Tuesday, 24 May 2011 21:22

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Profile – KBS has recently launched their Tour C-Taper iron shafts built by renowned shaft designed Kim Braly. Although it’s not very often we see iron shafts truly making a buzz in the golf world (last shafts likely being the Project X’s) these beauties from KBS are certainly turning heads. The shafts were designed specifically based on Tour feedback – hence they are geared towards lower handicapped players and professionals. These shafts borrowed the technology from the KBS Tour lines, but were built to specifically fit the needs of better players and faster swing speeds. KBS, through independent robot tests, are attributing these shafts to produce a 5% lower trajectory, 5% less spin and a 5% increase in more distance. More often than not, we take these claims with a grain of salt, or chalk it up to marketing nonsense, but from the buzz around the golfing world, these shafts are living up to their claims. These shafts were in K.J. Choi’s bag when he won this years Player’s Championship. There have not yet seen any details regarding major OEM’s adding these shafts as options to their club lines.

Update: Nike has recently announced the KBS Tour C-Taper will be available as a stock shaft.

Tuesday, 15 March 2011 02:08

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Profile – The UST Mamiya Attas T2 Wood shaft was recently released internationally after some good success over in Japan. This Attas T2 is the next generation of the Attas line following the success of the original. This model contains the same UST Mamiya Linear EI (LEI) Technology – which basically means they flattened out the bend profile to reduce hinging. This technology is said to create a smoother transitional feeling, and maximum energy transfer into impact. These hand-made shafts use only the best carbon fibers and low resin content to custom-build each shaft for great feel, feedback and extra distance. This model comes in a variety of weights and flexes, with a shaft in each the 40, 50, 60, 70, 80g categories.

What Makes It Work – With the exception of the LEI Technology, and a slight reduction of shaft weight and increase in torque this shaft is quite similar to the original. The smoothness of it is not something to underestimate however, this comment is made across the board from players who have put it in their bag. Engineers designed this shaft with reduced ply inserts and maximized full length carbon fiber layers to help create a better balance between torque and flex resulting in the efficient loading and exceptionally smooth feel of this shaft. They also made serious mention of the paint graphics, from the silver layered butt section, to the double black mirror mid section finishing with the red-orange tip section. This new ultra-premium shaft is getting noticed, and this cool paint job is helping (according to Mamiya).

Saturday, 29 January 2011 21:29

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Profile – The Fujikura Blur was recently released to the public after having some solid feedback on tour by players like Alex Cjeka and Ricky Barnes when it was tested last May. This new ultra-lightweight shaft is geared towards better players and professionals, those who don’t mind spending some dough to get the most out of their shafts. The Fujikura Blur delivers. An interesting combination of lightweight, mid spin and mid launch is turning some heads – and this shaft has already become the stock shaft for the Callaway Octane series of drivers and the TaylorMade R11. With 8 different versions, there is a Blur to fit your swing. The ultra-lightweight shaft is labeled as the “fastest shaft in golf”, and BLUR stands for “Beyond-Light, Ultra-Responsive”.

Monday, 17 January 2011 04:00

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Profile – The Miyazaki Dromos series is a brand new shaft series recently engineered specifically for the adjustable driver market. This is the 3rd line for Miyazaki and features some spectacular artwork from artist Dromos. This is the stock shaft for the new Srixon Z-Star Driver. Available in a variety of stiffness’s and flexes – there is likely a Dromos shaft for your swing. To get an idea on the flexes within each shaft Miyazaki has a patent-pending international flex code which they use to distinguish the stiffness of four distinct parts of the shaft: the tip, the mid-tip, the mid-butt, and the butt sections. This system assigns four numbers, each representing a stiffness,  from 1 being an “A” flex to 9 being “XX”, to each part of the shaft. This four number code gives you a good insight into how each shaft performs for each of the four steps.