DHS Hurricane 3 NEO National (Blue Sponge)

very good for deveoloping players but maybe not starting the sort as its too slow and demands good technqiue.

I used this a while back and it's tacky nature made my forehand more spinny and stable. However, as the rubber is so tacky, it makes it slower than other rubbers like European tensors and hybrids, which makes this rubber more physically demanding to use.

Great rubber. Need a full swinging action to get the most out of it otherwise it will feel slow. Spin is crazy and very good at slow looping spin. You can do an absolute dead ball block which can be advantageous but generally will need an active block if you want to apply pressure via blocking. Best service spin. Maintenance is very height on the rubber if you want to actually take advantage of the tacky element of it. I personally found it a physical demanding rubber as it does not help you at all with speed and power, has to come from from you directly..so recommend a fast blade.

This rubber is amazing. I have been using this rubber for a little bit now and I must say that this is way better than the Dignics 09C. The spin is incredible but lacks speed, so I recommend pairing it with a fast blade to help boost it. The downside is it's really hard to find out of China.

This the night and day better compared to the Dignics 09c that I’ve been using for 1 year.

I got lucky and bought my Holy Grail in China from Bora Wang, the Chinese player who played for Turkey. It was expensive, even in China. 650 RMB which equals around 70 EUR at the time.

I opened the vacuum sealed rubber and added three thin layers of Haifu Seamoon booster. This might not be required, but I wanted to feel the true experience. The rubber is rated at 41 degrees, which is quite hard, even for Chinese rubbers. That is why I added the booster.

If you have played with any other national versions of the Hurricane 3 rubber, you will feel right at home. At first, this rubber had a distinct "ping" sound. After around 5 hours of play, this sound faded and the rubber became softer and came to life. There are two reasons to use this rubber.

1. Spin. This rubber has ridiculous amounts of spin. This gives a very characteristic arc when looping. Tossing spinny serves is easy.

2. Control. What you play, the rubber answers. There is a linear function of input and output. If you touch the ball softly, service returns will be short. If you swing at full power, the ball will explode from the racket. It is very difficult to do flat hits. You have to really work with every stroke. Counterlooping is much easier compared to tensor rubbers, since the rubber will grip the ball and reverse the spin.

The rubber is slow when using incoming speed, everything has to come from your stroke. This is a direct consequence of the control that this rubber has. For me, the advantages overcomes the disadvantages. This rubber is very similar to a 41 degrees regular Hurricane 3 national orange sponge. The main difference is a bit more bounce and a less tacky topsheet.