This is not a new name.
Vulcan is not a new name. It is a legacy paddle brand, taken over in early 2025 by a group that plays. Nick Kyrgios among them.
What they saw was a brand with real equipment heritage and an audience of serious players — the racket-sport obsessives who had outgrown what the market was handing them. Chapter 01 is the first line built under new ownership and a new standard. The name is literal. This is where the record starts.
How we build
The Series
Most paddles are assembled to a price and finished to a look. Consistency gets treated as a tolerance you accept, not one you hold.
A V-Foam 90 core. A tri-laminate raw carbon fiber face. And a dual-foam core — a dense foam ring around a softer foam center.
The dense ring holds shape under load and stabilizes contact toward the edges. The soft center adds dwell, and with it, power. Together they do one job: fewer mishits, a wider sweet spot, more power held in a build you can repeat. Nothing here is trademarked. We would rather describe it than brand it.
Every paddle in Chapter 01 holds the same spine. 16mm thickness. 8.1oz, plus or minus .2oz. V-Foam 90 core. 4.25in grip. Each one is UPA Pro Certified. The tolerance is the point: precision is not a claim we make, it is a range we hold.
Kyrgios Elongated
Elongated · UPA Pro Certified 003
Reach and leverage usually cost you a stable sweet spot. Players who drive the ball give up forgiveness to get length.
Elongated face moves mass toward the tip, extending reach and adding leverage through contact. The longest handle in the series at 5.75in supports the two-handed shot and adds swing weight where it counts. Built to Nick's spec.
16mm · 8.1oz (±.2oz) · V-Foam 90 core · 4.25in grip · 5.75in handle · Elongated · UPA Pro Certified
Dark Matter Hybrid
Hybrid · UPA Pro Certified 001
The choice between reach and forgiveness is usually forced. The hybrid is built to refuse it.
A shape set between the elongated and the wide body. It holds enough length for reach and enough face for a stable sweet spot. The middle option, engineered as a decision, not a compromise.
16mm · 8.1oz (±.2oz) · V-Foam 90 core · 4.25in grip · 5.5in handle · Hybrid · UPA Pro Certified
White Noise Wide Body
Wide · UPA Pro Certified 002
Off-center contact punishes most paddles. A wider body widens the margin for it.
The broadest face in the series. The largest sweet spot, the highest stability on off-center hits. This is where the dual-foam ring does its clearest work: forgiveness, without going soft on power.
16mm · 8.1oz (±.2oz) · V-Foam 90 core · 4.25in grip · 5.5in handle · Wide · UPA Pro Certified
Creative Direction
Nick Kyrgios is Vulcan's Creative Director. Not a signature on a box. A voice in how these get built. The elongated carries his name because he built it to his spec.
Read the Nick page →Own a build from Chapter 01.