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Selecting Your Pickleball Paddle: Surface Materials

March 27, 2025

Another factor in selecting paddles is the material that’s on the actual hitting surface. One of the more popular surfaces is carbon fibre. There are a few variations of carbon fibre including raw carbon fibre, as well as carbon fibre with a treatment over top of it. Carbon fiber is more of a soft material—it absorbs the energy coming in from the paddle.

Carbon fibre is more of a control oriented surface. It’s also a really rough surface, contributing to a lot of spin off of the paddles. It’s very gritty, almost like sandpaper-like feeling.

Selkirk has a fibreglass technology, which is quite a stiff material so it’s more power oriented. Other technologies include a composite material or a graphite material which can also give you a little bit more spin. These are not as quite as durable as carbon fibre, but is still a very viable choice.

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