{"id":4274,"date":"2026-04-17T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/?p=4274"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:08:09","slug":"soxter-unauthorized-use-of-the-upa-a-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/soxter-unauthorized-use-of-the-upa-a-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Soxter Unauthorized Use of the UPA-A Stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4274\" class=\"elementor elementor-4274\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ecf29fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"42267\" data-id=\"ecf29fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b28e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b28e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UPA-A takes its certification process, and the integrity of the UPA-A Stamp, with the utmost seriousness.<\/p><p>Soxter, a paddle brand based in Vietnam, submitted paddles for UPA-A Certification. Those paddles did not receive UPA-A Certification. Despite this, UPA-A has identified multiple violations involving non-certified Soxter paddles being sold in the marketplace, primarily in Vietnam, bearing or implying UPA-A certification status.<\/p><p>To be clear: these paddles are not UPA-A Certified. They do not meet UPA-A standards and should not be sold, purchased, or used in play at either sanctioned or non-sanctioned events where compliance, fairness, and player safety matter.<\/p><p>Soxter has been formally notified of these violations and made fully aware of the seriousness of this matter. Until the issue has been fully resolved to the satisfaction of UPA-A, Soxter will not be eligible for UPA-A Certification.<\/p><p>UPA-A\u2019s certification mark is not a marketing tool. It is a signal of verified compliance with rigorous performance and safety standards. Any misuse of that mark undermines trust in the certification process, misleads consumers, and damages the integrity of the sport.<\/p><p>UPA-A will continue to actively monitor the marketplace and take enforcement action where necessary to protect athletes, consumers, and the credibility of certified equipment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPA-A takes its certification process, and the integrity of the UPA-A Stamp, with the utmost seriousness.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upaa.unitedpickleball.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}