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Just a short post to mention the Prince EXO3 145 racket, which you can learn about in this video from PDH Sports. In the video, Paul says this is a “semi-exclusive” for PDH Sports and sure enough, I can’t find it anywhere else at the moment. It’s 145 grams and slightly head-heavy.
Buy (UK): pdhsports.com
Update: Here’s a better picture from squashdeal.nl, who also have the racket in stock. Thanks to Jeroen for the tip!
Buy (Netherlands): squashdeal.nl
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In this week’s league match I spotted one of the other players, Kelsey Engman, using the Karakal BX 130.
I didn’t get a chance to hit with it but at 130 grams it’s pretty light, and it’s supposed to be slightly head heavy.
Buy (US): amazon.com
Buy (Canada / US): controlthet.com racquetsource.com
Buy (France): amazon.fr
And here’s a picture I dug up of Kelsey and her Karakal. She’s talking to David Hughes, my doubles partner from back in NYC. Small world.
Photo Credit: fairgamenews.com
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One of my regular playing partners, Ken Jaffe, was playing with this racket the other day. I didn’t get a chance to hit with it yet but I thought I’d post it.
According to the specs the balance point is 335mm, which would be rather head-light. And at 135 grams this racket is fairly light.
This has an open string pattern, like the Head Anion 135. My guess is the Anion 135 is just a later version of this same racket. (The Head Xenon 135 is also 135 grams but uses the traditional string pattern).
Image via head.com
Buy (US): amazon.com holabirdsports.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
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Here’s another racket in the Head Metallix range, the Head Metallix 130.
I’ve seen a few players on my home courts use this. I think it’s a bit of an older model but a quality racket, so probably a good deal for someone looking for a decent racket but not wanting to splurge for the latest models.
It’s got a frame weight of 130 grams, which is pretty light. The balance point is 370mm so this should be head-heavy.
Image via amazon.com
Buy (US): amazon.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Update: I just found this old picture of Ramy Ashour. I guess he used to play with this racket:
Photo via head.com
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I first saw the Head Metallix Drive squash racket in the process of looking through the rackets in the Squash Pigeon video.
This is difficult to find for sale. I did see it in the UK:
Buy (UK): topsportuk.com
There also seems to be a version called the Head Metallix Drive Pro, which is in black:
Image via amazon.de
Also difficult to find, though I did see it in a couple places.
Buy (UK): ebay.com amazon.co.uk
Buy (Germany): amazon.de
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This is another racket that I first spotted in the White Pigeon video. It seems like a predecessor to the Head YouTek Xenon 135. Same weight (135 grams) and also head-heavy.
Image via ebay.com
Buy (US): amazon.com ebay.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
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This is the Tecnifibre Dynergy Tour 125 Kickstep Squash Racket. A long name for sure, but at least you get free Kickstep with every racket. Actually I’m not sure what the “Kickstep” is for. Some stores mention the Kickstep, though the Tecnifibre Website does not. They also don’t mention that this racket is used by one of the guys in the White Pigeon squash song. HOWEVER the Tecnifibre Website does mention that Wael El Hindi plays with this racket, so I will have to keep an eye out for that.
Buy (US): amazon.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Update: I see on the amazon.co.uk Website that there was an earlier racket that was just the plain old Dynergy Tour 125. I guess the Kickstep was added to later models to spice them up.
You can still buy the old model here:
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
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Here’s a new Oliver Squash Racket called the Xelon 9.
Photo Credit: Squash Unlimited
Buy (US / Canada): squashunlimited.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Apparently this guy is pretty light, weighing in at 110 grams, with an even balance.
I first saw this racket in a recent photo of Shahier Razik at the Cambridge Cup. (Thanks to D for the tip.)
Photo Credit: SiteSquash
This explains why Razik (in white) came out with this odd-looking black racket at the 2013 TOC:
Photo Credit: SquashPics.com via SquashSite
You can make out that Razik just painted his old Head Xenon 135 black and altered the Head stencil into something approaching the O-shaped Oliver stencil.
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Let’s have a look at this Dunlop Biomimetic Pro Lite 140 squash racket:
I first saw this in the photo of Nick Matthew visting the Street Squash kids. Oddly, this racket is not listed on Dunlop’s website, yet it’s widely available around the world. It’s 140 grams so sort of a medium weight. It has the open throat, unlike other Dunlop rackets like the Dunlop GTX 140, which has the same weight and quite similar styling.
Buy (US): amazon.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Buy (Germany): amazon.de
Or try on: ebay.com
Update: This is probably the latest iteration of the Dunlop Aerogel Max. The head shapes seem identical. Thanks Tjeerd for the tip!
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I first saw the Wilson Tempest 120 in this picture of the StreetSquash kids with Nick Matthew.
This is a pretty light racket at 120 grams. It used to be played by Jaclyn Hawkes, a top-20 player from New Zealand. It’s also advertised as having “linear geometry”, which I assume means it has three or more atoms placed at an expected bond angle of 180°.
Buy (US): amazon.com
Buy (UK): amazon.co.uk
Buy (Germany): amazon.de
Buy (France): amazon.fr
Or check on: ebay.com
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