conversation.

Mic Foster, founder of iMPACT Pickleball
Ready when you are

Your brand. Our line.

Spec your first paddle in the Build Room and a quote is back within 12 business hours, or bring us the whole idea and we will map the launch together.

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