Champion Pro Special paddle for Sweden's MATTIAS FALCK, currently playing with the Yasaka Falck Carbon blade (flared handle), assembled with black Yasaka Rakza X (max) and red Rakza PO rubber (max sponge).

THE BLADE: The Yasaka Falck Carbon is the blade for the demanding player, looking for the latest in blade technology. This offensive blade offers a suberb balance between speed and feel for the attacking player. Mattias Falck worked with the Yasaka blade factory to develop a little bit faster blade, but still with as much ball feel as possible. After testing different carbon materials, combinations and thicknesses of wooden veneers, they were on the right track. By using the Japanese Premium Carbon (JPC) and 5 wooden veneers in exact thicknesses, they had the perfect construction.

BLACK RUBBER: Yasaka Rakza X has a top sheet is made of natural rubber, employing a new production method. The result is a top surface with exceptional grip enabling both phenomenal spin and speed. These qualities reduce the margin for error. This top sheet is then combined with a harder “Power Sponge”. The resulting combination of a faster sponge and high grip top sheet enables you to place the ball accurately with a high degree of success.

RED RUBBER: Yasaka Rakza PO is a pips-out rubber from Yasaka with the newly developed top sheet using mainly natural rubber gum. This improves the level of grip and the power of spin drastically. The top sheet is combined with the new Power Sponge. The top sheet and Power Sponge work in perfect synergy, producing the Hybrid Energy rubber. With Rakza PO, Yasaka developed this short pimples out rubber with increased spin capacity, due to the shape of the pimples geo-metry and the use of more natural gum in the top sheet.

FL handle only