The hardbat approved rubbers list is only available in USA and in some other tournaments in the world, for example in french and german tournaments generally the rubbers have just to be short pimpled. But anyway, Friendship 755 will never be authorised in hardbat, because it's a long pimpled rubber.

--- In hardbat@yahoogroups.com, "gnopgnipster" <gnopgnipster@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric, there's a list of approved rubbers for hardbat just like
> there is a list of approved rubbers for sponge play. Without
> oversight people would be using very unpleasant, chemically treated
> thermonuclear spin devices masquerading as rubbers. As far as the
> Double Happiness wood blade is concerned it is legal so long as it is
> all wood and has no carbon, or kevlar, or other non wood material.
> If you are looking for some traditional hardbat professional
> equipment then check out my website. I hand-make pen hold blades that
> are specially made for hardbat and far superior to others mass-
> produced commercially.
>
> Alberto Prieto
> www.valortabletennis.com
>
> --- In hardbat@yahoogroups.com, eric jensen kozackpathfinder@
> wrote:
> >
> > i bought a rubber from friendship 755 .for my hard bat. i
> use that right now. but i looked on the rules for classiacal
> hard bat this rubber is not on the list. ????????/////// also i
> bought it in two different colors no knowing that the rules say
> it has to the same color. i also use a pin holder blade
> double happiness which is not on the the list either. why is the
> rules so strict if if fall into a all wood blade, and the rubber
> does not have rubber sponge under it.. i come back to the
> hard bat to work on my form and play in a tournment or to.
> eric