SPINLORD · Gipfelsturm · Short pips
Gipfelsturm
Gipfelsturm is a fast short-pips rubber in SpinLord's current range, made in China. SpinLord publishes it as Tempo 10, Effect 9.5, Control 8.5 on its own product scale, which TTDNA stores unchanged. Currently selectable sponge thicknesses are OX, 1.2 mm, 1.5 mm, 1.8 mm. It is available in OX. The sponge colour is orange. SpinLord describes the catapult effect as high. Stated weight: medium. Stated durability: good.
Also listed as: SpinLord Gipfelsturm
Official specifications
Official SpinLord data: category, currently selectable colours and sponge thicknesses, sponge colour, catapult, weight, durability and country of manufacture, taken from current SpinLord product information.
SpinLord does not print a sponge-hardness degree for these coverings, so TTDNA shows its own editorial hardness band instead of an invented degree value.
Competition approval is only shown once it has been checked against the current ITTF list of authorised racket coverings. A shop listing on its own is not treated as proof and an approval is never inherited from another model in the same family.
No reliable official SpinLord list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
Playing details
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official SpinLord rating and never a conversion of the SpinLord manufacturer scale.
Strengths
- Direct hitting and blocking over the table
- Low sensitivity to incoming spin
- Flat, fast trajectory
Weaknesses
- Limited own spin generation
- Less effective in the passive game away from the table
Best for
- Close-to-the-table hitters
- Blockers who dislike incoming spin
Not ideal for
- Loopers away from the table
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
4 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Black · Red · OX
Standard · No sponge (OX) · Topsheet only
Speed 60 · Spin 44 · Control 82
Black · Red · 1.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium-hard (TTDNA band)
Speed 68 · Spin 49 · Control 77
Black · Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium-hard (TTDNA band)
Speed 72 · Spin 52 · Control 73
Black · Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium-hard (TTDNA band)
Speed 74 · Spin 53 · Control 71
TTDNA ratings
Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
SpinLord publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
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