[Gxgolfer]

The new ION Diamana M Red shafts feature a softer tip section and stiffer mid area providing a higher launch angle without ballooning. The Japanese version Diamanas have the Ion finish and flower band unlike the U.S spec versions.

Diamana Red (M63) 62g 2.9tq
Diamana Red (M73) 72g 2.9tq
Diamana Red (M83) 82g 2.9tq

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[jdvcanal]

This shaft is expensive - and well worth it!!! This shaft feels fabulous (In a FT3 Callaway Fusion) and automatically shapes shots beautifully. I wish all of my clubs felt this good.

[dwdrummer21]

I have this shaft in a titleist 907D2 and it is phenomenal.great launch angle and easy to shape shots.it is also the longest head shaft combo i have ever hit.

[flava_1]

I really like the Red board and am contemplating a purchase of it ( M73 stiff). Anyone suggest some alternatives I can try with similar kick point/torque/launch chars so I can try to compare?

[ktbfsu]

i have a diamana blueboard that performs for me. i'm naturally a high ball hitter. is this shaft more ideally suited for people looking to increase their launch angle? my launch angle average is 13.9 degrees with an 8.5 degree head and a blueboard shaft. i'm enough of an experimenter/grail chaser that i like to try everything. really love the blueboard, but would love to see how a redboard and a white board perform.

[Qegurezi]

ktbfsu, on Feb 4 2008, 12:32 PM, said:

i have a diamana blueboard that performs for me. i'm naturally a high ball hitter. is this shaft more ideally suited for people looking to increase their launch angle? my launch angle average is 13.9 degrees with an 8.5 degree head and a blueboard shaft. i'm enough of an experimenter/grail chaser that i like to try everything. really love the blueboard, but would love to see how a redboard and a white board perform.

The Redboard goes higher and spins more than the Blueboard, the White will spin less than the blue and for most launched a little lower too.

[Hifade]

I have an X flex whiteboard 63 in my G10 and it's incredible.....I also have an X flex blueboard 83 in my 3-wood and it's perfect. The redboard will launch it higher and spin it more, however, the whiteboard vs the blueboard is on an individual basis. Some have seen a higher ball flight with the whiteboard (with loads less spin) while others have gotten a slightly higher flight with the blueboard. It really depends on your swing and angle of descent (I believe).

Also, ktbfsu, 13.9 is perfect IMHO.

ktbfsu, on Feb 3 2008, 08:32 PM, said:

i have a diamana blueboard that performs for me. i'm naturally a high ball hitter. is this shaft more ideally suited for people looking to increase their launch angle? my launch angle average is 13.9 degrees with an 8.5 degree head and a blueboard shaft. i'm enough of an experimenter/grail chaser that i like to try everything. really love the blueboard, but would love to see how a redboard and a white board perform.

[mul1gan]

Have any of you noticed if these play softer then other shafts? If I play a stiff in the rombax or stock fuji tp shaft would i have to go with the x rather then the s flex?

[mul1gan]

do these shafts play softer or firmer then normal? please help....

thanks

[longball78]

firmer than normal...I've got an X in the red board and it's a whole lotta shaft!

[Buzzkill]

I have a blue shaft in x-flex which I got a great deal on. I normally play a stiff shaft and had no problem with the x-flex and I believe they play softer.

[mul1gan]

Need the experts advice. I recently purchased from a board member a 63g x-flex redboard. After installing it in my alpha c830.2 head I found the shaft to be a little stiff. I couldnt get this high launch shaft up in the air. Do you guys think it will play a little softer and closer to a firm flex if I try to install it in my TEE cb2? I really want to give the diamanas a try. Is there anything I can do to make it play a bit softer? maybe get it spined?

my swing speed is only about 105 and i'm roughly a 7 capper.

thanks

[drpino]

the alpha c830.2 is a blind bore hosel with a very shallow bottom of bore to ground measurement (BBGM). i would try reinstalling it at a shallower insertion (1.5-2") since at full insertion in that head the softer tip profile of the redboard will be negated.

[mul1gan]

So using the redboard in a 3 wood would make it feel a little softer?

I thought the shaft has to sit flat (all the way) in the head.

I'm hoping the weight and depth of the 3wood will make the shaft feel softer.

[drpino]

if you did not tip it according to standard installation instructions, yes, it would play a little softer than stated flex.

typically the shaft should be inserted fully, but as mentioned, the alpha head has a shallow BBGM and inserting a shaft fully will make it feel tipped or a bit stiffer than in a head with a standard BBGM.

[ealuff]

What head do you ahve the redboard in? Ihave it in a low spin head that is not forgiving enough. My swing is 100-105. I have an extra superquad and demo the lv4x whcxih I might try again Love the shaft little extra kick. Vamn hit bombs but need a head w/ a little more love for when I'm spraying

[anthony007]

I have a 63 RedBoard in a sumo2 tour 9.5 and the 73 in a 905r 9.5
its a very sold shaft for me i don't spin the ball much and this helps some what (SwingSpeed 110)
The 905R is very sold with this shaft. i can hit draws and fades
the sumo2 tour im not so sure on yet i just hit a few range balls today and some were great and others just fell out of the sky not sure if its the head or the crappy rang balls (they were the yellow ones and a lot of ware on them)

FYI - I'm just recovering from my Achilles Tendon Rupture back in December so that is effecting my swing and getting of my right side...

[roseman334]

I usually play X or S flex and people on this forum are right the red does play really stiff, so I got the R flex and it works.

[manxofxsteel69]

mul1gan, on Apr 29 2008, 12:01 PM, said:

So using the redboard in a 3 wood would make it feel a little softer?

I thought the shaft has to sit flat (all the way) in the head.

I'm hoping the weight and depth of the 3wood will make the shaft feel softer.

A lot of people that I know including myself converted our bore through Titleist heads so that we can shaft them conventionally. This is the reason that titleist has their own version of the Diamana. The titleist diamana blues are softer. I personally play the BB in a few of my drivers, 2 of them Titleist and both are shafted in at 1.5" instead of the bore through with the true Diamanas.

I have a Reg flex Diamana red in my 3 wood and that thing definitely plays stiff.

[MP60dude]

I guess it would be stupid to go by their website?! 106 SS means X flex! 92-105 means S.