💪Top Pros’ New Weapon: NEW Selkirk SLK Era Power Pro Review! #selkirk #pickleballpaddlereview

This is the new SLK Power Pro from Selkirk. All the pros have switched to this paddle that are playing Selkirk. First off, Selkirk sent me these paddles. They did not get promised a review, nor am I getting compensated for this review. But if you use our code, INF–PIRATES, you will get a $30 discount card in the mail from them. And I will get kicked back from that to help keep the channel going. So first off, let's get into the technology. What did they change and why is it so good? This is their SLK line. This paddle is only gonna be $200. That's the high end of their SLK line, which is supposed to be their budget line, usually $80 to $150 is what they charge. But best paddle they've made yet. So let's look at the technology they put in there. First off, 5.8 inch handle on both models. So really good for the twoey. They've got a reinforced handle here, good bevels. They've got foam in the handle here with a polypropylene insert here. So they got foam around this with a polypropylene insert. Inside the paddle, they've got a floating core. So what does that mean? They've got a foam layer all the way around this edge here. And it is a piece of polypropylene sitting in the middle of here that floats when you hit it. So it gives a very even sweet spot. Then they've put carbon fiber strips in the edges here. So there's carbon fiber strips inside the edges here, right in the middle, that gives reinforcement to make this more stable. So now we've got a higher twist weight. Both of these paddles, very high twist weight. Good on the swing weight, about 116 to 119 on the swing weight, you can get these up to 122 if you weight it up a little bit. I like my paddles around 8.3-8.4. As far as spin, these are in the 2000s. It takes a little bit of a learning curve. If you're coming from a control paddle, it took me about two weeks to really settle into this. I typically don't take that long, but this paddle was surprisingly powerful, but not overpowered. So I wasn't rocketing the ball out of bounds. I wasn't shanking pop-ups all the time, but you really have to work on your grip pressure when you're switching to a power paddle. The new shape of these are going to be phenomenal. These shapes are going to replace all their existing shapes. Like the Invicta is gonna go away. The S2 is gonna go away. These two shapes are going to be their new line for all of their Selkirk line, which I gotta tell you, I really like the shape of this and I like the performance of this paddle. The POP, really good in the POP. Once you settle in, the resets, everything you can do, this paddle is super stable. This is my new main for the last two weeks. The other thing they've done is they've put carbon fiber layers. So they've got a carbon fiber layer on the front, carbon fiber layer in the back, and a fiberglass layer right in the middle, all the way through the face of this paddle. What that does is give you more POP. It sinks into the carbon fiber face, it springs off that fiberglass layer and really POPs. This is feeling a little bit more stiff. I'm gonna wait and see if the break-in period, I gotta play it a little bit more to see if it breaks in a little bit, but it does feel a little bit stiffer on the paddle. So it is a crisp feel coming off the face of this paddle, but for $200 with a gift card, this is one of their best paddles yet. I can say that this is top of the line gear. Thank you for those of you using our code. You can get our code in the description That is INF–PIRATES, and you can get a $30 gift card back from Selkirk.