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  1. Choosing Blades and Rubbers for a Beginner Table Tennis Player

    I'm pretty sure the brand name is Boli not Boki
  2. New Cybershape from STIGA

    We are of similar character then 😉
  3. New Cybershape from STIGA

    I'm saying this as a longtime EJ, but I think that at this point it would be much more valuable to you to actually just buy something and play with it, than to keep expanding your pool of potential options by asking more and more questions. Not to say that doing research by asking others...
  4. Pro LP/inverted penholder

    Another excellent ph lp blocker graced my youtube feed:
  5. Aliexpress Singles Day 2025

    I've bought from them successfully a few times, they're legit
  6. Stiga Mantra Pro M Colored Variants vs. Original

    I've not experienced any difference between conventional M/H in red and the new color versions, they more or less feel the same to me
  7. Lack of spin and consistency, Hurricane III or just me?

    How long have you been using this Hurricane? Is it worn down?
  8. Pro LP/inverted penholder

    Seems like he wins a lot of points just by punching/hitting backspin. Though I think I am most impressed by the forehand chopblocks
  9. Flared(FL) or Straight(ST)?

    Before I had a firmer grip with more pressure on my ring and middle fingers, choked up more. A more stable method of holding the racket, flared handles made the blade sit strangely in my hand with this grip and I felt like I could not as reliably hit bh topspin without straight handles. But as I...
  10. Flared(FL) or Straight(ST)?

    I used to be straight handle fanatic. But as my technique has been changing and developing over the past few years I have been favoring flared handles
  11. Returning player (AR+/OFF–) looking for versatile rubbers for Xiom Hugo HAL [no longer: Cybershape Wood]

    I have not used the Cybershape AR but I have used a few regular Allround Classics, however this has been pre-40+ ball. For myself at least, it is too thin and too flexible for my habits, the Allround has a lot of vibration and a lot of flex which gives it a very 'deep' feeling, I prefer thicker...
  12. Returning player (AR+/OFF–) looking for versatile rubbers for Xiom Hugo HAL [no longer: Cybershape Wood]

    They are very similar, but Pure has a thinner center ply. My Clipper is ~6.6mm and my Pure is ~6.4mm iirc. Clipper feels both stiffer and harder to me, and plays more direct. Clipper has a longer and lower trajectory, it produces more threatening quality shots for me, but off the table I have to...
  13. Help me understand the massive diversity in price range of all wood 5 ply blafes

    I've heard next to nobody talking about Lebrun All+ or Kirin K5, whereas Korbel has decades of history both in amateur and professional levels. With more expensive products you are often paying more for the name and brand, but also often fit/finish and quality.
  14. Returning player (AR+/OFF–) looking for versatile rubbers for Xiom Hugo HAL [no longer: Cybershape Wood]

    I used flared handle but I have also used Pure with a straight handle. Pure is slightly thicker than Wood (6.4mm vs 6.0mm), and Pure is 7 ply vs Wood 5 ply. With Pure the vibration is less harsh, less loud, hence 'softer' likely because there is more wood in the composition to absorb vibration...
  15. Returning player (AR+/OFF–) looking for versatile rubbers for Xiom Hugo HAL [no longer: Cybershape Wood]

    IMO you're putting too much thought into it, you have already tried and liked Vega Euro H so its a safe bet already. What you need to improve is a rubber you are familiar with and can manage well, and it looks to me you have already found a strong option to choose In terms of blade, I prefer...
  16. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    To be fair to others, most have not already previously trained and adapted to other hard and stiff blades like IFT5000 and Mazunov. I remember when I first tried an outer ALC blade and couldn't get over how numb and pingy it felt, compared to the 5 ply wood blades I had used up to that point
  17. New Vega rubbers

    How many new rubbers does Xiom need? They already have like 4 separate Vega lineups, classic Vegas like Asia and Euro, newage Vegas like Japan and China, Vega DF versions, and Vega Hybrid versions. They even have Vega Intro. Not only to mention they still have several Omega series still on sale...
  18. Ovtcharov New racket ??

    He used TBALC with Donic handle for a while before he switched to inner. I'm not surprised if he went back to Viscaria structure
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