Carom footage!

[hegeland]

Check out vid nr. 2!!

http://www.sangleeinternational.com/videoGallery.html

[nightman26]

just amazing!!

[bongo]

The videos don't seem to work, is that right for you?

[ram p]

The videos don't seem to work, is that right for you?

work ok for me... a bit slow to load. around 2 mins for each vid

[nightman26]

works ok for me as well

[bongo]

I press the number on the website and nothing happens... :(

[Robert602]

Amazing game, I've watched bits of Blomdahl, Sayginer and others before but they never fail to impress. That second shot is fantastic, plain ball using two and then five rails with just enough weight. A few of Sayginers in his 15 run are close too, and of course his trick shots, with his control of otherworldly amounts of spin, are almost unbelievable.

I only wish I could appreciate the game better - I'm not really able to see the possible shots and know the difficulty of the positions. I've never even seen a table to give it a go myself and coverage on TV is pretty rare. Thanks for posting Hege.

Bongo - it comes up in a popup window so just make sure that's not being blocked by anything. Edit: And if you're still having trouble you can use http://www.sangleeinternational.com/vid2.html to go straight to video 2, just change that number on the end of the address for the others.

[dantuck_7]

That second shot is obscene and to think he meant it. Did he?

The level of difficulty reminds of Reyes against Strickland where he banks the cue-ball twice across and cuts in the 6-ball on the top rail!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPj20afa1M8

[hegeland]

Yes, make no mistake, he meant it that way.

It's from a match he won fairly comfortably, 35-11, so probably he was in the mood for playing an exhibition type of shot when the match was practically over anyway.

[cocked hat]

You need to disable your pop up blocker Bongo.Great footage Hege thanks,does anyone know the weight of the balls they use for this?They seem to roll on forever.

[hegeland]

They weigh about 215 grams each (nearly 100 g more than a snooker ball?), 1 cm wider than a snooker ball, also the cloth is really thin and the tables are heated to at least 5-6 °C above room temperature. All this makes for very good roll.

(thank you wikipedia!)

[Robert602]

Do you play three cushion hegeland? (In fact is that you in your avatar?)

[hegeland]

I am flattered ! It's actually Mr. Blomdahl.

Yes, we have a table in our club so I play every now and then.

[bongo]

And if you're still having trouble you can use http://www.sangleeinternational.com/vid2.html to go straight to video 2, just change that number on the end of the address for the others.

It works now with that address, thanks Rob, great shot on the video 2, perfect judgement!

[pottingpinks]

Quite fancy having a go at carom having seen it on TV but suppose it would take a long long time to build up a decent knowledge of all the angles for three cushion billiards. Have had a look around the net and would seem to be very difficult to obtain a table anyway in the UK without bringing it in from overseas.

[bongo]

Lots of news footage from the video magazine with Alex Lely here: http://www.agipibilliardmasters.com/en/

12 - 15th March 2009 LIVE on Eurosport 2!

[Quackers]

Wow! That is something to see!