Mitsubishi completes Diamana shaft updates with sixth-generation Red Board

USA Today

25-02-2025

Mitsubishi completes Diamana shaft updates with sixth-generation Red Board Designed to create a higher launch and more spin than the White and Blue Board shafts, Mitsubishi Diamana Red Board could help some players hit longer, straighter drives.
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Mitsubishi has released the sixth generation of its Diamana Red Board golf shaft, designed for mid-to-high launch and moderate spin.
The Red Board shaft features XLink Tech Resin, increasing carbon fiber content for enhanced strength and a smoother feel.
Mitsubishi offers a range of Diamana shafts, including the Blue Board for lower launch and the White Board for the lowest spin, catering to various player needs.
Over the past decade, golf club manufacturers have started offering several variations of drivers to make it easier for players and fitters to find a version that is ideally suited for their game. That means low-spin options, drivers that blend forgiveness and enhanced ball speed and clubs made to maximize forgiveness, along with special versions created a ultra-low weights to help moderate and slower-swinging players generate more clubhead speed.
Shaft companies have been doing that for decades because driver shafts need to work with lots of different swing speed and styles, and with the release of the sixth-generation Red Board, Mitsubishi has completed the update to its most-storied shaft franchise, Diamama.
In 2024, the Japanese brand released updates to the White Board and Blue Board shafts, and now with Red Board ($400), the three shafts, which are available in multiple weights and flexes, create a matrix that can work for a broad number of players.
The goal with all Diamana shafts is for a golfer to get enhanced feel and a sense of smoothness through the swing instead of feeling boardy or overly rigid.
The Diamama Red Board — which once again sports a surfboard and Hawaiian-style flowers on the handle side — is available in weights ranging from 44 to 81 grams and flexes from senior to Tour X. Red Board is a mid- to mid-high launch shaft designed to create moderate spin for players who can benefit from a higher launch angle off the tee and with fairway woods. It utilizes a technology Mitsubishi calls XLink Tech Resin to decrease the amount of bonding material used in the shaft and increase the amount of carbon fiber, which boosts the shaft's overall strength. Mitsubishi strengthened the handle area in the Red Board and changed the way the small pieces of carbon fiber are layered and oriented in the tip.
The 2025 Red Board's more-active tip encourages the driver head to boost the launch angle and spin rate for a higher flight, while simultaneously reducing torque for tighter dispersion, according to Mitsubishi.
For golfers who need a lower flight and less spin to maximize distance and accuracy off the tee, the sixth-generation Blue Board, which was released in 2024, offers a similar profile but with a more-rigid tip section. For the heaviest hitters who generate the most spin, Mitsubishi has the sixth-generation White Board, which has the lowest torque and most rigid tip area.