Olympic Table Tennis

Sportcraft Ping Pong GROOVE, 84’’ W/ TABLE TENNIS TOP Specs: * Ultra modern design with high gloss playfield for super fast action * In rail deluxe LED Scorer helps keep track of the action * Panel legs with center support brace for added stability * Hi tech Carbon Fiber finish * New! Patent pending centrifugal blower and plenum box design for maximum and even air pressure * Complete with all accessories * Approximate Dimensions: 84in x 48in x 32in (213.36cm x 121.92cm x 81.28cm... Read Full Story

Bouncing Onto Blu-ray On 2/10/09 DVD Already Available Amazon.com Widgets Get the Soundtrack Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page While there's an awful lot of things to to like about director and co-writer Jessica Yu's earnest coming-of-age comedy Ping Pong Playa that's centered on C-Dub (played by her co-writer Jimmy Tsai)-- an Asian cereal eating, playground hustling, frequently fired, under-achieving slacker who worships at the altar of urban hip-hop-- unfortunately the character of C... Read Full Story

I want one. I know it seems like a distraction and that it is probably unnecessary but it’s not. It’s so fun! And I promise I wouldn’t waste time at work. Only time after work or maybe during lunch. We had a ping pong tournament at my last job that got pretty competitive. The winner even got free movie tickets! I won the consolation bracket but I had the strange feeling that the guy wasn’t too happy and I never got my movie tickets…lame right? So now I’m pushing for it at Shoplet... Read Full Story

For those of us who grew up in the West, ping-pong occupies a place somewhere below darts and above foosball and seems fit mostly for suburban basements and the rec-rooms of rehab centers. It is the kind of sport that causes us to use our hands to make air quotation marks when we use the term “sport” to refer to it. But, of course, these perceptions are cultural. Soccer, or football, which people across huge parts of the world follow like a religion (the kind where attendance is not... Read Full Story

For those of us who grew up in the West, ping-pong occupies a place somewhere below darts and above foosball and seems fit mostly for suburban basements and the rec-rooms of rehab centers. It is the kind of sport that causes us to use our hands to make air quotation marks when we use the term “sport” to refer to it. But, of course, these perceptions are cultural. Soccer, or football, which people across huge parts of the world follow like a religion (the kind where attendance is not... Read Full Story

Featuring all original music from the Ping Pong Playa film. Christopher "C-DUB" Wang is a young Chinese-American man who presents himself with a streetwise, ghetto swagger and dreams of a career as a basketball star. But soon he finds his real gift as a ping-pong player and coach, leading an odd squad of students to a local championship. Featuring the original score from composer Jeff Beal. Christopher "C-dub" Wang is a suburban guy who sports an urban swagger, waxes political on all... Read Full Story

Oscar winner Jessica Yu takes a break from making documentaries. Her first non-documentary feature "Ping Pong Playa" (USA 2007, 96 min.) is a delightful entertaining comedy about an Asian ping pong family with a son who is, to quote Jessica Yu, "smart, profane, buffoonish, and hilarious." In this comedy, writer/director Jessica Yu and writer/actor Jimmy Tsai create a few likable and amusing characters, and blend in commentaries about social and racial stereotypes. Slacker Christopher "C... Read Full Story

Sportcraft Ping Pong Fusion 2 In One Spec: * Includes 3-piece table tennis top * Aluminum inner rails for supreme bounce back * Strudy leg construction with end panels and side braces * 1.5 in. Deep well for continuous high speed play * Cracked ice hockey playfield * Large 5 in. (127 mm) diameter chrome plated leg levelers * Puck and pusher holders * Complete with all accessories: 2 pushers, 4 pucks, 2 table tennis paddles, 2 table tennis balls, net and post set Read Full Story

The San Diego Asian Film Festival is excited to announce its ninth season, taking place at the Mission Valley UltraStar Cinema at Hazard Center, OCTOBER 9-16, 2008. As San Diego’s largest Pan Asian cultural event, more than 20,000 attendees will experience over 130 short and feature films from a record 17 countries including the Canada, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong , Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and the U.S... Read Full Story

Balls of Fury is not a film that is going to get revisited a lot, and with good reason, but it is surprisingly worth a look.   Ping Pong Playa was also released in the U.S. recently, and Ping Pong was about 50% of what was covered at the Olympics, so it’s timely to talk about Balls of Fury .   That’s the excuse I’m sticking with anyway.   Even if there were no other reason to talk about it, I find it interesting just for the crazy things you can learn by watching just about any old nonsense... Read Full Story