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ITC rose from the ashes of the company who had the adidas licence for table tennis. They started off with their own new blade designs, but have recently introduced the "Heritage" blade range which is a few of the old Adidas blade constructions with a makeover (unfortunately they haven't done...

Ha - Cooke's face here. "Typical, stuck on a long haul flight with noisy kids behind me. Where are their parents? Stewardess, whiskey please and keep it coming"

People have commented that EL-S plays very linear. Tenergy's spring sponge is pretty goofy. If you're used to it and unwilling to adapt in the slightest then you have condemned yourself to a lifetime of bending over for Butterfly's price gouging. Lots of people are very happy to do that of...

Hyperbole, or just exaggeration? It's a fine line. And perhaps you're applying hyperbole to my attitude - I'm really very calm when trying to explain this. It's great that you appreciate what the Olympics is all about now though, regardless of how you value it. Bring subject to their policy...

I think sponge hardness varies in general across all ESN products, but Tibhar are the first (and only?) ones to make a marketing point about it and put it on the packet. There is quite a lot of chatter on the german forums from people who ask for their unopened sheets to be weighed by the...

The IOC isn't trying to solve the problem of Chinese dominance in our sport, they are trying to limit its effect on the Olympic Ideals, which are key features of what the event stands for. Your rebuttal about the Olympic Movement not caring at all about who the best athletes are is the key...

I might have missed that thread. Although sometimes popcorn is super tasty too...

LOL - you can't say "literally bans". Figuratively bans maybe. XX, FZD, LSW didn't get either of the singles places on offer, and that's that. There isn't a ban. Even if there were 3 singles places on offer, one of the big chinese 4 men would have missed out. The Olympics isn't to blame for...

I was being a bit naughty there, obviously. Hopefully it isn't more expensive, but Butterfly have a bad track record of releasing similar blades and asking more for them. I can understand wanting to refresh the designs. They introduced their new logo recently and probably want it on their...

Not yet. I'm sure it will be awesomely priced though. Hopefully it will slot into his current "All Tibhar" rubbers pricing scheme.

It's probably doubled in price?

If it helps, Tibi will have them available from next week.

This is exactly it - Baracuda for the plastic masses. Paracuda. Genesis might be great, but it's expensive for a Chinese-made rubber. I'm waiting for more reviews to come in on that one, or a gently used sheet to appear somewhere. Tom is a fantastic player operating at a far higher level...

Until the next one.

:D Stiga burned a lot of bridges with Calibra Tour, that's for sure. I have to say that I'm bouncing off the walls for EL-S and FX-S. The initial reports are gushing with praise.

I'd like to ask him to rate the teeth of the top ten pros out of ten. ;) Ah, well actually - is he still a full-time dentist, and how hard does he find it to balance his TT with his tooth-related career? Also, how does he feel about the plastic ball - specifically its effect on defensive...

Hardness: EL-S - JPN 33.5-35.0 EUR 43.8 - 45.8 FX-S - JPN 31.5-33.0 EUR 41.0 - 43.0 The hype is building... Edit - bah, Airoc beat me to it. I remember Airoc being pretty slow last time I used it as well...

Ball list update... ...but it's only to remove the balls with expired approvals. A few celluloid balls have vanished, and no more Adidas balls of any type.

Yeah, he was using his new Bo blade. Not quite the same as the Long 5 though. Bo has koto outers, Long 5 has limba. Edit - I'm thinking about the B1 there, not the B2, so wrong. Apologies! B2 has limba outers. Doh.

Yes, he still performs at big events...right up until the wheels fall off and he doesn't. Did ZJK ever go into any of these big events off the back of such poor form? Or with these injury worries hanging over him? Past performance isn't a guarantee of future success, just an indicator...