Come on Der, tell the story of Kim Jung Hoon coming into Nexy headquarters while you were there and how he chose blades.
You have first hand experience of seeing the process in action.
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I said this story a few times already. I was on one of my random weekend visits to Nexy HQ in Korea. I lived 1.5 hrs bus or 2.5 hr subway ride away, so I only visited once a month on Saturday, or if I had a day off.
One day, I show up and the President tells me a pro, Kim Jung Hoon is coming. He gives me a German contract from Tibhar to look over. We read it together and I see nothing out of order and advise it looks legit good to go. I was practicing in the test room (They have a table in a 6x9 meter room, a little cramped, but enough to quickly try out gear.)
Then KJH shows up wearing Stiga, his contract with Stiga just ran out. He has a hockey sized jumbo jym bag with a dozen bats and gear. He pulls out three Nexy Peter Pan blades that have Genius or Calibra LT rubber on them. Nexy Peter Pan is a 5 ply OFF- to OFF all wood blade with a burned core. He breaks out bat number one and does a few loops to the president who blocks. KJH does a little scowl and breaks out bat number two, he does a few loops, tries a few more, then busts out bat number three. After his second loop he declares bat number three ans the heaviest and best blade. They had a number 1, 2 , and 3 on them. Nexy President admits 3 was the heaviest.
The test KJH did took only one minute. He knew in three seconds which bat was GOOD, number three.
The we go to the "Couch" we have had a few members post pics of and sit down to discuss his contract for 2012-2013 Bundesliga. That matter settled quickly, I was surprised to hear KJH ask about a new Nexy blade KJH. The pro Kim Jung Hoon wanted a 7 ply blade in OFF- to OFF speed burned core all wood based on the Peter Pan, but in 7 ply version with his name.
I was surprised to learn Korean Pros do not know what wood in what layer does what to the blade, but they sure know what right is when they feel it. Nexy Prez told KJH that it takes MINIMUM, likely longer, than 6 months to design a blade, get pre-production models, do testing and mods, round 2-3 of testing, then settle on final design, produce and ship to market.
I was there wating it and it amazed me. KJH gave me one pic with him, I saw him at Nexy HQ one more time before he left to Germany.