Bye Fiber Glass "Just because something works, doesn't mean it can't be improved." A famous quote from Black Panther. Most of us have seen the rise of pickleball in India and all around the globe too. We have seen a drastic change in balls, court surfaces and rules too! But the thing I always have found most fascinating is the revolution in paddle industry.As we all know, the folks on Bainbridge islands started with wooden paddles. Thanks to Arlen Paranto we switched to composite paddles real quick. (Fun fact, Arlen Paranto was the first one to introduce us non wooden paddles. His earlier paddles were edgeless, the same as we see now!) After composite paddles came the era of fiber glass paddles. Now I cant rank any of these according to their importance but this is my personal favourite. The earlier fiber glass paddles like Selkirk S1Cs and the Prime series are one of the most significant ones. The fiber glass paddles were the direct competitors to the carbon paddles, the carbons though at the time were a bit heavier and could not deliver that great of a sweet spot. So the fiber glass paddles had a good run atleast for a while but weren't the best ones yet. And now we have the carbon fibers everywhere for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the carbon offers more grip to the ball and allows the ball to stay on the paddle for a while, the carbon also offers really deep spins and slices which are love of doubles players these days. Not so important, but the carbon fiber paddles are really light weight and have better weight distribution. If a manufacturer is looking for a new paddle these days, they will not even think of a fiber glass paddles because of its costs, less durablity, weight, overall perfomance and popularity amongst the players. So I believe we can say that its about time we say good bye to any new fiber glass paddles and grow up up and start using wooden paddles again :)