Inspired by the ping pong club SPiN New York and a passion for ping pong, West Coast Event Productions owner Duane Smith has opened Pure Pong in the Pearl at Pure Space in Portland, Oregon. While I would designate SPiN as the largest ping pong club in the US, with multiple locations in New York, Los Angeles and Milwaukee, Pure Pong may be the largest single space dedicated to ping pong; it is located in an impressive 2-story location in a 16,500 square-foot space with 40 foot ceilings and 25-plus tables. Pure Pong officially opened on March 15, 2013, and... Continue reading

Today! Saturday, March 16, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:00 AM 2 PM - 7 PM: Free 7 PM - 2 AM: $10 cover. If you arrive on a bike or bring your own paddle, it's free. The 12 hour ping pong party is catered. Whether you are a table tennis pro or absolute beginner, everyone is welcome. Pure Space 1315 NW Overton at NW 14th Ave in the Pearl District Portland, Oregon 97209 http://www.purespaceportland.com/ Continue reading

Free ping pong, free food and complimentary Tiger Beer all night long. This event is part of the Tiger Pong League at PIPS in Williamsburg Brooklyn which began in June. Sixteen teams have been battling it out every week. Tonight the victorious teams will be crowned in the Tiger Pong League Finale Party. The top two teams from each of the three divisions will play each other resulting in three winners. Finalists of the tournament will win Onitsuka Tiger Shoes and of course a cool trophy. Those who attend could receive random door prizes and giveaways from Tiger Beer Clothing,... Continue reading

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PiPs opened at little over a year ago, on July 1, 2011, and the table tennis and art space is going strong. They have several cool events scheduled throughout September: the 300 Dollar Tourney; Best in the Burg; Ladies Night Out; Big Double; and until November, a huge Tiger Pong league party night that is not to be missed. PiPs teamed up with Tiger Beer to bring you a ping pong league night featuring local digital media companies and community shops such as, Pilgrim Surf, Grand Opening, Thompson Punke, and BBOX Radio. The Tiger Pong league meets every Tuesday through... Continue reading

Do you have the Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins to take home the $300 cash prize? 300 Dollar Tourney This Thursday, 12/8/2011, 8:00 PM at PIPS. 1st Place - $300 Cash Money 2nd Place - $100 Gift Certificate to Mikey's Hookup For more information and to register go to the PIPS website. 158 Roebling Street (btwn Metropolitan & Grand) Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Continue reading

Tonight! Play some ping pong at the Puma store on 14th Street. 6 PM until 10 PM. 421 West 14th Street in Manhattan, NY No RSVP, just show up. Continue reading

Due to Hurricane Irene, The NYC Table Tennis Open is postponed. Contact North American Table Tennis (NATT) for more information at 301.816.0660 or info@natabletennis.com. Continue reading

Women only tournament at PiPs. Friday, July 29th at 9:00 PM Warm up at 8:00 PM Registration at 8:30 PM Tournement begins at 9:00 PM PiPs Table Tennis & Art Space 158 Roebling Street (btwn Metropolitan & Grand) Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Tel: (718) 487-9883 play@pipsout.com http://www.PIPSout.com Continue reading

PiPs is an exciting new ping pong parlor that also shows emerging contemporary artists. Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the street level space has monthly art exhibitions as well as all sorts of table tennis tournaments and events. PiPs is open daily and is founded by two art lovers and table tennis enthusiasts, Mikey Weiss, owner of Mikey’s Hookup, and filmmaker Bill Mack of Naked Ping Pong fame and former owner and co-founder of SPiN New York. Table Tennis Pro, Rocky Wang, offers coaching and training. PiPs opened on July 1, 2011. I am hoping to make it there within the... Continue reading

One night. 32 teams. New York's 2011 PT3 champions. Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7:00 PM Art Directors Club 106 W. 29th Street New York, NY For more information go to www.joaonewyork.com Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary! Gossima: The Culture of Ping Pong is one year old today. Originally a parlor game in England in the late 1800s, table tennis has become one the of top five sports in the world; is the national sport of China; and became an Olympic event in 1988. It can be played at any age by anyone from highly trained athletes to the recreational novice. It's one of the best sports for both mind and body. Ping Pong has gained momentum in popularity since the mid 2000s, and we may be on the brink of an international ping pong... Continue reading

