Awesome Ping Pong

Handcrafted wooden ping pong tables. The limited edition Model 1 has a leather and canvas net and is divided into four customizable panels. The Model 2 is a Baltic Birch and oak table with a plank for a net. Balls and paddles are included.

With such a small playing field countering a smash in table tennis takes lightning quick reflexes. Or you could just have massive amounts of luck and style. His opponent’s reaction says it all.

These guys played ping pong at the London Underground without any of the necessary equipment. Not even a ball. All they needed was to make that crisp sound of hollow plastic bouncing on wood reverberate in the subway.

TravisMathew’s made-to-order ping pong table has a 300lb. glass top. The top is polished and has its serving lines printed at the bottom side to ensure a level playing surface. We prefer the sound of ping pong balls on wood though.

Check out the precision in this extraordinary ping pong trick shot from Josep Antón Velázquez. His serves must have the perfect amount of spin, speed, height and placement to pass through the holes of the wood to finish the trick. Bravo, sir.

Mathieu Clausse swears that there are no special effects in his trick shot video, and every ping pong ball that bounces off the plates and into the cups is taken there by the laws of physics and gravity.

Teqball is a combination of soccer and table tennis. Players can hit the ball with their head, shoulders, knees or feet. An optional sensor system automatically officiates, tracks scores and records player stats.

Huzi’s red oak plywood coffee table doubles as a compact ping pong table. Its surface is coated with a chalkboard surface is great for doodling or keeping score. Measures 29.9″ x 14.2″ x 16.14″ and includes two paddles, a ball and an eraser.

Tobias Fränzel is now accepting orders for his quirky Ping Pong Door, which morphs from a door to a table tennis table with just one swing. It’s significantly narrower than a regulation table though. Contact Tobias to order.

Table tennis pros Jean-Michel Saive and Chuang Chih-yuan showcased their skills in both their sport and comedy in this awesome exhibition match. Watch them pull off trick shots and mess with the officials. Full match in HD here.

Purdue University MET built a gun that shoots ping pong balls at supersonic speeds, enough to punch a hole through a paddle. Skip to 5:47 to see it in action. Watch it go through soda cans here.

Raise office morale with Poppin’s Ping Pong Conference Table. It has drawers on either end to store items for work and play, and the central panel can manage cables or hold the net up.

British table tennis player David Wetherill dished out a well-placed return shot while he was falling in his match against Germany’s Kusiak Thomasz at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

Slade Manning, you’ve got competition. Meet Tom, the 9-year old son of YouTuber djnee. He’ll match you trick shot for trick shot. Plus he’s got a Pokemon T-shirt. You can’t match that swag.

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura eggs on Pan-kun the chimpanzee, who manages to play table tennis better than a human baby can – plus he can catch them in his mouth like marshmallows.

This highlight reel by Table Tennis Daily is a must watch even if you’re not a fan of ping pong. It has all kinds of shots – falling down, behind the back, no look – plus a wicked, never say die return.

What game can you play with a couple of crushed up paper cups and a penny anywhere you go? How about the latest sensation that’s sweeping the nation – Penny Pong. No nets required.

Designed by Stephan Copeland, Pongo has everything you need to play table tennis, including a retractable net with receptacles that don’t need to be clamped. Comes with a drawstring pouch.

The James Perse Limited Edition Ping Pong Table is handcrafted from environmentally farmed solid teak; the net and cover can be removed to convert the game room into a dining or conference room.

15 year-old Slade Manning has an uncanny ability to dunk ping pong balls into cups from afar. You may think this skill is useless, but he’ll kick your ass at beer pong once he’s of legal drinking age.

Want to play when your buddies aren’t around? You could always practice on the Kinect or Wii – or you could go up against iPong, the robotic ping pong machine, which can fire 12 to 70 balls-per-minute.

The stylish Chalk ping pong table by studio Aruliden for Puma features a chalkboard surface to record trash talk scores and convenient drink compartment underneath. Available this month.

Because it’s good to know where your priorities fly: Ryan Vanderbilt’s table&tennis is a slick, wood-topped, metal-framed conference table that also doubles as a ping pong table.