teachingprotx
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Rok in a lighter package with a 16x18 pattern ! And while we’re at it a 50 RA stiffness please
Dear Wilson please bring back the ………….
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galain
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i think the Javelin was a pretty heavy stick.
Grafil Injection
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Six One 95S Parallel Drilling (2014) in the same specs: 309g unstrung, 21.5mm beam, 65 flex, apart from change the 18x16 pattern to something a bit denser like 18x17 or 16x19.
Lovely racket with similar feeling to 332g version, but more manoeuvrable for most players.
Lovely racket with similar feeling to 332g version, but more manoeuvrable for most players.
dak95_00
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Is it possible to make a light racquet with lots of flexibility? It would seem to me that lighter would mean stiffer so the ball could be hit with enough oomph to make it over the net. I suppose it would have to be a larger head size like the Wilson BLX Blade Team which is 104, 18x19, 10.1oz, and 54RA so the strings could trampoline the ball into play.
kevin qmto
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Sledge hammer lol.
onehandbh
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I have a HPST 85 that is little lighter than a regular PS85. It doesn't have red and yellow like the regular HPST. Does have the exposed woven graphite/kevlar on parts of it, though. Have not hit with it much. I'll hit with a bit more and give a playtest review.
Say Chi Sin Lo
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I would love it if Wilson would bring back any generation of the Pro Staff 90... And please make it matte black, as all Pro Staffs should be.
Yeah the Asian-only Hyper Pro Staff 85, 1 of 2000 produced for the millennium. I've owned 5. I have one, lent one to a friend, and sold 3 for a grand total of $640 over 3 years. It handles well, but is stiff. Requires Sensation or NXT strung around 50 or 52 with a vibration dampener.
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
FYI... a vibration dampener, like the name suggests, deals with vibration frequency. Not the shock from the stiffness of a racquet which is the actual stressor of arm pain along with improper technique and overuse.
SlowTiger
Professional
I 2nd this request!
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I put VS Touch mains with a poly cross in mine. Tension is I think upper 40s or low 50s.
Yes, I know that, but when something seemingly works, well you just chalk it up to that thing and leave it at that.
retrowagen
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How about the circa 1982, US-made, smallsh midsized aluminum “snowshoe” Sting, with irs criss-cross X-shaped plastic bridge, black top grain cowhide leather grip, and space-agey silver vinyl cover?
serveandvolE
Rookie
Retrowagen, I don't recall ever seeing that racket back in the 80s. That one definitely has a uniqueness to it to say the least! How does it play?
slipgrip93
Professional
k-factor prostaff 88
prostaff six one 95 blx
tour 95 blx limited
And make the wilson steam 100 blx comeback official or at least in a 'prolabs' version. Instead of just seeing it used under Blade repaints by plenty on the WTA.
prostaff six one 95 blx
tour 95 blx limited
And make the wilson steam 100 blx comeback official or at least in a 'prolabs' version. Instead of just seeing it used under Blade repaints by plenty on the WTA.
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retrowagen
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For an aluminum frame of that era, not too bad.
xFullCourtTenniSx
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I'd love for them to bring back the K90 in all black or any pre-2007 PS/6.1/6.0 paintjob except the PSC paintjob.
Like Say Chi Sin Lo, I'm almost willing to settle for any PS90 at this point. Hell, I'd love to have one of the earlier generations with the drill pattern of the later generations (a N90 or PS90 with the post 2007 drill pattern in the K90, BLX90, etc). Hell, I'll even just be happy if they only made grommets for the later PS90s and sold them.
Like Say Chi Sin Lo, I'm almost willing to settle for any PS90 at this point. Hell, I'd love to have one of the earlier generations with the drill pattern of the later generations (a N90 or PS90 with the post 2007 drill pattern in the K90, BLX90, etc). Hell, I'll even just be happy if they only made grommets for the later PS90s and sold them.
atatu
Legend
Why did the Kobra line fail so spectacularly ? Never figured that out.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
The name..?
I feel like they hired a focus group or marketing team from the 90s.
Kobra...for a tennis racquet...really?
O wait they used a "K" instead of C, that's cool or should I say kool
Not saying it's a bad racquet, just terrible marketing
onehandbh
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If they do bring back the K90, I hope they improve the quality of the paint and racquet overall. The K90s I had broke very easily from overheads and the paint was not durable at all.
Steve Huff
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The black & white Triad Pro Staff 6.0, but make it 100 sq in this time.
Who knows why it didn’t sell that well? Maybe it has a cult following. I’m still finding them and buying them.
I like Kobra as opposed to Cobra. It worked for Kool and the Gang. Ha! The second edition was Cobra though.The name..?
I feel like they hired a focus group or marketing team from the 90s.
Kobra...for a tennis racquet...really?
O wait they used a "K" instead of C, that's cool or should I say kool
Not saying it's a bad racquet, just terrible marketing
Henry Hub
Professional
This is the Star from 1915/1916. It was the first racket sold by the Ashland Manufacturing Company, the predecessor in title to Wilson, and sold for 75cents. It is ludicrously light compared to its contemporaries from Wright & Ditson, Spalding, Horsman etc - not a serious racket by any means.
mental midget
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FPK tapered beam...relatively heavy but very headlight, maybe a touch stiffer than the original...that would be an insane racket. that tapered beam gave such great feedback on touch shots, slices, volleys.
Grafil Injection
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SVP
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Oh too bad for me. I need a 4 1/4. Thanks anyway.
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