Selkirk Pickleball Paddles: SLK, Selkirk and LABS Lineup Explained

Eleven of the 24 records are SLK models, nine are from the main Selkirk line and four are LABS paddles. Twelve come from Amazon listings and twelve from Selkirk's own product pages. Blank cells mean the source does not publish that value; we do not fill gaps with guesses.

Two patterns stand out. Selkirk's own product pages publish full dimensions, weight and handle length, while several Amazon listings (the Helix, Latitude, Vanguard, Project 008 and Boomstik Raw Carbon) leave them blank, so for those you are choosing on core, face and shape name alone. And the 'check list' entries are naming issues explained further down, not signs that a paddle is unapproved.

Price is the obvious difference. In our catalogue most SLK models sell for about $50 to $100 (the ERA Power, at around $200 on Selkirk's store, is the exception), the Selkirk-line paddles for about $80 to $350, and the LABS paddles for about $100 to $300. Selkirk's own store also shows large discounts on several full-price models, so the line is a better guide to the technology than to the price on a given day.

Materials change more than you might expect. Most SLK models in our catalogue use polymer honeycomb cores of 13 to 16 mm, with graphite on the oldest designs (Neo, Latitude) and T700 or 18k carbon on the newer ones (Evo, Halo, Geo); the ERA Power wraps a 16 mm polypropylene core in EVA foam. The Selkirk line adds Selkirk's Air throat designs, a 19 mm core on the LUXX Control, a fiberglass face on the Amped and PureFoam cores under multi-layer carbon on the OMNI and Boomstik ST. The LABS paddles all use foam cores (PureFoam or BoomCore) with raw or multi-layer carbon faces, the construction Selkirk is currently marketing at the top of its range.

Warranty is the difference people overlook. Selkirk states a limited lifetime warranty on Selkirk paddles and a 1-year warranty on SLK. If you expect to keep a paddle for years, that gap can be worth more than a small price difference. Selkirk also says custom grip options are available on the LUXX Control Air and LABS Boomstik, and that it no longer offers custom weights.

Selkirk names many models in pairs, a Control version and a Power version of the same line, and the Halo line shows why the label alone is not enough. The Halo Control Max and the Halo Power Max share a 16 mm core, a 16 x 7.85-inch face and a 4.85-inch handle. The Halo Power XL is the outlier: a 13 mm core, a 16.4 x 7.4-inch face and a 5.75-inch handle. All three publish the same 7.7 to 8.0 oz weight range.

So within the Halo line, the bigger change comes from the shape you pick: the XL pairs a thinner core with a longer, narrower face and a longer handle, while the two Max models differ mainly in their label and face texture. That pattern matches how paddle makers generally describe the trade-off: thicker cores for a softer, more controlled response, thinner cores and longer faces for pop and reach. Our 14 mm vs 16 mm guide explains the core side of this in more detail.

Not every Selkirk paddle follows the pairing. The LUXX Control Invikta pushes the core to 19 mm, the thickest in our whole Selkirk set (three LUXX records), while the Amped Pro Air is labelled all-court. The LABS paddles are labelled by level (intermediate, intermediate-advanced) rather than by Control or Power.

Selkirk's store filters paddles by shape names of its own: Elongated, Widebody, Epic, Invikta, Max and XL. From the dimensions Selkirk publishes, Max is the wider, shorter shape (16 x 7.85 inches on the Halo and Evo Max models), XL is elongated (16.4 x 7.4 inches on the Halo Power XL and Evo Control XL), Invikta is one of Selkirk's elongated shapes (16.4 to 16.5 inches long), and Widebody measures 15.95 x 8 inches. The Epic, on the LUXX Control Air Epic page, measures 15.85 x 7.85 inches, which our shape rule classes as standard.

Selkirk's own advice on shapes is that elongated 'is best for intermediate to advanced players or those with previous racquet sports experience', and that widebody is its 'traditional shape', 'best for beginner to intermediate players or those without previous racquet sports experience'. That is a maker's guidance rather than a rule: plenty of beginners from tennis prefer reach, and plenty of experienced players prefer a wide face at the kitchen line.

All of these shapes sit inside the USA Pickleball size limit: length plus width may not exceed 24 inches, and length may not exceed 17 inches. The Halo Power XL, for example, adds up to 23.8 inches. Our elongated vs widebody guide compares the shapes across brands.

Selkirk's site says that all Selkirk and SLK paddles are approved for tournament play. When we matched the 12 Amazon listings we track to the USA Pickleball list on 2026-11-08, seven matched one entry exactly. The other five could not be pinned to a single entry, and in each case the reason is a naming issue rather than a sign that the paddle is not approved. Of the twelve records taken from Selkirk's own pages, the two OMNI models match one entry each; the Boomstik ST shares several Boomstik entries, and the rest use store names we have not tied to a single entry yet.

The Halo Control Max and Halo Power XL each have two entries, a 2024 version and a 2022 version, and the Amazon listing does not say which generation it is. The Latitude 2.0 listing names both Latitude 2.0 and Max. The Helix Pro listing title says Helix Pro while its bullets say Helix Max, and the registry has only Helix Max. The LUXX Control listing describes a 19 mm core with no 'Air', while the registry names are LUXX Control Air versions.

Selkirk's store, read on 2026-11-08, lists several paddles that are not in our catalogue because we have not yet found an Amazon listing or a complete spec sheet for them. They include the LABS Project 007, the AMPED Pro Air in the Epic shape, and the SLK Dauntless, Valkyrie, OMEGA Hybrid Air (Max and XL), Latitude Max and a Dude Perfect Trickshot paddle. The store also sells a Reflex bundle.

If one of those is on your list, buy it through Selkirk's own store and check its specs there. For the models above, the cards show the live Amazon price where Selkirk sells on Amazon and Selkirk's store price otherwise, and the filter above lets you narrow Selkirk pickleball paddles by shape, weight class or price. To compare Selkirk with other brands at the same price, see the pickleball paddle brands hub or the best pickleball paddles hub.