What is Cho Seungmin using now?

[Attitude]

Cho Seungmin seem to have changed his sponsorship, going away from DHS to ???

Until now i couldnt quite see what he is playing now, but the handle is dark and his rubbers seem to have a white sponge.
Is it Tibhar?

Has anyone more information?

 

[Migzkulit]

Cho Seungmin seem to have changed his sponsorship, going away from DHS to ???

Until now i couldnt quite see what he is playing now, but the handle is dark and his rubbers seem to have a white sponge.
Is it Tibhar?

Has anyone more information?

Based on the video I saw of Cho Seungmin vs Jang Woojin in the 2024 South Korea National Championship. It looks to be a Nittaku So-ten handle. The rubber isn't conclusive.

 

[Attitude]

Based on the video I saw of Cho Seungmin vs Jang Woojin in the 2024 South Korea National Championship. It looks to be a Nittaku So-ten handle. The rubber isn't conclusive.

That actually seem to be the case.
So we might assume he is nittaku sponsored now.
For rubber i would guess that he plays the genextion rubbers on both sides.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Based on the video I saw of Cho Seungmin vs Jang Woojin in the 2024 South Korea National Championship. It looks to be a Nittaku So-ten handle. The rubber isn't conclusive.

So-Ten handle yes, but unfortunately that doesn't mean that it is actually a market version So-Ten.

 

[Peter93]

I think it's a custom blade from Tibhar, as he is definitely using K3 on both sides.

 

[Robin0910]

It’s probably K3 or Victas V15 sticky extra. Going from H3 and H8-80 to Nittaku Genextion would be too much of a change

 

[doppelmoral]

he has a personal blade available in korea

https://tibharkorea.com/goods/view.php?gidx=161

 

[joshmak10]

he has a personal blade available in korea

https://tibharkorea.com/goods/view.php?gidx=161

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So this must be the inner carbon version of the Alexis blade

 

[Peter93]

So this must be the inner carbon version of the Alexis blade

The Kihara Bingo is also inner Krypto Carbon, which is odd considering she was using the Felix before it came out.

 

[joshmak10]

The Kihara Bingo is also inner Krypto Carbon, which is odd considering she was using the Felix before it came out.

Probably when she tried Felix she preferred a different carbon than the hyper carbon and opted for krypto instead. I don’t think we have seen an outer hyper carbon yet to my knowledge, but I don’t know tbh

 

[mightymouse]

What is the difference between krypto carbon vs hyper carbon?

Is it like arylate vs zylon?

 

[Peter93]

What is the difference between krypto carbon vs hyper carbon?

Is it like arylate vs zylon?

"Krypto Carbon is composed of carbon fibres with
a special structure enabling the fibres with the
same weight to have more volume. This extra
space confers the blade a better ball sensation,
more control without reducing the given power
of carbon fibres. The player feels the ball longer
when it hits the sweetspot."

For whatever reason, Tibhar doesn't provide a direct definition of what Hyper carbon is, except that it's carbon mixed with other synthetic fibers. I'm fairly certain it's not Zylon as they have ZC and ZAC.