New Balance sells a genuine clay/padel-oriented shoe in Europe — the FuelCell 796 line in a colorway literally named “Padel” — but it is not sold on Amazon.com. Search Amazon US for “New Balance padel shoes” and what comes back is New Balance’s hard-court and clay-court tennis shoes, not a shoe marketed for padel.
This guide is honest about what that means in practice: the New Balance tennis shoes that cross over reasonably well to a padel court, how they compare to a purpose-built padel shoe, and when you are better off buying from a brand that actually sells dedicated padel footwear in the US.