Vladi plays "Nimbus VIP"

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12.10.2008 19:30 - Many weeks before the end of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the rubber experts from TIBHAR had prepared several new rubber samples for top players such as Vladimir Samsonov to test. In order for Vladi and other top players to make a smooth transition from the era of ‘speed gluing’ to the new future of table tennis equipment it was important for any replacement rubber to provide the highest level of capabilities.

Immediately after his return from the Olympic Games Vladi set out to test the sample rubbers. Straight away tests showed that the NIMBUS rubber in combination with a newly designed hard VIP power sponge proved to be the best choice. This according to Vladi was the acceptable replacement rubber for the future with no speed glue.

Due to his very close collaboration with the Tibhar rubber experts they managed to optimise the very hard VIP power sponge and overcome the loss of the speed glue effect. In some playing situations Vladi even felt that the new NIMBUS VIP rubber has even greater advantages compared to a fresh glued rubber.

Now the race was on to produce the rubber for the beginning of the new competition season. The Tibhar rubber experts managed to get a small production finished just in time for the European Championships in St. Petersburg. Now the real test began! Vladi played his first official match with the NIMBUS VIP rubber during the European Championships in St. Petersburg and the success was incredible.

During the whole team event, Vladi did not loose one single game and showed great performances with 3:0 victories over Timo Boll and Dimitri Ovtcharov the number 2 and 3 ranked players in Europe. In the single event he only lost in the final and won the silver medal.

This was the baptism of fire for the NIMBUS VIP rubber; it is now in full production so that all players can experience such success in the new equipment generation.

NIMBUS VIP rubber: coming to a store or web site near you very soon

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