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  1. 8th February 2007, 10:45 AM #1
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    Default The Flexi-Rest

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    I am sure a few of you saw The Big Idea on SKY ONE. A guy called Des Morley invented a product called the Flexi-Rest which I think will revolutionise snooker. It has been passed for use in EBSA events and has been demonstarted on BBC by Steve Davis and John Parrott.



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  2. 8th February 2007, 11:59 AM #2
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    Steve Davis seems to be the only player who uses these innovations, and even he uses them very rarely. I've only seen him use the hook rest a couple o

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    I think the idea is that you can do away with the spider, the extended spider, and all those, and only need the one rest.

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  4. 8th February 2007, 01:09 PM #4
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    That is exactly the idea Elvaago.

    Whether he has pulled it off I am not sure but it is a great product and one that I think we will se

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  5. 8th February 2007, 04:17 PM #5
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  6. 8th February 2007, 04:58 PM #6
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    I agree Semih

    I think the standard Cross Rest will still win in most situations but at least with the Flexi-Rest you would eliminate th

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    Here's a video of the Flexi-rest in action, if anybody is interested.

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    Seems to be helpful.Hard to tell without trying though.

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  9. 10th February 2007, 09:05 PM #9
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    Default flexi rest

    i was the first to use flexi rest in the heat of the battle during the european amateur championships. it had been introduced to the players during th

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    its pretty cool but they hav made it to late there is all ready all the rests that rest can do

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