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SGB Sports
Carlton Vapour Trail Tour
Carlton now has three premium ranges: Air Rage for players in search of power;
Air Blade for those looking for control, and Vapour Trail, for players
hoping for a balance between power and control. Nathan
Robertson is playing the 84-gram Vapour Trail Tour, which
is made from Japanese HM carbon, and comes
complete with XTreme Tension.
RRP: £140.00
www.carltonsports.com
Head
BADMINTON
PowerHelix 8000
Head says its four new PowerHelix models – 5000, 7000, 8000
and 10,000 – are 56% more flexible than standard carbon thanks
to the PowerHelix spiral structure which runs along the entire
shaft, without losing control. The increased flexibility is designed Wilson
to maximise the power release of shots. 2(K)B
RRP: £119.99
www.head.com For badminton,
Wilson’s ‘(K) Factor’,
which incorporates five
new technological
advances: a stronger
(K)arophite Black frame;
a more stable (K)ontour
joint; a stiffer
(K)onstruction; a new
(K)ap for greater shaft
flexibility, and a power
(K)ick shaft for a lower
kick point. 2(K)B
features 10 models.
RRP: from £69.95
www.wilson.com
Prince
03 Speedport Black
Benefiting from similar
technology to its sister rackets
in squash, the 03 Speedport Karakal
Black has speedports around Tour GEL
the head of the frame, which Karakal’s range of 11 rackets for 2009
allows the racket head to move includes a pair of new additions, the
up to 24% faster through the Tour GEL and Tour Lite GEL. Both
air than traditional frames, rackets feature Karakal’s new
with the sweetspot expanded Superlight High Impact Dispersion
by up to 59% for form a Nano Titanium Gel, which is designed
‘sweetzone’. to disperse impact over the entire
RRP: £140 racket frame.
www.princebadminton.com RRP: £50
www.karakal.com
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