My competition sports/Adam tribute cues

[JamesK41]

Just wanted to share my Adam/competition sports tribute cues. Most of these are super rare and ultra hard to find. Hope you enjoy.

 

[HawaiianEye]

I have one from the Japan factory and it is top notch.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Fabulous collection. Amazing cues. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[Al_Camino]

Great collection of cues and the condition of them looks mint. Love the old Adam cues.

 

[Chopdoc]

Great collection.

 

[Cornerman]

Dirty little misunderstood secret… Competition Sport was not Adam Cues USA. It wasn’t a continuation of Adam. Nothing like that. They were a completely different entity started by Don Spetkar , who had no ownership in Adam. There seems to be a confusion that Competition Sports was an extension of Adam USA. It was not.

There’s more, but that’s enough. I can answer any question based on recent interviews (with everyone alive that had something to do with Adam USA and Competition Sports.)

 

[HawaiianEye]

Dirty little misunderstood secret… Competition Sport was not Adam Cues USA. It wasn’t a continuation of Adam. Nothing like that. They were a completely different entity started by Don Spektar, who had no ownership in Adam. There seems to be a confusion that Competition Sports was an extension of Adam USA. It was not.

There’s more, but that’s enough. I can answer any question based on recent interviews (with everyone alive that had something to do with Adam USA and Competition Sports.)

Isn't Don on AZB?

 

[JPB2]

I always liked those but never bought one. Probably should have. I think I called and talked to the guy Cornerman mentioned once. When I started playing several guys at the pool hall I went to had Adam cues and a couple had the fancy ones. Always liked the look.

 

[Cornerman]

Isn't Don on AZB?

Possibly. I interviewed him last month in my ongoing gathering of the Adam timeline and recorded everything so I didn’t misquote.

 

[sneakynito]

lol - i've been playing with one of the cues pictured for years, and everytime i think i know who made it/where i came from, someone comes in with an "aaaccttuaalllyyyy....." and then i have no idea again. whatever. it's a beautiful cue and plays wonderfully. i'm just gonna say santa made it from now on.

 

[Cornerman]

lol - i've been playing with one of the cues pictured for years, and everytime i think i know who made it/where i came from, someone comes in with an "aaaccttuaalllyyyy....." and then i have no idea again. whatever. it's a beautiful cue and plays wonderfully. i'm just gonna say santa made it from now on.

I think it’s just a case of nobody bothering or caring to ask. It’s amazing what people can find out if they ask. In my case, I had great interviews with:

Jed Foreman - son of David Foreman, founder of Adam Cues

Patty Vorilas - one of the earliest employees at Adam USA and the last owner of the initial iteration of Adam USA

Don Spetkar - former Adam employee and founder of Competition Sports

 

[sneakynito]

I think it’s just a case of nobody bothering or caring to ask. It’s amazing what people can find out if they ask. In my case, I had great interviews with:

Jed Foreman - son of David Foreman, founder of Adam Cues

Patty Vorilas - one of the earliest employees at Adam USA and the last owner of the initial iteration of Adam USA

Don Spetkar - former Adam employee and founder of Competition Sports

Who says I haven't asked? Point is i've been explicitly TOLD different things, about my exact model cue, and everyone figures themselves an authority. I've been told by a vendor still selling them it was a Balabushka HoF series, then an Adam, then a Competition Sports. Then you throw out 3 new names and I still don't know who's santa, because you'd rather be patronizing.

 

[Cornerman]

Who says I haven't asked? Point is i've been explicitly TOLD different things, about my exact model cue, and everyone figures themselves an authority. I've been told by a vendor still selling them it was a Balabushka HoF series, then an Adam, then a Competition Sports. Then you throw out 3 new names and I still don't know who's santa, because you'd rather be patronizing.

I didn’t realize you were asking.

What I’m saying is the people who seem to give a lot of answers to your previous questions, the vast majority have never actually asked anybody, but they’re just repeating what they heard on the Internet or what rumors they’ve heard. That seems to be true no matter what cue builder we’re talking about.

If for some reason, you’re pissed at me, forget I said anything. I don’t know anything about the cue you’re talking about since I don’t recall seeing it.

 

[HawaiianEye]

I think it’s just a case of nobody bothering or caring to ask. It’s amazing what people can find out if they ask. In my case, I had great interviews with:

Jed Foreman - son of David Foreman, founder of Adam Cues

Patty Vorilas - one of the earliest employees at Adam USA and the last owner of the initial iteration of Adam USA

Don Spetkar - former Adam employee and founder of Competition Sports

Were the Spetkar CS HOF cues made by the same workers and equipment in Japan as the ADAM cues?