Recent content by JadeBridge

I started out with a premade - Stiga Nitro, which actually was pretty darn good, in my opinion, for a virgin beginner player like me....ha ha. Then I discovered Counterstrike and wanted to give a small company some business, plus their prices were/are very good for my needs (I wasn't gonna shell...

It's funny because I've purchased two different paddles of theirs with the autopilot and dark velocity rubbers. Spin Master was the one I didn't get. I wasn't overly thrilled with either of the other two rubbers, in fact neither blade has those rubbers on it anymore. I do like the blades I have...

UPDATE: 5/2: It's a decent backhand rubber......granted, I'm a bit weak on my backhand so I wasn't expecting miracles but it has good control and has a little bit of tackiness to it. For the price, I definitely would recommend it....just don't expect a top of the line rubber!! I'm putting it on...

Actually you're correct. I could see the OCD part of me changing rubbers every week because I don't like the way "they performed" (completely taking the fact I need more practice/training off the equation) 🤪

You are correct. I would send them my blade and purchase two rubbers for them to put on. I would like to learn to do it. I'm thinking maybe I should buy a really cheap blade and some cheap rubbers just to practice on before doing it to my good rackets.

I would imagine in Japan there would be many shops close by. I live in California and I don't know of a single place here so I would have to do mail-in. But yes, if there was a physical shop close by I would do the same as you :)

I've seen videos on how to replace the rubbers on your blades, and of course they make it look SO easy, but for those of you that can do this.....is it harder than it looks? I'm an intermediate player that has switched from the pre-assembled paddles to a blade with rubbers I've chosen. I just...