Epic prestige video is epic

[khw72004]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=QtNp8TQ_JCs

[Andyroo10567]

Oh my. . . . . , Makes me want to buy a Prestige FlexPoint

[Rock Strongo]

Aaw... I thought this would be from the 80's and feature incredibly 80's music while a man in a suit with overly large shoulder pads presented its many innovations with cheesy video effects...

[joe sch]

Great video, loved seeing the past greats and the prestige pros and pc600s. Sure wish some retros could be rereleased like wilson has done for the prostaff 60.

[TMR]

What version Prestige Pro is this, as seen in the video?

http://imgur.com/a/iGmv0

I have seen other Head racquets with the VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, sometimes with besonders armschonend beneath, but not the red Head Prestige Pro.

[Agassi-Fan]

Great video. Head def makes some great racquets. I love my microgel prestiges

[chrischris]

Very nice vid. Only problem is the fact that the pros doent use these rackets. they use PT 57a's , TGK 238.4 ,238.5's PT10's etc . proper graphite and twaron layups.

[Pro_Tour_630]

the best racquet in the history of racquets that spans 25 years and counting maybe another 25 years. 25 year old racquet that is still used today by many touring pros, can we say the same for other frames that lasted more than 25 years. Dunlop maxply

[treblings]

Originally Posted by Pro_Tour_630

the best racquet in the history of racquets that spans 25 years and counting maybe another 25 years. 25 year old racquet that is still used today by many touring pros, can we say the same for other frames that lasted more than 25 years. Dunlop maxply

definitely the maxply, also i guess the wilson kramer and slazenger challenge no.1 in it´s different reincarnations.
as far as graphite rackets are concerned, the prestige stands alone, imho

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by chrischris

Very nice vid. Only problem is the fact that the pros doent use these rackets. they use PT 57a's , TGK 238.4 ,238.5's PT10's etc . proper graphite and twaron layups.

The TGK has no Twaron. PT10 is the Prestige Pro/Classic and the PT57A is the Pro Tour 630 the original Prestige in 630cm2 series.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by vsbabolat

The TGK has no Twaron. PT10 is the Prestige Pro/Classic and the PT57A is the Pro Tour 630 the original Prestige in 630cm2 series.

sorry if i ask a really stupid question
pt10´s or pt57´s as used today by the pros still contain twaron?

[racquetfreak]

Originally Posted by TMR

What version Prestige Pro is this, as seen in the video?

http://imgur.com/a/iGmv0

I have seen other Head racquets with the VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, sometimes with besonders armschonend beneath, but not the red Head Prestige Pro.

unfortunately, it's one that i don't have. possibly a pc600 prototype that didn't make it to market.

[racquetfreak]

Originally Posted by khw72004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=QtNp8TQ_JCs

fantastic phylogenetic recap of a great model through time.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by TMR

What version Prestige Pro is this, as seen in the video?

http://imgur.com/a/iGmv0

I have seen other Head racquets with the VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, sometimes with besonders armschonend beneath, but not the red Head Prestige Pro.

Originally Posted by racquetfreak

unfortunately, it's one that i don't have. possibly a pc600 prototype that didn't make it to market.

That's the Prestige Pro from 1988.

[racquetfreak]

Originally Posted by vsbabolat

That's the Prestige Pro from 1988.

normally the 1st generation pp look more brown than red - the one in these photos look to be very metallic deep candy apple red.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by racquetfreak

normally the 1st generation pp look more brown than red - the one in these photos look to be very metallic deep candy apple red.

The 1st gen Prestige Pro from 1986 and 1987 was all brown. Then the paint changed to red and brown around the hoop in 1988.
Here is my 1988 Prestige Pro compared to the YT Prestige red and the bottom photo is from the video. The color of my racquet and the Prestige Pro from the video is the same.

[racquetfreak]

Originally Posted by vsbabolat

The 1st gen Prestige Pro from 1986 and 1987 was all brown. Then the paint changed to red and brown around the hoop in 1988.
Here is my 1988 Prestige Pro compared to the YT Prestige red and the bottom photo is from the video. The color of my racquet and the Prestige Pro from the video is the same.

so this a 2nd generation prestige pro?
my 2nd gen PPs are brown starting gradually on the throat a couple inches below the CAP and the hoop is all brown. assume tis is a variation between production runs of the 2nd gen PPs.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by racquetfreak

so this a 2nd generation prestige pro?
my 2nd gen PPs are brown starting gradually on the throat a couple inches below the CAP and the hoop is all brown. assume tis is a variation between production runs of the 2nd gen PPs.

That is the Prestige Pro cosmetic for the US Market. Europe was brown going down the bridge and a little past. See photo below for Prestige Pro for Europe.



I have been playing with these racquets unfortunately for most of life and can't seem to switch from them.

[racquetfreak]

thanks vsbabolat - you never fail to amaze me with the depth of your knowledge of various breeds of the species Racqueteus graphitus

[Virginia]

Here's mine (all brown). Wonderful racquet, in mint condition.

http://80s-tennis.com/pages/head-prestige-pro.html