Velocity Hybrid Core
A foam-and-honeycomb hybrid sits at the heart of the paddle — solid foam for power and polypropylene honeycomb for springy responsiveness. Built for pop, feel, and a lively, fast face.
Project Flamingo Wide Body 15MM
Project Flamingo Wide Body 15MM
Series Three — Project Flamingo · Dual-stamp UPA + USA Pickleball
Aerospace Technology.Velocity Hybrid Core.Responsive Control.Built for Pop & Feel.
A foam-and-honeycomb Velocity Hybrid Core, an aerospace-grade carbon fiber face, and structurally integrated roughness create a lively response with touch for resets, drops, and dinks.
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$175.00
Regular price
$280.00
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$175.00
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Wide body15mm
Series Three · Project Flamingo
Choose your shape, thickness, and color to match your game.
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Dual-stamp UPA + USA Pickleball. 30-day money-back.
UPA Pro Certified
USA Pickleball Approved
Built for pop and feel
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Pop the moment it touches the ball — and the control to put it where you want. That's what the Velocity Hybrid Core gives you — solid foam for power, polypropylene honeycomb for springy response, and optimized power, spin, feel and control.
Construction
Series Three — Project Flamingo is built on a single construction story.
Aerospace grade carbon fiber is the hitting surface. The rough texture, enhanced for optimized spin, is structurally integrated into the carbon. A Velocity Hybrid Core sits at the heart of the paddle — solid foam for power and polypropylene honeycomb for springy pop. Built for liveliness and feel.
Pros play Proton
Played at the highest level.
Flamingo brings a lively Velocity Core and AeroGrade carbon construction to high-level play, with pop and feel tuned for every rally.
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The whole build
AeroGrade Construction™
AeroGrade Construction™ is Proton's paddle build process inspired by our founder's aerospace roots. The rough texture is structurally integrated into the aerospace grade carbon fiber, making the roughness part of the carbon itself. At the heart of the paddle sits the Velocity Hybrid Core — solid foam engineered together with a polypropylene honeycomb for springy, lively response. The face is rough because the carbon is rough. The core is fast because the honeycomb is built for pop.
Aerospace Grade Carbon Fiber Face — Roughness Enhanced
The hitting surface is aerospace grade carbon fiber, engineered into a single structural part. The roughness is part of the carbon itself — structurally integrated for optimized spin, not added on after.
Dual-Stamped Approval
Approved by both UPA and USA Pickleball. One paddle, both rule sets, ready for sanctioned play governed by either standard.
Built for Pop & Feel
The Velocity Hybrid Core is tuned for a lively response at the ball while keeping the touch needed for resets, drops, and dinks.
Charles Darling
Aerospace executive · Proton Sports founder
The founder behind the build
Charles Darling designed the construction to bring advanced aerospace materials discipline into paddle engineering: roughness built into the carbon, a hybrid core tuned for pop and feel, and a lively response you can sense on every shot.
Want more pop — without losing control?
The Velocity Hybrid Core pairs solid foam for power with polypropylene honeycomb for springy responsiveness. It is designed to feel lively at the ball while keeping the touch needed for resets, drops, and dinks.
Pushing paddle design to the legal max.
UPA Pro Certified
USA Pickleball Approved
Built for pop and feel
30-Day Money-Back
Find your Flamingo
Pick your shape and thickness.
Choose elongated for reach or wide body for forgiveness, then select 13mm for faster pop or 15mm for more control. Finish with Blue, Pink, or Cream.
Selected color: Pink. This color stays selected when you change shape or thickness.
Details
Questions, answered.
Is Project Flamingo tournament legal?
Project Flamingo is dual-stamp certified by both UPA and USA Pickleball. Always confirm the current approved-equipment lists and rules for your event.
What does the Velocity Hybrid Core feel like?
Solid foam supplies power while polypropylene honeycomb adds springy responsiveness. The result is a lively pop-and-feel profile that still has touch for resets, drops, and dinks.
How is the surface texture different?
The roughness is structurally integrated into the aerospace grade carbon fiber rather than added as a finish or treatment after the face is built.
Elongated or Square — which one is for me?
Elongated favors reach and leverage. Square has a shorter, wider face with a larger sweet spot and more forgiveness. Both use the same Flamingo construction.
13mm or 15mm — what’s the difference?
13mm is tuned for faster pop and quicker counters. 15mm favors control, feel, resets, drops, and dinks. The core platform stays the same; thickness changes the feel.