blade PIMPLEPARK Castro ST
- - second blade of the German brand PiMPLEPARK
- - all-wood blade with nine special wood veneers
- - well suited for defenders and players with long pimples
Castro is a word used in Romance languages and is derived from the Latin word castrum, which means fortress. PiMPLEPARK’s developers had a clear vision in mind when creating this blade: The Castro was supposed to provide a solid fortress for players. Therefore, this is a very controlled, yet relatively fast defensive blade which we would classify as a Def+ or All.
In contrast to the Murus, the Castro does not feature additional materials, such as carbon or arylate. It is an all-wood blade with a quite unusual veneer structure. The blade consists of nine very well-matched wood veneers. The Castro offers very high control and a medium-high bounce. The well-matched veneers lead to very good spin characteristics and superb feel. The blade creates relatively little vibration and is minimally top-heavy.
The Castro has been specially developed to suit the following types of players:
Disruptive players close to the table using ox rubbers
During disruptive play with long pimples (preferably in the ox-version), the Castro enables unpleasant stop blocks and excellent attacking options with the long pimple side. The reversed pimple side, on the other hand, allows for high-rotation counter-attacks thanks to the good spin characteristics and the sufficiently high speed. Aggressive pushing can also be performed with high precision. Needless to say, the Castro can easily be combined with the two rubbers developed by PiMPLEPARK, the Cluster and the Wobbler, and, of course, with other long pimple rubbers.
Modern defenders playing distant from the table with many offensive strokes
Its high control yet sufficiently high speed also makes the Castro an interesting alternative for modern defensive players. The blade provides enormous spin when defending distant from the table using classical reversed rubbers, such as the Joola Topspin C or the PiMPLEPARK Epos in its thinner sponge versions, or long pimples, such as the TSP Curl P1 R. When playing close to the table, the Castro’s very high control make it particularly effective during blocks, which can be performed with high precision so as to prepare counter-attacks.
The Castro is slightly more defensive than the Murus. Despite not featuring carbon, it works very well with long pimples. The Castro is available with straight and flared handles. Weighing approximately 95g, the Castro is not quite a lightweight. However, this is not problematic, since most players will combine this blade with an ox rubber or a very thin reversed rubber on the backhand side
Additional information:
blade weight: approx. 95g
blade length: 15.8cm
blade widht: 15.0cm
blade thickness: 5.7mm
blade construction: nine wood veneers
Brand
Symbol
pimplepark_castro_st
Parameters of producer
Strategy
ALL More
ALL
DEF+
Weight
95 g
Layers
9
The thickness of blade
5,7 mm
Dimension of blade
158 x 150 mm
Comparative parameters
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