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The Pickleball world was rocked last week when, in the middle of the US Open, USA Pickleball deemed the CRBN paddle illegal and removed it from the approved paddles list. Within minute, CRBN asked their pro players to stop using the paddle and sanctioned tournaments across the country were told that CRBN would no longer be allowed to be used.
Our man on the scene, Jason Aspes, immediately reached out to USAP and connected with the man who does the tests himself, the Director of Equipment Compliance, Donn Paben, to get the skinny.
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EPISODE TRACKLIST
0:00 Intro
2:34 Donn's background and how the Compliance program came to be
7:02 Has a manufacturer ever tried to game the system?
7:51 How USAP makes sure that paddles remain compliancy
10:45 The difference between a lab test and field test
12:31 How paddles are chosen at random to be tested
15:00 The process of testing paddles
16:40 The delisting of the CRBN paddle
18:34 The significance of CRBN being banned during the US Open
20:43 Why the paddle got banned at that moment
23:40 Are all CRBN paddles banned currently?
26:11 What CRBN could have done differently to not get banned
27:23 Were the other carbon fiber paddles tested?
28:54 About the Joola paddle test video that was leaked
31:33 Closing thoughts from Donn regarding the situation
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