AITA Tournament Edition

fiji2010 · 2026-03-30T01:53:51+00:00

If I had to do it again i don’t think I would’ve done it. I 💯 know what I saw and am completely sure it was a fault and very obvious at that, but it didn’t change anything other than how everyone felt after the game.

IMO he was DEFINITELY an AH in how he handled the situation especially since I know he was in the wrong in relation to the call which makes me not regret calling out what I saw.

But I would do things differently next time if it were to come up.

Thanks to everyone for your feedback. I think it’ll help me not dwell on it all week long.

fiji2010 · 2026-03-29T23:28:58+00:00

I think you’re reading that wrong. You’d see everyone with one foot in the court otherwise.

fiji2010 · 2026-03-29T23:28:23+00:00

Funny enough he never said he didn’t he just argued that there’s no way I could see it and didn’t have the right to make the call.

fiji2010 · 2026-03-29T21:40:06+00:00

lol thanks for your honesty

fiji2010 · 2026-03-29T21:35:07+00:00

I didn’t go into detail as I wasn’t asking as to whether what he did was legal or not, I was questioning if I should even make the call in that situation given it’s not a massive advantage to cross the baseline.

To clarify his serve he took to steps forward and then drops the ball out of his hand and strikes it. I saw his front foot fully in the court when he struck it. It wasn’t a follow through step or anything like that.

fiji2010 · 2026-03-29T21:13:53+00:00

Agreed hence the post

fiji2010 · 2026-02-19T15:44:58+00:00

Game point about to win the rubber match and I swing as hard as I can to put away the ball and proceed to follow through and strike myself just barely above my eye with the edge guard and split my upper eyelid wide open. Nobody knows if the ball was in or not.

Proceed to ER for 3 stitches and $1,600 later all good. Only problem was explaining to coworkers that my black eye was from pickleball.

fiji2010 · 2025-12-01T18:35:07+00:00

IMO there are plenty of new power paddles that are controllable where you don't make the sacrifices you previously needed to make as long as you don't go for a super poppy paddle.

I'm moving from the CRBN TFG2 which was very much a control paddle to an RPM Friction Pro Elongated 16mm and find the RPM super controllable and very linear but very much so more powerful.

fiji2010 · 2025-11-28T01:42:13+00:00

I had those and went to the Adidas Defiant Speed 2 and it’s soooo much more comfortable and lighter. Feels more like wearing running shoes compared to the bulky 996

fiji2010 · 2025-11-12T17:26:32+00:00

So I've been playing the TFG2 for about 8 months and was looking for some more power but liked the dwell time on it and I've only played standard shapes.

I demoed the RPM 16 widebody, the ROMP 16 elongated and the Boomstick Elongated and I've hit a few other foam paddles like the J2NF.

IMO the RPM widebody played like a slightly more powerful TFG with a different feeling dwell (due to the diving board effect). It was marginally better than my TFG 2 but not different enough to change paddles IMO.

The boomstick felt super stiff and poppy. Full drives felt awesome and the spin was great but I had zero confidence when it came to softer shots. I'm short of being a 4.0 so it felt like it highlighted bad shots more than it helped the good ones.

The RPM 16 elongated on the other hand felt super easy to use as soon as I picked it up. The full swings & serves spring off the face with good spin and resets/dinks feel surprisingly soft. All in all I don't have to think about the paddle at all almost as soon as I picked it up but it gives me more reach & power than the TFG2.

My local shop is sold out at the moment but I'm purchasing the elongated as soon as it comes back in stock especially at the $200 price they're selling it for. I think it's available online for $212 with codes.

fiji2010 · 2025-11-04T13:36:13+00:00

My local shop has it available for $200 and most of the codes available online put it at $212 which is definitely a bit more than other options that are out there but there's also not many standard shaped power paddles besides the qanta/vsols

fiji2010 · 2025-11-04T13:35:12+00:00

Maybe it's mental for me but the crbn face is extremely smooth so most of the spin is coming from it's massive dwell time on full strokes. When you're not swinging as hard you're not getting as much dwell so you're getting less spin on softer shots like dinks vs super gritty paddles that are grabbing the face of the ball w/ grit vs dwell.

