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  1. 2016 New Butterfly Freitas ALC and Apolonia ZLC

    Was there around New Year's eve. Great food, great scenery, nice people, so much to see. (Not so easy to find a place to park a car in Porto though). Everyone who ever gets a chance to see Portugal should go.
  2. All about dwell time, maybe, but only if there are enough people interested.

    "But I am right. I have always been right on this topic." Sic transit gloria mundi
  3. 2016 New Butterfly Freitas ALC and Apolonia ZLC

    I was also in Porto and drove quite a bit along the Douro valley. Incredibly beautiful. I took this with my cell phone in Porto.
  4. Multiball please

    Sad thing is that delivering multiball is a technique in and of itself. He may not be able to do it well. And it is not just being able to deliver the balls, it is knowing just how much and how hard to push the student. Not easy.
  5. Multiball please

    Wow, that is insane. My body hurts just watching that!
  6. Something to think about regarding technique

    I don't accept the argument that adding more muscles give you more control. Physiologically it makes no sense to me (I teach physiology at university). Core muscles are innervated by large motoneurons. The resulting motor units are larger. Not many people can play the piano with their abs or...
  7. 2016 New Butterfly Freitas ALC and Apolonia ZLC

    I was in Portugal last December. What a fantastic place! Think I drove through Amadora while we were exploring Lisbon. Has anyone been able to try one of these blades yet?
  8. Reputable equipment suppliers that we've used as buyers

    megaspin paddle palace pingpong depot iruiru tt-japan presports dandoy contra.de tt11 www.futurespin.de www.ping-pong.tw www.tms-tischtennis.de All highly reputable. I've used them all. I especially recommend the German vendors for taller people looking for TT shoes.
  9. TTEx.se

    I once stopped into their actual physical store in Stockholm and found Stiga stuff to be more expensive than it was in the US. Probably Swedish sales tax. Maybe it's cheaper online.
  10. The butterfly viscaria.

    Nope. Too many really good blades gathering dust in drawers. Time for a big sale.
  11. The butterfly viscaria.

    I played with one of them today for two hours -- finally!! I have to say that I was pretty happy with the ZJK-ALC ST I had been using but at the end of the day, there is nothing like a Viscaria! The ZJK was a little lighter than I would normally like, and this one has a perfect weight --...
  12. My new blog by Par Gerell

    Thanks for posting here!
  13. The butterfly viscaria.

    Here they are at long last. Will try one of them today or tomorrow.
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    It's in very nice shape.
  15. The butterfly viscaria.

    Whatever I write is not to be trusted. Based on the price I paid, there is sure to be some massive placebo effect!
  16. The butterfly viscaria.

    Just received word that my two custom made ST handle 89g Viscaria blades were shipped today. Will get them soon. Now I need to buy some Tenergy sheets.
  17. Should I seal the viscaria I'm getting off of megaspin?

    No offense taken. Once Megaspin shipped a blade that got broken in transit (a Viscaria in fact, several years ago). I think they probably could have packed it better, but I am also convinced it was not their fault, something in the UPS truck probalbly fell on it and crushed the thing. A...
  18. Should I seal the viscaria I'm getting off of megaspin?

    Which is why I buy from Megaspin whenever I can, and have for a long time. I don't have any association with them, just a very experienced customer.
  19. The butterfly viscaria.

    Yes I can tell the difference between my blades and I have one that I like better than the others (and it happens to be a fishscale one), but to be honest, it is highly unlikely that I actually play discernibly better with it (and also it's the one I'm most used to). With that said, all of mine...
  20. The butterfly viscaria.

    As a person who owns quite a few of this blade, you may be surprised that I mostly agree with this.
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