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NEO Hurricane 3 Provincial (Blue Sponge)
The Provincial blue-sponge spec that Korean national team players such as Jeon Ji-hee, Shin Yu-bin and Jang Woo-jin use on the forehand. DHS describes the blue sponge as "power and extreme speed & spin from its firmness," and positions it as the top forehand choice for national-team players.
About this product
The blue-sponge Guoguang specification at ₩115,000. It offers the same two hardnesses as the orange version, 39 and 40, and the same 2.1 and 2.15mm thicknesses.
It costs ₩15,000 more than orange while every published specification matches. DHS publishes no performance figure distinguishing the sponge colours, so what that difference buys is known only to the manufacturer. Colour and price are all we can verify.
This applies to tacky rubbers generally, but more so at this level: the surface tack drives performance directly, and dust on it costs spin immediately. Treated like a tensor rubber and left alone, the reason you paid this much disappears.
There is one check to make before buying at this price — does your current rubber’s sponge compress fully under a real swing? If not, going harder costs you power rather than adding it.
What the numbers say
Inverted, 39° / 40° sponge. Its elasticity of 3.7 ranks 4 of 7 rubbers, mid-range. It is on the tackier side. Based on the manufacturer’s published figures.
This paragraph is not a copied review — it is generated from the figures and rankings collected on this site, and changes when they do.
Where this rubber sits among DHS rubbers
Positions read from the rubber positioning chart DHS Korea publishes (7 rubbers). The original has no numbers, so only relative position is meaningful. Further right is tackier; higher means more elastic. Variants that differ only in sponge colour or grade are plotted by DHS as a single point, so they overlap.
Manufacturer figures
DHS official positioning map (scale maximum not published)· bar shows position among products on the same scaleEach brand uses its own scale, so these numbers cannot be compared directly across brands
Not shown
Not published — Official Spin, Official Speed (the brand does not publish this figure)
Full specifications
| Surface type | Inverted |
| Tackiness | Tacky |
| Sponge hardness | 39° / 40° |
| Thickness options | 2.1 / 2.15mm |
| Colours | Black / Red |
| Made in | China |