RPM Jade, Bread & Butter Loco 2 and Luzz Cannon XPP are giving us promising early reasons to watch their spin performance. But how much can early testing really tell us about whether that spin will last?

In KewCast Episode 126, we discuss the buzz around the Jade and Loco 2, take a first look at the Cannon XPP, and dig into how ball-cannon wear results compare with actual games. The Jade retained essentially all its measured spin after cannon testing and 20 games. But that is still an early checkpoint, not a final durability verdict. This episode explains why, including a surface that held spin in the lab but lost spin early on court.

Also in this episode:
•RPM Jade’s SiCMatrix texture and early spin retention
•Bread & Butter Loco 2 elongated and hybrid models, human-generated spin and a closer look at the grit
•Luzz Cannon XPP full-foam construction, green silicon carbide texture and first spin measurements
•HexGrit and BlueGrit: where cannon testing and logged games agree, and where they diverge
•Enhance ArmorGrit Batch 2 and Mark VelosiGrit wear results
•Engage Pursuit Pro 2, RPM Diesel and new arrivals in the Kew Queue
•Kew & A: can an early spin drop skew a durability rating, and how do local and global deflection relate to paddle feel and power?

The cannon gives us a controlled way to compare surfaces. It does not provide a fixed conversion from impacts to games, and initial spin alone does not establish durability. Real-world testing is ongoing.

Chapters/ Timestamps:
0:00 Episode preview
0:28 Latest News/ Gear Gossip: "Prickled" animated series
2:57 Kew Queue: Vanwin Alpha Control Elongated
5:18 CPX Hyper+
7:42 Paddles of the Week: Engage Pursuit Pro Power 2
12:32 RPM Jade
22:21 RPM Diesel
28:15 Bread & Butter Loco 2
38:38 Luzz Cannon XPP
45:52 Tales from the Ball Cannon: Correlating spin loss on cannon versus logged games
47:32 11SIX24 HexGrit test results
51:25 Honolulu Blue Grit test results
57”13 RPM Jade SICmatrix test results
1:00:01 Enhance Armor Grit (Batch 2) test results
1:03:02 Mark Velosigrit test results
1:04:51 Lessons learned about the cannon versus real-world play
1:06:23 Kew & A: Could local versus global deflection explain paddle feel and power better than terms like “dwell” and “pocketing”? Would a global deflection test with the paddle’s edges braced help distinguish their effects?
1:11:45 Does spin durability testing penalize paddles whose initially high spin drops, then stabilizes? Could manufacturers improve their tier rating by pre-wearing the surface before shipping?

Products mentioned in podcast:
•Bread & Butter Loco 2 – save 10% with code JOHNKEW: https://breadbutterpickleballco.sjv.i...
•RPM Jade – save 15% with code JOHNKEW: https://rpmpb.com/JOHNKEW
•Luzz Cannon XPP (launching Oct. 15) – save 15% with code JOHNKEW: https://luzzpickleball.com?sca_ref=10...
•CPX Hyper+ - save 10% with code JOHNKEW: https://cpxpickleball.com/products/cp...
•Engage Pursuit Pro 2 - save 10% with code JOHNKEW: https://www.engagepickleball.com/JOHNKEW

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