Friday Aura Pro Elongated 16mm Pickleball Paddle - Summer Terra Limited Edition

The Aura Pro in Lunar is a limited metallic colourway of Friday Pickleball's Gen 4 power paddle. Full foam, built for bigger drives and serves, and still with far more feel than most paddles in its class. The deep purple finish and metallic edge guard catch the light on every swing. One run only: once it's gone, it's gone.

Highlights

• Lunar metallic colourway: Friday run Lunar as one of their limited metallic kits, a deep purple finish over the standard Aura Pro build rather than a different paddle.
• Loud, poppy and explosive, in Friday's words: that is their pitch rather than our bench test, and the construction behind it is a floating EPP foam core inside a double-thermoformed carbon frame.
• T700 raw carbon face: the raw peel-ply texture is what bites the ball on a topspin roll, and Friday specify T700 for the face across the whole Aura Pro platform.
• Built for the baseline: at swing weight 116 on a 16.5 inch body, it rewards a player who drives and counters rather than one who wants the lightest possible hands in a fast exchange.

How it plays

Where the standard Aura plays soft and forgiving, the Aura Pro plays fast and direct. The dual EPP foam core keeps Gen 4 plushness on resets and blocks, while the firmer, double-thermoformed build sends drives and serves deep with real pace. The T700 raw carbon face bites the ball for heavy spin on rolls and third-shot drops, and the patent-pending ElasTECH internal perimeter weighting steadies the head on off-centre hits. At swing weight 116, it suits players who attack from the baseline and out of the air without giving up hands at the kitchen. Pickleball Effect measured about 2,050 RPM of spin from the Aura Pro out of the box, which is strong for a peel-ply carbon face.

What's in the box

• 1 × Friday Aura Pro paddle (Lunar, Metallic Purple Limited Edition)

Why buy from Pickld

• Fast Australian shipping
• 30-day no-quibble return on factory-fresh paddles
• Pickup available on the North Shore of Sydney (Mt Colah)
• Pickld is an authorised Friday reseller in Australia
• Backed by Friday's 6-month manufacturer warranty against defects

Want the same build without the limited finish? The standard Aura Pro Elongated is the regular-run version, and the softer standard Aura is the control side of the family. Our Aura and Aura Pro comparison covers which one suits which game, the paddle finder sorts it in a few questions, and the whole lineup sits in the Friday collection.

Shipping. Free standard shipping Australia-wide on orders over $150. Flat $9.99 under $150 ($19.99 for bulky items like nets and ball machines). Dispatched same or next business day from our Sydney warehouse. Sydney pickup available.

Returns. 30-day returns on unused gear in original condition. If a paddle doesn't suit your game, send it back and we'll help match you to one that does.

Friday paddles are covered by Friday's 6-month manufacturer warranty against manufacturing defects. If something isn't right, contact Pickld and we'll handle the warranty claim for you.