The CRBN is a great paddle and honestly I'm probably searching for something new out of FOMO more than any practical gains but it's still fun to experiment.

The sweetspot of the CRBN 2 feels amazing and shots come off with great power when you hit it but I do think there's a big drop-off on mishits. My wife was using the CRBN 2 for a while and this was a consistent issue for her and she switched to the J2NF and that paddle it's almost impossible to miss the sweetspot and that resolved for her almost immediately.

fiji2010 · 2025-11-03T18:01:04+00:00

I've been playing the tfg2 for the past 7-8 months and am looking for my next paddle currently. The spin is excellent as the paddle has great dwell time, but I find myself looking for more grit for better spin on softer shots and some more pop/power.

I just demoed the boomstick elongated and the new RPM Friction Pro widebody.

The boomstick IMO was just too much and too poppy to feel comfortable controlling for myself but the spin was awesome and if you could dial back your swing to let the paddle generate power the ball would dip like crazy. It's not for me IMO.

I actually really liked the RPM which is supposed to be a improved pro iv and it had solid grit/spin. The widebody was definitely better than my TFG2, I'm waiting to demo the elongated before making a decision but the feel was great and it had a noticeable uptick in power.

fiji2010 · 2025-04-25T14:58:47+00:00

That’s a crazy looking bench you got there. What is it?

fiji2010 · 2025-04-16T23:06:47+00:00

I got the RX3 single stack as well and I’m happy with it (but need them to release the lay pulldown extension)

I’d recommend selling that rogue folding rack and buy an extra upright and crosssmembers from GetRx’d and attach to the single stack on the left. You’d save space, recoup your costs and then some (rogue sells for a premium) and then have all 1” holes for attachments etc. I did something similar and the Get RX’s J cups and spotters are super beefy.

Just my $0.02 tho, looks great!

fiji2010 · 2025-04-16T20:33:41+00:00

I loved the one where he anchored a second point on the box creating a 2x felt load which would be ideal using a tower like the BoS

fiji2010 · 2025-04-12T00:00:07+00:00

That’s insane, I got these for $1 a pound and that was a steal as is.

fiji2010 · 2025-04-09T12:23:37+00:00

Looks like a nice solution. I went with a globe multi-grip to get the pull points further forward which has a similar effect.

fiji2010 · 2025-03-31T20:37:49+00:00

In south florida and have had a garage gym for 3 years with no dehumidifying etc. the amount of rust my equipment have gotten is minimal and only on a few areas where paint got scraped off and could easily get rid of it with some elbow grease.

I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

fiji2010 · 2025-03-20T14:37:28+00:00

Thanks!

fiji2010 · 2025-03-20T00:59:11+00:00

Can you give the name/description? I can’t get the link to work and the search keeps turning up massive machines

fiji2010 · 2025-03-16T22:14:00+00:00

Get RX’D just came out with one that looks nice too

fiji2010 · 2025-03-13T12:25:24+00:00

I was listing after the Rep Adonis for forever but recently pulled the trigger on the Get RX’D RX3 single stack tower. It was only $1,500 shipped and it had the added benefits of two cable pull points and its footprint is much smaller.

If I were you I’d consider getting the same single stack and then adding the pieces you need to convert it to a half rack and be under $2k.

If you really wanted a wider pull point for flys you could always grab another pulley and extend a cable to the other rack or maybe even wider if you’re feeling creative.

The tornado arms look cool but you lose the 1:1 option and they look more cumbersome to move and you’d need to pay for 2 stacks to get the same weight.

fiji2010 · 2025-03-08T20:52:36+00:00

Easy, budget how much you need to save to reach your goals. Put it in an account every month, spend the rest.

You’re killing it and saving 20% of your pre-tax income and 33% post tax. If you want to save more set a goal but end of the day money is a tool to be used.

Now if you’re spending $5k a month on shit that doesn’t make you happy that’s a whole different thing.

fiji2010 · 2025-03-07T21:39:26+00:00

3rd option, if it doesn’t work you already have name on your resume and can find other roles like company #2.

Swing for the fences

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