In the video above, Dr Michael Babuin, founder and president of the Cary Table Tennis Association, goes through a historical overview of the items on display at the Cary Table Tennis exhibition. Go to the Cary Table Tennis Association Website to check out some photos of antique Gossima, ping pong, Whiff Waff and table tennis sets. The collection also features lots of table tennis memorabilia and books. The Cary Table Tennis Association is located in Cary, North Carolina. Continue reading

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• 4 weeks • 100 tables • 4,000 bats • 10,000 balls On July 23, ping pong tables will pop up across London in parks, train stations, squares and shopping centers for Ping! The London Ping Pong Project. The tables are open for anyone to play on. In addition to free play, there are a host of programmed activities, such as a literary ping pong quiz at the British Library, Round the World at the Natural History Museum, Whiff Waff at the Geoffrye Museum, and Sing ‘n’ Ping at the Victoria Embankment Gardens, among many other tournaments and events. You... Continue reading

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Spin, the elite ping pong club in New York City, recently began filming an episodic ping pong documentary television show—under the working title The Magnus Effect—which focuses on the characters who train and frequent Spin New York. The title of the show refers to a phenomenon in which an object such as a table tennis ball spinning through the air creates a whirlpool of air around itself, and experiences a force perpendicular to the line of motion. The show will initially follow some of the top junior players and Olympic hopefuls, including Michael Landers, the current U.S. men's singles table... Continue reading

Tonight, I’ll be playing some ping pong at the Puma Social Club, from 9 PM to 1 AM, on Puma's brand new limited edition chalk board table designed by aruliden. Come down and check it out for yourself. This afternoon, Puma City, at the South Street Seaport, will be broadcasting the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup semi-finals between Germany and Spain. The game starts at 2:30 EST. Puma City and Puma Social Club are open until Sunday, July 11, 2010, the day of the FIFA World Cup final. PUMA Social Club 210 Front Street corner of Beekman... Continue reading

Hello Gossima fans, I'm back from taking some time off from Gossima: The Culture of Ping Pong. It's been a very exciting spring and early summer for ping pong: the Puma PT3 tournament; NYTTF 6th anniversary; the brand new SoHo Pong; Puma's Social Club at South Street Seaport; the U.S. Table Tennis Open in Grand Rapids; Spin's World Champion event and their announcement of expansion to other cities; among lots of other ping pong news. Stay tuned this summer for more frequent postings about the amazing wide world of ping pong. Continue reading

Influential Japanese manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto’s five volume graphic novel series Ping Pong (1996-2001), published by Shogakukan, explores the relationship between two teenage friends and ping pong players. The coming of age story told in the series was the inspiration for the 2002 movie Ping Pong.. His drawing style has a kinetic energy which captures the nature of ping pong and moves the reader through the pages of this graphic novel at a dramatic rate, with a few moments of quiet contemplation. "American comics are powerful and cool. European comics seem very intellectual. And Japanese comics are very light-hearted. If... Continue reading

PPU Paddle Photo by ©Matthew Hungerford Pike All rights reserved Ping Pong Underground (PPU) started in a dusty garage in north Sydney, Australia. Inspired by the ping pong scene in New York, the “Whaley boys," Puerto, Tim, Luke and Leon, brought Ping Pong Underground to the L.A. (Little Avalon) Bar every Wednesday night from September 23, 2009 to January 27, 2010. Check out their blog, A Whales Life. Nike Pike at PPU Photo by ©Matthew Hungerford Pike All rights reserved Ali Rutter vs. Elly Taylor at PPU Photo by ©Matthew Hungerford Pike All rights reserved Elly Taylor at PPU Photo... Continue reading

The Friends of Gulick Park, with the help of the L.E.S. Ecology Center, Grand Opening and Henge Tables, have launched a campaign on Kickstarter to buy an outdoor ping pong table as part of an effort to restore Luther Gulick Park in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The group needs to raise $4,200 by May 16, also known as "Take Back Our Park Day." The $4,200 will be used for the purchase and installation of the table. Any additional money raised will go toward maintenance of the table and the supply of paddles and balls. "We want your help... Continue reading

This Saturday, May 8th, American Youth Table Tennis Organization (AYTTO), NYC & Company (NYCGO) and Spin New York have joined together to host the fourth annual NYC Mayor’s Table Tennis Tournament. This exciting one day event will be held at Spin New York in Manhattan. The tournament features five separate divisions divided by age and gender. The champion of each division will win the prestigious NYC Mayor’s Cup, and be crowned the official city champion. Any ping pong players up for the challenge of being named the best in NYC are invited to come out and compete. Please register at... Continue reading