It looks like one tooI guess I should watch the video before I say too much, but I hate the name. It sounds like a department store / sporting good store consumer racquet, not one for real players.
That looks like the Mach 1000, not the RipStick, unless it's just the angle of the camera.How soon you forget,
No, Connor used a MonoSport?Jimmy Connors racquet?
no new range still includes both of them. The ripstick is more powerful than those sticks by some marginwarrior/beast replacement?
As you say new one looks much betterWe;; ;ookd so much better than original Ripstick, it was a 29 inch, extender head shape with a mono shat frame/grip
It was used by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, in the Australian Open in '97 when she won the Womens Doubles with Hingis.
Gotta sat this new 1 looks rather interesting
No beast line is still ongoingIs this replacement of beast line
OMG. The oports are a nonstarter! It seems like Prince lost all its pro players because of Oports. Probably not that simple but I swear that is when things went off the rails for them.
O ports are amazing, I love the plush feel they provide. I think more people would like them if they tried themDon‘t think it’s that simple at all. But it is sad when a company goes off the rails for designing rackets that function best for vast majority of average rec players.
Oports are one of the best technologies for arm health. You can easily make a stiff racket comfortable using these ports.
And if they were such an awful invention, do you think Prince would keep putting them out? Clearly they have a following which is amazing given they provide no marketing for them.
As for this frame, it’s totally not my jam to bash baseline balls with full poly. I’ll stick with my Phantoms.
The original Ripstick's status has grown from a 104" to 124" head. Massively underappreciatedThat looks like the Mach 1000, not the RipStick, unless it's just the angle of the camera.
@Shroud ; @Dartagnan64OMG. The oports are a nonstarter! It seems like Prince lost all its pro players because of Oports. Probably not that simple but I swear that is when things went off the rails for them.
Sure like I said its not that simple, but if the oports were all that, there would be more pros using them. 3 players in the top 100 are using prince. I didn't look to see if those are all oport models. Even if they are, 3% doesn't speak well for the tech being an advantage.@Shroud ; @Dartagnan64
Prince became an asset play for Nautic Partners when they took over in 2007. As many leverage buyout firms did during this period, they wrung as much "value " out of the company before selling it to Authentic Brands Group LLC, in 2012 as it had suffered from the 2008 global market meltdown and an 80 million dollar debt load.
Many long standing US companies suffered the same leverage buyout fate.
Pro players used the ported frames, a few stuck with Prince even when the endorsement money dried up.
The error at launch was not explaining no boomerang tool is needed with the 50 / 50 string pattern which starts the crosses from the middle ,alternating 2 up an 2 down.
Yeah while I will never understand it, some players like those silly ports.Don‘t think it’s that simple at all. But it is sad when a company goes off the rails for designing rackets that function best for vast majority of average rec players.
Oports are one of the best technologies for arm health. You can easily make a stiff racket comfortable using these ports.
And if they were such an awful invention, do you think Prince would keep putting them out? Clearly they have a following which is amazing given they provide no marketing for them.
As for this frame, it’s totally not my jam to bash baseline balls with full poly. I’ll stick with my Phantoms.
O ports are not a panacea for a stiff racquet. Still have a steel beam covered with velvet.
Yeah while I will never understand it, some players like those silly ports.
I was a huge prince fan, and its a long story but I found TW and this forum because of Prince. I even tried to end my racquetholicism by buying 3 Prince lightnings...it was the perfect racquet with perfect specs and I was happy. But damn if they didn't have the flared grommet version of the oports. I ditched those sticks shortly because they were always too soft no matter how high you strung them. My spin warrior was the same way too. Never could get it to feel good at contact...
Looks amazing! Can't wait to play with this Racquet. I intend to buy both the 280 and 300 versions budget depending. I love o ports too
no new range still includes both of them. The ripstick is more powerful than those sticks by some margin
A true Thunderstick!It is so comfy to take full swing with O ports. I don't usually believe in racquet technology mumbo jumbo but O ports actually works the way it is intended.
More powerful than warrior/beast? That will be too powerful for me
Not like any pro strings their own sticks.I have criticised O-Ports in the past. On some models, they are still a bit of a pain due to the size of them. But on the current models, they string up just fine. I do the 50/50 thing without any problems. And, in fact, find them easier to do than most of the 18X20 sticks I have.
I'm not sure using pros as an example to follow is really a valid means to dismiss technology(at least not outside of TTW). Very few pros use a Wilson Clash, yet it is the best selling stick currently on the market. And it is popular for a similar reason Prince o-ports are popular with some of us here. Hell, very few pros use any of the racquets that are actually popular in sales.
It's good to see Prince back at it.
Sure like I said its not that simple, but if the oports were all that, there would be more pros using them. 3 players in the top 100 are using prince. I didn't look to see if those are all oport models. Even if they are, 3% doesn't speak well for the tech being an advantage.@Shroud ; @Dartagnan64
Prince became an asset play for Nautic Partners when they took over in 2007. As many leverage buyout firms did during this period, they wrung as much "value " out of the company before selling it to Authentic Brands Group LLC, in 2012 as it had suffered from the 2008 global market meltdown and an 80 million dollar debt load.
Many long standing US companies suffered the same leverage buyout fate.
Pro players used the ported frames, a few stuck with Prince even when the endorsement money dried up.
The error at launch was not explaining no boomerang tool is needed with the 50 / 50 string pattern which starts the crosses from the middle ,alternating 2 up an 2 down.
Dank-o was in the zone that tournament. Absolute Terminator, in the body of a computer nerd.people here bashing oports forget about how many pros used to play with them
davydenko used an o port racket to beat nadal, federer, and delpo at one tournament
In fact in it's heyday o port rackets were the most popular selling rackets in the US, they definitely have a loyal following.
That being said it's not my cup of tea either, but it's cool to have variety in tennis, what price is doing with o ports is definitely unique
yup also don't forget Sharapova's 03 white, Bryan brothers with speedsport black, Gael Monfils for a bit with that green ported frame and one of my fav players rocking the ports was David Ferrer . I personally didn't like the ports in the past except when they managed to stiffen up the frame and improve feel with the textreme line which is why I use the Beast 03 98people here bashing oports forget about how many pros used to play with them
davydenko used an o port racket to beat nadal, federer, and delpo at one tournament
In fact in it's heyday o port rackets were the most popular selling rackets in the US, they definitely have a loyal following.
That being said it's not my cup of tea either, but it's cool to have variety in tennis, what price is doing with o ports is definitely unique
We;; ;ookd so much better than original Ripstick, it was a 29 inch, extender head shape with a mono shat frame/grip
It was used by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, in the Australian Open in '97 when she won the Womens Doubles with Hingis.
Gotta sat this new 1 looks rather interesting