Nike 6 month outsole warranty comes through

Remember these shoes that I got for my birthday back in May. Well they came with the 6 month outsole warranty and I managed to wear a hole through the toe in 5 and 1/2 months. Called up Nike, got a claim number and sent them in. Well a few weeks later, Nike sends me a voucher for a new pair of the latest model .. the Air Breathe Cage II

New "Old School" Racquet

I have switched from the Pro Kennex Kinetic 5G to the Prince Graphite Oversize aka the POG. This racquet design is over 20 years old and was the racquet that Michael Chang and Andre Agassi started their pro careers with. Agassi switched to Donnay and Head racquets that were made to be very similar to the POG and Chang stuck with the POG until he switched to the extended length version of the POG.

So far I like the POG better than the Kinetic 5G on my groundstrokes (I can hit a "heavier" ball and can hit with more topspin). However, I am not serving as well with POG so I need to make some adjustments there.

The wonderful thing about ebay and internet forums is that I got this POG for only $46 and will be able to sell some of my Kinetic 5Gs (not all of them) to get additional POGs.

Magic Shoes winning streak ended

Patrick Probst (not Schwing) and I played tennis on Sunday. Even at 9 AM it was hot (probably in the mid to high 80's). I restrung patrick's racquets for him and to thank me he goes out and beats me 6-3, 6-3 :-) (the last set could have been 6-4, but I literally can't remember). He was hitting really well and serving very consistently. With that, my winning streak while wearing those new Nikes ends. Next match will be in a 2 weeks since I have some travel coming up.

Birthday Goodies !

It was my b-day last week (turned 36 and linda is still 28). Linda got me new tennis shoes since the Fila's I had were worn out. These Nike Breathe Free II are really nice and are much more cushioned than the Fila Torneo. They also come with a 6 month outsole warranty so it is my goal to wear them out by October.

Since getting the shoes, I have not lost a match so it must be the shoes :-)

Mom, Chu Dung and Anh Dong gave me some money as a gift so I got another Pro Kennex Kinetic 5G racquet and a Fischer bag.