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I don't think it qualifies as a hard blade, you'll have to decide whether you like the feeling but I'm pretty sure it is a blade you could play with. Oh, pushing on with my TSP obsession, the Gaïa II also seems to have been designed with this focus in mind. Pure shot in the dark, that is.

This would stand if so many Chinese players didn't have as much feeling, finesse and talent of their own. Players adapt to the rules, but I don't think any of these would affect the nation vs. nation ranking orders.

Hi Thomas, the OP said he or she played "controlled offensive and counter-hitter", which I understand as not looping everything and blocking quite a bit. And with what everyone was mentioning (it starts to get too long since I've tried just a variation of it, the TPE) about the non-linear...

Wait, and now I'll learn to first double check and put everything into a single post, but in the Gauzy video it is the same 500 I was saying I used a good number of times, except for the outdoor coating and colours. Sure looks sturdy enough for them, now I am wondering if the two I used were...

Ahah, they actually did the dining room shot: https://fr.cornilleau.com/table-ping-pong-loisir/20-competition-850-wood-table-de-ping-pong-interieur.html

By the way, the table in the Gauzy video is one of the top-end outdoor tables, I don't remember the references. Do you have a garden? :-p And no, I don't work for them! But speaking as a French native, you get to use these tables quite a bit as they are far and away the most popular brand (who...

I second that. https://youtu.be/Uv-8vilmzSg https://youtu.be/NRLTmazK7n4 I have played quite a bit on the same tables as the one in the Drinkhall video and they are both affordable and with good playing characteristics, but I would have upgraded one level if I was the one buying. The...

I know that tabletennis11.fr (JC in the shop in Paris) recommend 1.8mm Vega Pro on both sides of the Rossi Emotion, and I think it would match all your criteria. It's a little on the hard side and makes you work for your shots, but it's dead stable and should pair nicely with your two-speed...

Aye, I had read your reviews before I tried it and expected even much harder but I think the flex mitigates that. The one I tried had max Aurus (really nice combo) and Regalis Red on it. I know, variations in wood, people and all that. A good thing you have done, though, making this brand (the...

Just saying for those who recommended Xiom Offensive S, I love mine but it feels very clearly head heavy. It is the feedback I get the most when people try it (or just "heavy", though originally 89gr). I still think Hadraw VK is a good idea as well as a small-head OSP as suggested. I personally...

Does it not have harder outside plies? From the one I tried I think it is still a very good idea and should fit the bill, just note that the handle is both pretty slim and short, in my view (and I tried anatomic - T80 felt great and probably not too far from your C-1 apart from sponge hardness...

I started serving with my backhand consistently after watching this video: https://youtu.be/Q7Q-SSdjOEM. The part where Aruna describes the shoulder motion so as to serve top/side spin. It's not actually that difficult after a bit of practice and once you master it, for me at least it was a...

Ahah yes, let us not pretend reason has anything to do with this. :-D Pure obsession!

Yes, I was being smart in my answer (tune!! https://youtu.be/cAyayY6KGZI) but basically, I would want the blade to sound and "feel" right in terms of the pitch and vibrations it emits. Think of it as your one-of-a-kind Tibetan prayer bowl / analog guitar amp / whatever else you're into, where...

Cheap jibe, but I don't think I've seen a single post of you where you don't have some form of beef with a Chinese player and/or all of them at once. Her post was nice and informative, and I'm glad I read it.

Knock on wood.

And he won in style, too!?! Controlling the outcome of almost every point from the second game onwards, arguably both best defensive (obviously) and attacking shots, great in-game strategy, excellent focus - both rocksteady and a couple of times feeling when a change was needed. Easily topping...

I grew up in an environment of motorcycle nerds (not what you usually associate with black jackets) and you'd routinely discuss the adequate brand of exhaust pipes for a 1974 model so and so, or for us teenagers the merits of this or that variation of a run-of-the-mill Italian moped engine...

I like them. It's been a few months so I wouldn't comment in detail other than, if they were softer than the white ones that was only marginal (not even sure about this) and quickly forgotten while in play. They were round enough, too. Mind you, I used to love playing with the yellow / orange...

This topic is never getting to an end. Everybody fundamentally agrees on what is what, just not on what is more important and that's unlikely to change. Maybe leave it at that?