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  1. Nittaku Skyline TG3???

    It's just the old Skyline 3 rebranded for the Japanese market. Nittaku has been the Japanese supplier of DHS products for 40+ years. Nittaku does still sell the old provincial H2 and H3 ("Pro Hurricane") as well as the old H3 with a Japanese sponge.
  2. "This rubber is not correct!"

    This is big reason why I don't use OX. Having any amount of sponge gives you so much more variety to choose from in your shots. I see Akula and Batra flipping the ball more, but with OX that will always be much less consistent. It's because most amateur players don't have good enough footwork...
  3. WTT Champions Japan 2025 - 7-11 Aug 2025

    He went back to dignics 05 on his FH FWIW. https://www.butterfly.co.jp/players/detail/harimoto-tomokazu.html
  4. WTT Champions Japan 2025 - 7-11 Aug 2025

    When Harimoto wrote his posts on instagram regarding the deficiencies of the T-League, the first thing he called out was the balls used, which are Nittaku.
  5. Young Chinese defender Li Tianyang. Equipment?

    DHS 08x, Hurricane 3 with blue sponge. His backhand I'm not sure which rubber exactly, but its definitely from 729.
  6. FISU World University Games 2025

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/israel-minister-gaza-driving-out.html Israeli politicians would disagree with you!
  7. FISU World University Games 2025

    And why haven't they banned Israel, a country that is starving millions of people to death?
  8. FISU World University Games 2025

    I was looking into this recently, and it's a Yinhe 980 Pro. Composite defensive blade and it's very expensive ($120+). Rubbers are Hurricane 3 and Curl P4V.
  9. The Pro's Equipment - Discussion!

    After Doha, it appears Qian Tinyi switched from Hurricane 3 -> Tibhar Hybrid MK (Pro?)
  10. Are Stiga blades more sensitive to splitting?

    Depends on the blade. On my offensive classic, I basically once pulled half the top layer off. However, my stiga CL CR doesn't have any issues, likely because the CR coating is a type of UV varnish (or so I've heard), which acts like a type of sealer.
  11. United States Smash 2025, Las Vegas, 7/3-13

    Well right after he left sight of the camera you could hear screaming, and he was also castigated by the empire for using the table to tie his shoes.
  12. The Pro's Equipment - Discussion!

    Akula switches to Stiga Inspiria Zhou Qihao back to Joola Shan Xiaona switches to the Tibhar Felix
  13. Chen Hao loses to LP penhold player

    Revspin has some pretty good comparisons. I have used D-2 in 0.5, but never tried D-1. I recall I once used a friend's paddle who had D-1 on it, and the pimples were super soft so it made attack hard. D-2 has much firmer pimples, and based on photos they look more sparse as well. I'd add that I...
  14. Chen Hao loses to LP penhold player

    She talks about her equipment a bit in this video. In this specific instance she was using what looks like 388D-1 in 0.5 (she mentions she uses sponge now because it's easier to attack), and her backhand is TSP (Super Spinpips?). Her blade is the Nittaku Bizelox, which was a rebrand of the old...
  15. Chen Hao loses to LP penhold player

    Zhou Xintong was on the national team so she isn't just any "LP penhold player"
  16. Yay! Trump removed 145% tariffs from China

    This is correct. All of the tariffs imposed on China also applied to Hong Kong as well.
  17. butterfly free chack or Free chack Pro 2?

    Get Free Chack Pro 2. The latex based glues are superior in adhesion, while also being fairly easy to remove. If you can get DHS 15 easily, and it's cheaper, you can probably go with that, though I prefer the adhesion from Free Chack Pro 2.
  18. The Pro's Equipment - Discussion!

    Unfortunately, the WTT didn't get many good photos of him in Zagreb. The handle appears to be dark blue, and it has some design on the handle, almost looking like a Z. I wonder if this is a new Double Fish blade they are making for him? Terrible screencap I took from his match with Bartelsmeier...
  19. WTT Contender Zagreb 2025 Jun 24-29

    Well Harimoto has to get past Xu Yingbin first. He isn't even cho-ing so you know he's locked in. I also noticed China has been giving their choppers a lot of run recently with Zhu Ziyu, Zhu Sibing, and Yang Yiyun all playing at these recent events.
  20. WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025 June 17-22

    Yes, but interestingly, she is no longer a Butterfly sponsored player and seems to be signed to Mizuno.
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