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Predator's Limited Edition Willie 526 Series
Your Chance to Share in the Glory and Legacy of the
Past Greats
1954. Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio, Elvis Presley's
first single ("That's All Right") was released by Sun Records, and
the first issue of
Sports Illustrated was published. Also, the first US
nuclear-powered submarine was launched, a hydrogen bomb test was conducted on
Bikini Atoll, the Boeing 707 was released, and Hurricane Hazel made US
landfall, becoming the only recorded Cat 4 hurricane to hit as far nort
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Apr 19th 2018
The Business End of Your Cue . . . And the Rest
Considerations for Selecting the Right CueMost players – actually, we're all guilty here – believe
(sometimes almost to the point of obsession) that if they could just find the
right stick, they'd play a lot better. And you know why, don't you? It's easier
to blame the pool cue instead of our lack of skill or bad aim or just hastiness.
Still, there is some merit in searching for a cue that better fit your style
and skill level. And most of it has to do with the end of the pool c
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Mar 16th 2018
Bet You Don't Know the Many Health Benefits of Playing Pool
So we're not triathletes or even (usually) casual runners. We don't lift weights, and we don't spend hours on the basketball court. We play pool and billiards. A lot of people don't even consider it a sport and point to Minnesota Fats as proof. (But they also don't know he subsisted chiefly on candy and junk food.)But the fact is . . . playing pool has a multitude of health benefits, both physical and cognitive.1. Burns CaloriesAlthough pool is a fairly non-strenuous, low-impact game (although i
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Feb 28th 2018
Pewter Chalkers and Pool Gloves
Function and the Cool Factor When You're Passionate
About the Game
We've all seen them. Those guys who own fifteen fishing rods, more plastic worms and lures than you ever knew existed, and a tackle box so big and full they can barely lift it. And that's all they talk about. Weird, huh? But we're guilty, too.
If you're as passionate about the game as we are, you love everything about it – playing it, talking about it, finding and acquiring cool pool cue accessories. It goes withou
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Jan 10th 2018
Predator's Carbon-Fiber Revolution - The Future Is Now for Pool Cues
Once in a blue moon, an innovation comes along that is so revolutionary you're forced to fall back on cliches in trying to describe it: game changing, paradigm shift, sea change, cutting edge, state of the art. Ultimately, though, all those phrases from your bag of cliches fall short. Predator has created one of those innovations with their carbon-fiber shafts.In the BeginningThe challenge has always been solving the problem of cue-ball drift. Predator first attacked this problem in partner
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Dec 22nd 2017