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I’m actually not sure what he settled on, he’s been trying different combos over a short space of time so we will see where he lands 😇

It’s not ZGR, it’s his own rubber as referenced by others from the ittf approval list previously, you would have noticed the matching brandline

It's ok, adjustment period, it's not easy for a player of that level to change equipment, and he has been exploring other blade options (as people saw in Hong Kong end of last year). but the majority of table tennis fans will look at it at face value of course. Will see how things go at the Star...

It’s been quite a ride 🤣

Other brands i’m not sure, only a couple of them make their blades in-house and I think it’s getting even less common now. Mostly OEM, similar to rubber situation.

In fairness I’m not looking to lose my job so the forum can have info ahead of the official announcement 🤭 I think I’ve been fair about how I’m answering things. There’s a difference between being silent when information shouldn’t be shared vs actively answering questions when I’m able to...

Yea you can’t really sign a contract with a CNT player which has any stipulations about forehand rubber so those situations are unique 😇

Company decision mainly driven from pickleball side. I’m not part of the ‘why’ I just know they wanted to rebrand and move in a certain direction. When it comes to logos and wordmarks everyone is going to have varying opinions anyway haha

they outsourced the production of those blades so what they can source is irrelevant 🤣

If Hugo wants a blade with an ayous core then that’s what we will make, switching between ayous and kiri is hardly a major alteration - there are lots of commercial blades with ayous cores 🤣

It’s definitely not the only reason 🤭 Of course everyone thinks they know better, however Hugo’s signing is important so I wanted to answer to some things in here.

The only difference between whatever blade Hugo chooses and what may be commercially available is likely the weight, and the fact that a manufacturer tends to have a higher quality and finishing when they produce for a player 5-10 blades vs mass producing say 2-3 thousand. Honestly most pros...

Or we can just make the blade...

JOOLA can make Hugo whatever he wants and needs, you seem to have the pre-existing opinion that JOOLA has less capability than Xiom somehow?

I’ve been dying on that hill since Nov 2024. It will be back, just the production timelines are a little slow and other blades took some priority for earlier this year.

Liam is likely out until April 2026, he had hip surgery, so we are figuring out the best course of action with regards to equipment for him for when he comes back 😇

Also for Xiom’s ‘pro’ blades usually they are just heavier. An Jaehyun’s blade was 94 grams from Xiom.

You can choose to believe me or not, I’m not going to waste my time trying to convince anyone 🤣 if you don’t believe me that’s fine, I’m just telling you there are no special blades - take it with a grain of salt.

He doesn’t get special versions 🤣 I don’t know why so many people assume that all pros have special or different blades. I can tell you right now there is no Joola sponsored player who is using a special blade, they are absolutely all commercial. Even someone like Pitchford is using the same ZQH...

Vitor Ishiy uses it buddy