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New office, new table
Posted by David Greiner on January 11, 2008 3:39 PM
A few weeks back the Freshview team made our much anticipated move to our new office fitout a few floors above our old space. The entire project took about 4 months to complete, and we'll be posting a full write up about how we created our dream developer setup soon, but first the important stuff...
We've ranted about our love for ping pong before. Once we moved upstairs, the old fold-up table was looking a little tired, and just didn't seem to match the rest of the decor. Something had to be done. Not knowing where to start, we called the part-time Freshview table tennis coach and former Aussie gold medalist Paul Pinkewich to find the best table he could get his hands on. After some serious research, Paul tracked down the Double Fish Volant 2, a work of table tennis art and one of the best tables in the world. How could you say no to this:
Once the package arrived from China, we had the complex task of putting it all together. Luckily the provided instructions had an English translation, but unfortunately for us we got the impression that English wasn't the translator's first language, or their second. Here's one of my favorite quotes from the opening page:
In the material of undercarriage, transparent organic glass have an crystal effect and do not baffle peoples eyesight. Generally speaking, if players shows active beauty by the gesture, technology, rhythm to audience, tables shows static beauty by its material, technics, color, style. The combination of active and static satisfied every spectators.
Solid gold. We eventually got the table together and have been loving it ever since. You can check out a few photos of the process here. Thanks again to Paul for all his research and for the post construction sessions.
Charles Cuninghame
wrote on January 14, 2008 5:06 PM
Gotta love that Chinglish!
Jeff Plumb
wrote on January 15, 2008 11:57 AM
Geeks and Ping Pong - I have to admit I am a geek and I LOVE Ping Pong! I've actually played against the "Aussie Legend" Paul Pinkewich a number of times and he is certainly a tough competitor (even at his age!). You've certainly chosen a very good looking table, I'm sure you'll get countless hours of entertainment from it.
If you can't always get access to Paul's great coaching skills, I've put together some online video lessons with the Australian Table Tennis Coach from the Athens Olympics - Alois Rosario. You can check them out at http://www.pingskills.com/lessons.php
Good luck with your Ping Pong and Geek stuff.
Ben Miller
wrote on January 15, 2008 3:15 PM
Nice looking table guys, but shouldn't beginners be satisfied with a lesser quality table???
Jimmy Yang
wrote on February 14, 2008 3:41 PM
Haha! very interesting! But this Chinglish is not 100% pure!
More pure Chinglish can be found at: www.chinglish.de
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