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Good rubber, too hard for him. Wow, what a throwback. My first custom bat was LKT Pro XT + Sriver EL on a Butterfly VSG21-4000. (I still have the blade...on a shelf.) That's definitely a celluloid-era rubber but I do remember it being quite tacky. Hmm... How does Skyline differ from the...

I've seen Moon 12 mentioned a handful of times across various forums recently. Is the green/blue a rubber color, or a difference in sponge? Seeing the Yinhe recommendations made me think... Maybe I ought to just slap a Mercury II on one side and Mercury II Soft on the other and see what he...

I have a friend who is a low-rated allround type player. He's currently using a Yasaka Sweden Extra with H3 Provincial 38' on FH and 8-80 37' on BH but claims he wants something softer, for "more control." I was a little confounded by this request at first since these rubbers already have...

This would be ideal, yes. And to be clear, I'm not aware of any NBA players investing in MLTT (or BBL, which is actually defunct now lol); it was just a hasty metaphor. "FZD investing in MLTT is like Steph Curry investing in BBL..." In other words, a big name investing in what is considered a...

Sure. I imagine—table tennis players not being famously high earners compared to certain other sports—that these players' investments are not sizable, but it is still 1) investment coming from outside the United States and 2) major celebrities of the sport attaching their name to it. It's like...

Is this not a bigger deal than people are making it out to be? Obviously we Americans would have loved if Ovtcharov/LYJ/FZH joined MLTT as players, but still - some of the top players in the world investing in high level table tennis in the United States? This strikes me as unprecedented, and a...

I thought this was a joke about Hugo being "on fire" at first :ROFLMAO: I'm glad it seems the fire was minor and no one was hurt.

Blade: JOOLA Rossi Emotion It has the most feeling of all the carbon blades I've tried while still having that carbon kick. The only thing I don't love about it is the flared handle, and I can't figure out if the problem is the thickness or if I prefer straight handles; I waffle back and forth...

Yes, you can throw your blade in while making jerky :)

Adidas tried this and lasted ~7 years in the TT market. It's tough to break into an already-saturated market even with name recognition. I'm curious to see what comes of it. Hopefully Anta manages to avoid running into the same pitfalls Adidas ran into.

I wish I were 15 years younger...

wishes he were 15 years younger :rolleyes:

OP: "I'm gonna be WR50... Believe it!" (Emphasis mine.) This is the best comment of the thread so far, along with maybe Tony's suggestion that you think about a future in business. Table tennis almost certainly won't be your career. "Passion" and "determination" are fantastic, but real life...

It's not that pro players couldn't use commercial equipment and be successful. But there is a mutually beneficial relationship between the sponsors and players and part of that is the players getting equipment that is tweaked to their specifications. Heck, many of the new rubbers that companies...

Oof, what an ignominious end for Harimoto. He just had no answers... Congrats to WCQ. Now we're only left to wonder what might have been if Hugo hadn't lost in the visa round. 🫠

Harimoto keeps finding ways to win. His blocking has gotten him almost as many points as his attacks. WCQ has a tendency to overcommit to certain FH shots (many of which are outright winners); put a few of those back on the table, get a few points off serve as he did against Lin...the path is...

ZYL's fundamentals are impeccable, and I love her story...but CYI just seems to keep coming in clutch. I give her a slight edge, but it should be a great match for sure!

If you're not married to Chinese sticky, AK47 Red (~47.5°) and Yellow (~45°)/Blue (~39-40°) are decent cheap rubbers with a little more speed. Mercury II and II Soft are even cheaper and slower if you want a more all-round game. Honestly if you're just EJ'ing and testing the blade(s), the...

Nandan Naresh 1-3 Xiangjing Zhang 0-3 Sid Naresh 0-3 Jishan Liang 2-3 Kanak Jha 2-3 Sally Moyland 1-3 Every MS entrant and our WS national champion knocked out in the first (non-qualifying) round; I think the tables are the least of our (USATT's) worries :rolleyes: At least the Nandan-Dima...

I don't have a particular seller that I'm attached to, I just went with "Stuor2024 Store": https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1103533819 There's also a "Stuor2017 Store": https://www.aliexpress.com/store/110125008 AliExpress is a little disorganized, but I've had no issues.