US Govt. raid over wood issue

by Varghese on September 1, 2011

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A week ago the US Govt. federal agents raided the famous Gibson guitar company. The reason for the raid was the illegal importing of ebony wood from India. The ebony wood is used to make guitars is a distincting wood. The two popular woods, teak and ebony are rarely seen in plantations and forests in India. These wood are sold for very high price in India, and is not affordable for ordinary. Gibson, the guitar maker illegally imported the ebony wood to the US.

This incident may not have any impact on the table tennis industry now, but it may in the future. The table tennis blades are manufactured in Asian countries especially China. The high end blades use wood like Kiso Hinoki which is a distinct wood. To my question, the ITTF president answered three years ago that using precious wood for table tennis blades is not an issue. According to him, there are three other trees planted in place of one tree which was cut to make few blades.

We have to wait and see how some of these laws impact the table tennis industry.

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Google and Motorola on the ping pong table

by Varghese on August 19, 2011

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The market has been shocked two days ago by the news of Google acquiring Motorola. I don’t want to get into the details because that is a topic of it’s own.

Larry Page of Google and Sanjay jha of Motorola took a break from the negotiation table, and went for some ping pong. The Ping Pong is the favorite sport of many just like the world’s top CEOs consider this to be. The employee can release their stress on these tables. From Google to Texas Rangers to Microsoft, Ping Pong is loved by all.

Larry Page of Google

Larry Page of Google

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1. In Tennis, [...]

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Weight
Taipan: 67gm
Titan: 65gm
Speed
Taipan: 8
Titan: 7
Spin Reversal
Taipan: 9
Titan: 6
Dead Ball
Taipan: 6
Titan: 8
Hit
Taipan: 7
Titan: 8
Topspin
Taipan: 8
Titan: 7
Push
Taipan: 8
Titan: 7
Feeling
Taipan: Hard
Titan: Soft
Face Width
Taipan: Large
Titan: Semi-large
Thickness
Taipan: 8.7mm
Titan: 8.7mm
Speed Control
Taipan: Forehand and Backhand same speed
Titan: Forehand faster Backhand slower

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Spintech Klassic
Weight: 84gm
Speed Rating: 6
Butterfly BalsaCarbo X5
Weight: 80gm
Speed Rating: 7
Dr.Neubauer Firewall Plus
Weight: 74gm
Speed Rating: 8
Spintech Legend
Weight: 76gm
Speed Rating: 9

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The Butterfly Grubba Pro is a little heavy blade [...]

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In the past few years, there have been few changes in the rules of the game. The ITTF changed the number of points the game can be played. Then came the ban of speed glue came in 2007. Now ITTF is considering the ball to be made of plastic instead of celluloid.
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