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- where are you from, country and club, where you play
South Africa, Johannesburg area, actually living in Kelvin

- how long you've been playing (how old? )
About 30+yrs by now.

- playing style
All round, with lots of modern defending (serve, block, retreat and attack when possible).

- level
Well in SA since I'm a veteran and the competition compared to the global scene means I wouldn't shape up against any of the developed countries. However, I am the current SA veterans champion for over 40's.

- job or what you do outside TT
Project manager.

- other hobbies
Love sports. Played soccer, cricket, basketball, tennis, volleyball and golf when I was younger.

- how you stumbled upon this forum
I've been visiting this forum for a while and decided to finally introduce myself.

Hi stretch!

What blades and rubbers are u using?

There is a seperate post to introduce yourself, but hey, all are welcome to the world of TT!
Welcome to the forum
I wonder if anyone else has done this before

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Blade: Victas Koji Matsushita Offensive FL
FH: Victas VS > 401 2.0
BH: Victas Spectol S1 1.5

Rating: Recreational Player

I went to the introduction section but somehow ended up posting in the general. Must be finger trouble.

Thanks for the welcome though.

I've got a Ross Leidy blade (faster on the one side and slower on the other)
Forehand rubber red is Tenergy 05
Backhand rubber black is Grass Dtecs ox

Nice!

Welcome to the forum!

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Welcome!

Do show us the blade...

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You can tell what's foremost on everyone's mind here...

Iskandar

Haha well almost everyone is an ej in this forum! Admit it!!!

I must say my journey in trying to play defence / modern defence started about 5 years ago.

The blade I then used was fibercom with Dtecs with around 1mm sponge and Spin Art rubbers. I was then fortunately directed to Ross. That was about 3 years ago where I started and stayed with the 05 and Dtec ox. When I'm back at work tomorrow I'll send the blade make up.

I must say that before this set up I was playing rather average winning around 40 to 50% of my league matches. Since then I've averaged 70 plus in the league. I also got to win our national vets over 40's which I never thought I'd do. The increase in win rate is also due to me practicing much more on my robot but that's because I do enjoy my game so much more.

I have 2 of these blades and I have asked Ross to place me on his waiting list (6 months) for another 2 of these blades. So I'm really content with the blade feel but might experiment with different rubbers (EJ) since the tenergy rubbers are rather expensive. There are a few long pips that sounds intriguing to try out at some point.

Wow, I had no idea Ross was so busy making blades!

Welcome to the forum Stretch. I don't think we have too many from Africa here, although I think PRW is originally from SA.

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That's because it's not his full time job. So only work on blades on free time.

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unrelated, but i see u got fang bo b2 as your blade rn, how does it fare really compared to hurricane long? as i've read somewhere the comparison is being made as the compposition of the blade is similar.

Hi Stretch, welcome! Yes, originally from Cape Town.

why dont you ask me at my blog thread, i'll try to answer with some photos...

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haha will do mate!