Well back from my 12 days in Asia which saw me go to the Asia Bullshooter followed by a few days in Subic Bay Philippines and then was SUPPOSE to play the world but as we know I came home instead.  It was a great trip and a ton of fun.  My performance in the Bullshooter was not what I had hoped but overall did do ok hitting top 8 or better in 3/5 events with one top 16.  I was given my new fantastic darts by Trinidad right before I started Friday and LOVED the way they felt so I shot with them.... in hind sight maybe I should have waited as my play was basically beat the people I should have but lost to those that you need to beat to win.  I was not on my normal game but was still ok... I did no think much of it until Ray Carver questioned my decsion when we were vacationing. Until then I never even thought about it because I really do love how my darts feel but he did have a point that it may not been the place to make such a change.  Yet another lesson I should already know ;)  Congrats to fellow TRiNiDAD player Ben Dersch fro winning the SUPER ONE for Team USA at the Bullshooter as he played very well.  Also big congrats to Ray "the Razor" Carver for winning the Cricket singles Friday night in style.

So the new darts will come in both steel at 21.5gm and soft at 18.5 gm barrel weight.  The rear grip is much more aggressive and designed for that light touch so it won't slip.  They are slightly thicker then my previous models but this is due the new grip and maintain a neutral balance dart.  The length is a hefty 54mm making them among the longest soft tip dart if not the longest you can get...definitely a new look for Japan which is normally shorter stubby darts.

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