Chalk brands

Frosty said:
Well perhaps both of these are as you say, “in the rear view mirror” not because they aren’t good, but because something came along that became the “new rage”.

This is what I find comical about pool players, they seem to want to “buy results”, and as a result of this, the better majority are always purchasing whatever the “new thing” is, I watch it happen all the time. When Predator came along it was their Pre Cat and Cat shafts, then other companies jumped onboard with their version of LD offerings, then it was all the new carbon fiber shafts starting with Revo and now the 52 others. Then there’s the $700-1000 break and jump cues they ALL have to have, then Kamui started it with chalk and that now has become what it is with Taom, Pagulyon’s, G2 now has several offerings and Outsville with theirs. The list can go on forever.

The common denominator, I don’t see much improvement in most of the players with these “arsenals” of the new and best thing's they purchase. People are free to buy and use whatever they can afford and whatever blows their hair back. Yet somehow those that really put time into the game instead of whatever the newest offering of industry is seem to not only do just fine, but play better.

I mean if you read threads like this, it makes you wonder how the “stubborn” dinosaurs such as myself and others that still use old school steel jointed cues with maple shafts and 1” ivory ferrules and single layered tips and regular chalk still manage to play so well. Food for thought
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This is the same silly old man post I see when they used to complain about carbon fiber shafts. I haven’t read a single person say they thought any of this chalk was going to make them better 99% of the conversation is keeping your equipment cleaner and maybe resulting in some less miscues. Please show me where one person said they are playing a ball or more better because they changed chalk or kindly stfu.
Yes there are now a lot of companies making new chalk because pool is a tough business to turn a profit and they are trying to make money god forbid. This is nothing different than the golf world does and they are extremely profitable. People want it so you make it.. it’s not a hard concept.
 
trob said:
This is the same silly old man post I see when they used to complain about carbon fiber shafts. I haven’t read a single person say they thought any of this chalk was going to make them better 99% of the conversation is keeping your equipment cleaner and maybe resulting in some less miscues. Please show me where one person said they are playing a ball or more better because they changed chalk or kindly stfu.
Yes there are now a lot of companies making new chalk because pool is a tough business to turn a profit and they are trying to make money god forbid. This is nothing different than the golf world does and they are extremely profitable. People want it so you make it.. it’s not a hard concept.
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I agree with 99.9% of this. The 0.1 is the fact that chalk companies feel the need to make claims about their product that just aren’t true. “Fewer miscues” “more spin” or whatever.

It’s cleaner. It causes fewer kicks/skids. I’m pretty sure everyone on AZ who uses it does so for those reasons and ignores the other stuff. But the other stuff annoys me.
 
GideonF said:
I agree with 99.9% of this. The 0.1 is the fact that chalk companies feel the need to make claims about their product that just aren’t true. “Fewer miscues” “more spin” or whatever.

It’s cleaner. It causes fewer kicks/skids. I’m pretty sure everyone on AZ who uses it does so for those reasons and ignores the other stuff. But the other stuff annoys me.
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I hear ya but again it’s the same thing as golf.. this driver is going to get of your slice. This iron is going help you get 10 yards. Lol all bs
 
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