February 2011 Monthly Newsletter

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Blog Posts

• Mistakes - January 30, 2011
• World Championship of Ping Pong in Las Vegas - February 2, 2011

Recent Reviews

	Giant Dragon TopENERGY Hard Very heavy, tacky (in black-at least initially) powerful rubber. Only concern is the weight if you have a heavy blade or play with max inverted on both sides. I use LP on one side so the weight actually is nice for me to generate power. Unlike some other very tacky rubbers, this one is not slow at all-the sponge gives is nice power. Also pretty good for hitting at the table while being able to loop from mid-distance. Later edit-Around the same time I was trying Thors. While I went with Thors for better overall power and all around play-I was able to counterloop off the table with topenergy hard with much greater consistency. Topenergy however lacked the "put away power" of Thors Reviewed by vanjr on February 4, 2011
	Giant Dragon SuperSpin G3 Hard The G3 Hard rubber is slightly tacky, light in weight, and fast. It's easy to loop with, and overall a good rubber. This would be a good FH rubber, as the G3 soft would probably be better for the BH. Give this rubber a try. Reviewed by destodave on February 3, 2011
	DHS NEO Hurricane 2 This is my second time using Chinese rubber from DHS and my second time I'm not disappointed. Like a previous review said, it has to be broken in before it begins to shine and that couldn't be more true. Out of the package, spin is great, and it sort of picks up a ball off the table. After breaking it in, spin has a huge jump and top spin attacks are lethal. I didn't get a chance to play with a lot more side spin shots, but I can only imagine them being wicked. Loops are low and deadly. The Wing Passion Fast I have it on is supposed to be a spin-oriented blade and this forehand setup delivers. Great product. Reviewed by TheRobot99 on February 1, 2011
	JOOLA Rossi Force is this the fastest blade in the market today?? the ratings in this site say so.. Reviewed by linkin_be on February 04, 2011
	Xiom Fuga I like this blade, which I own with a Chinese pen handle. It's one of the relatively few 5-ply Chinese pen blades that is light enough to play with comfortably even with 2 rubbers. I use Andro Plasma 380 and JUIC 999 Elite Nano. I chose the latter for its lightness, but I'm planning to switch it to XIOM Yanus DF. Update: I now use Yasaka New Era (FH) and Tibhar Legend Destroyer (BH). Reviewed by rickdude on February 01, 2011
	Galaxy T-11 I think this is an absolute bargain. I have Sriver FX 1.9mm on FH and Sriver EL 2.1mm on BH on it and I love it. It has a really different sound to other blades I've heard. It's quite high pitched - this may be because of the thick middle layer of balsa? One of the guys I practise with says it's off-putting...which is good! The Weight given for this blade is 70g but after I varnished it I weighed it and mine was only 64g ! With the rubbers as stated above it only weighs 145g ! I'll probably get a couple more and put some different rubbers on them as it's so inexpensive. Reviewed by DaveS on January 30, 2011

New Videos

• Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs. Michael Maze - 2009 World Cup
• Kalinikos Kreanga Highlights
• Kong Linghui vs. Joo Se Hyuk - 2003 China Open
• Tribute to Xu Xin

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