DHS · OFF
Hurricane Hao 656
5W · All wood
Specifications
- Playing style
- OFF
- Price
- $139
- Weight
- 86 g
- Thickness
- 6.1 mm
- Plies
- 5
- Composition
- 5W · All wood
- Outer ply
- Koto
- Core wood
- Ayous
- Carbon type
- Not published
- Fibre placement
- None
- Blade size
- Not published
- Handle types
- FL · CS
- Made in
- China
- Release year
- Not published
Metadata confidence: Partially resolved
Blade construction
Estimated5W · All wood
5 plies · Koto surface · all-wood · Ayous core · 6.1 mm total
One blade, drawn as technical linework at real shakehand proportions. The laminated edge along the crown and right rim exposes every ply boundary in the stack. Edge depth is illustrative because physical veneer thickness is not published.
Stack order · outer face to outer face
1 · Outer ply
Koto
2 · Medial ply
Spruce
3 · Core
Ayous
4 · Medial ply
Spruce
5 · Outer ply
Koto
Koto
Outer ply · layers 1 and 5
Crisp, direct hit · Speed off the bounce
Spruce
Medial ply · layers 2 and 4
Fast energy return · Clear feedback
Ayous
Core · layer 3
Lower weight · Wider sweet spot
Stack order — face A to face B
- 01KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
- 02SpruceMedial ply
Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback.
- 03Ayous — coreCore
Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.
- 04SpruceMedial ply
Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback.
- 05KotoOuter ply
Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce.
Partially resolved · 5 of 5 plies with published material
Note: Koto faces, spruce medials and an ayous core (penhold.info and Stoni Tenis teardowns).
About this blade
DHS Hurricane Hao 656 is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Koto on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Koto in the outer layer: Hard, dense outer veneer — a crisp, direct hit and plenty of speed straight off the bounce. Spruce in the medial layer: Stiff, resonant core wood — fast energy return with a clear, high-pitched feedback. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 6.1 mm thick, around 86 g. DHS positions it for off play.
TTDNA ratings
NormalizedPerformance
Construction
Material properties
Playing profile
A TTDNA blade rating measures how much of the named characteristic a blade has. For descriptive rows — flex, stiffness, vibration, head heaviness, weight, thickness, carbon feel, softness, technique requirement, spin sensitivity — a higher number means more, not better.
TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology