The NEW Thrive Surge | Paddle review | All Court, 16mm, Pickleball Paddle #Thrivepb #paddlereview

Paddle Review for the new Thrive Surge. #podcast #paddlereview #pickleball #ppatour #mlp #pickleballdoubles #pickleballislife #ytfeed #apptour #majorleaguepickleball

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00:00 Intro
01:26 Intro into the NEW Thrive Surge and its customization
02:25 Different types of paddles on the market
03:30 Thrive Surge paddles specifications
05:20 Thrive Surge Pop and power breakdown
06:14 Thrive Surge vs. The Double Balck Diamond by 6.0
06:58 Thrive Surge spin
07:33 The overall playability of the Thrive Surge
08:41 Where to find the Thrive and my code Pulse10 for savings
09:56 Outro

[StevenNeely]

I bought the Surge 116 SW and added 5 grams of tungsten tape at the throat. Surge was consistent on drops, resets, and dinks. I felt like I could keep the ball in much more than the Azul when driving the ball. I may add even a little more tungsten. I want to see if I can get the ball a tad deeper on my serve and see if I can add a few more rpms.

[psyclptic]

what was the swing weight of your paddle, and did you otherwise weight it up with weighted tape?

[tylerwhite]

Interesting. Do you really think the Surge is more stiff than the Azul? If I’m not mistaken, the Azul (which I own) has 4 layers of CF/Kevlar blend which is why it has been recognized as a power paddle since its release. And it’s also the reason it was different from other iterations using the same face material, which were traditionally on the control/plush side of the spectrum. John Kew even put it (the Azul) in the 90th percentile for pop. I had to put 6 grams of lead in the throat on each side just to soften it up because I didn’t like the way it played stock. I was gonna get the surge but now I’m hesitant because I don’t want something more stiff than the Azul 😬

[MattyRut]

I have the Azul, which I LOVE and I was very curious about this one. I really want a trainer paddle but have been toying with getting a PKOLL spoon instead.

[PanamaLou-zkxe]

Great Review Brian as always. Just got a hold of a Gen 3 Joola CJ 16mm Scorpeus. Thanks to your review my friend. Wanted to get one, before they are gone. What are you using now ? The Ruby, the Azul, the Shapeshifter ? Saludos from Panama. Have a wonderful rest of the summer.

[antoniosyrakis]

How would you compare it to the vatic pro flash?

[robertharless]

I haven’t notice much of a difference between the azul and the surge. The azul is just a little softer. Power spin and control were very similar

[pharm]

I bought one not sure why. I’ll play with it this weekend. Main paddle lately has been J2k

[RickJacked]

Wow you’re saying it has more pop than the Azul? Azul has a freakish amount of pop to me, I think it’s also 90+ percentile on JonnyK’s database.