This is my sport.

Henge Concrete Table Tennis Platforms

Playing table tennis outdoors is preferable to an indoor setting, but typical indoor composite setups don't stand up so well to the elements of nature. Enter Henge Concrete Table Tennis Platforms ($3,500). Made up of three pieces of sculpture-like reinforced concrete, these sturdy surfaces bounce more or less just like their indoor counterparts, conform to International Table Tennis Federation specifications, and include nifty powder-coated steel nets that should make for some very interesting deflections.

This is my sport.

Last month I wrote a post about the growth of Ping Pong.  Turns out that the sport is hotter than ever.

Now comes word that actress Susan Sarandon has taken on a new role – that of investor in SPiN,  a Ping-Pong parlor that just opened its doors in New York.

The Thelma & Louise star, who discovered the game through her son Miles and helped launch the new place this month,  is very excited about her passion for ping pong.

 “I started finding out that there was this subculture of Ping-Pong and all these people that you wouldn’t expect are serious about it,” she said. “I just worked with Ed Norton, and he’s so committed that he trained in China while he was shooting a film there.”

In a recent People magazine Sarandon mentions that George Clooney is also a fierce competitor.

OMFG. No doubt in my mind: This guy has the sickest backhand in the game.