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Victas V > 15 Extra rubber review
Comprehensive reviews of the latest rubbers from Victas, the V > 15 Extra, an advanced level rubber designed for a high spin looping / counter-looping style game. This new rubber from Victas was...
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Victas V > 15 Limber rubber review
Comprehensive reviews of the latest rubbers from Victas, the V > 15 Limber, an advanced level rubber designed for a high spin looping / counter-looping style game. This new rubber from Victas was...
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Koki Niwa signs up with Victas!
Koki Niwa sponsored by Victas As of Jan 1st 2016, VICTAS has signed a sponsorship deal with Koki Niwa (Meiji University) for five years, where he will be a sponsored player as well as an advisor to...
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Super light table tennis bat of 115g – is it possible?
I’m sure most of you have tried some light bats, but is it possible to have a blade with 2 inverted rubbers with a weight of only 115g? Would it have any power? How well would it work? Through my work...
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An App to improve your Table Tennis? – Interview with TTedge
Is it possible for a Phone App to improve your ‘real life’ Table Tennis? Well I admit I was very skeptical at first, but this App by ttEDGE has blown me away, and continues to impress me with the...
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Dr Neubauer Matador Blade Review
Comprehensive details and review of the Dr Neubauer Matador blade. The Hercules blade is specifically optimised for pimple or anti-spin rubber that work well on faster blades, and is ideally suited to...
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TSP Regalis Blue / Red Review
TSP Regalis is a new (2016) rubber from TSP made in Japan designed for use with plastic balls. Unlike the latest generation of most Tensors or tensioned rubbers that tend to have a high catapult...
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TSP Ventus Speed Review
As it’s off-season, I’ve had some time to experiment with some new rubbers, so this time I decided to test TSP Ventus Speed, which I had never tried before. Here is the manufacturer’s description:...
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Darker Liberta Synergy – new composite blade for Darker 2017
It’s not often that Darker bring out new blades, so when they told me they’re sending me a sample (which is quite unusual these days for any manufacturer) I was super excited! Nice metal tags on both...
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Victas Quartet AFC – most hi-tech composite blade on the market?
One of the latest blades from Victas, used by Koki Niwa himself, would have to be one of the most hi-tech blades on the market. It has 4 composite layers, 2 on either side, and each designed for...
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Tibhar MX-P Review – great alternative for Tenergy 80
The Evolution series is Tibhar’s most successful line of professional rubbers, and still the most popular alternative to the Butterfly Tenergy series to date. The Tibhar Evolution MX-P, the fastest in...
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Tibhar Aurus Prime & Aurus Select review
Tibhar is about to release two new rubbers in July 2017, the Aurus Prime and the Aurus Select. As Tibhar Australia distributor I received some sample before the release date, which I felt justified a...
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Darker Interview
As one of the few Darker Table Tennis distributors in the world, OOAK Table Tennis Shop is privileged to be granted an interview with Darker, the Japanese table tennis manufacturer. Darker Japan has...
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New ABS Table Tennis Balls for 2017/2018
Plastic balls became legal for competition in 2014. Although the old celluloid balls remained legal as well, manufacturers quickly saw the writing on the wall, and started phasing out celluloid balls....
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Joola Golden Tango Review
Review of the new Joola Golden Tango, one of the rare Tacky Tensors on the market, and a rubber suitable for modern defenders, with plenty of attack potential. The new JOOLA Golden Tango is „Made in...
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OOAK Table Tennis Shop update
I found some time over Christmas for a much needed update of the OOAK table tennis Shop website. Some re-organisation to reduce clutter and excess information was well overdue, as well as some focus...
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Fitness Walkthrough
I’ve known Kevin Finn for many years as we’re both keen participants of the OOAK table tennis forum. It’s only about a year back when I checked out his Fitness Walkthrough website, that I came to...
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Expert table tennis
As I do a lot of reading and writing on topics related to table tennis myself, my #1 source of information is the internet, and in particular a number of specific sites with high quality information....
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Xiom Omega VII Asia Review – good alternative to Tenergy 05
Xiom Omega 7 Asia is the latest rubber from Xiom for 2018. The Asia version usually refers to a high spin topsheet with firmer sponge, and this rubber is no exception. Extreme spin and high speed...
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Xiom Omega VII Hyper Review
Xiom Omega VII HYPER – World’s First Hybrid Rubber You might think that this is just another OMEGA 7. But OMEGA 7 HYPER is built on unique concept with outstanding performance. It’s the rubber...
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