Softest Becker frame estusa /puma

[teachingprotx]

i use to play with the puma super back in the late 80's. I then moved onto the checker board Estusa pro van tech. Which was a very similar mold but had some differences in beam and weight bulges in the head . I've also had the estusa power beam pro. And the plain power beam. Never had the power beam braided as it was too stiff for me. Great graphics maybe be my all time fave racket paint job in the world.
One time many years ago now 2002 ish. I was playing with an power beam pro estusa and noticed that on the court next to me a guy had one similar as well. They were uncommon even then . We chatted and even traded rackets for a bit right there on court . He had a different version than mine . Same navy blue and red graphics it was an estusa but I can't remember which one. But his was crazy flexible way more than mine very noticeable. And it looked good barely used . Hardly a scratch on it. Wish I knew which version it was . I've been looking for since! Does anyone know which version was the softest? The one I played with that day was more flexible in feel than what the rdc says these racquets and variants of. Heck maybe it was cracked for all I know . But whichever version it was it was sublime

 

[PSC85]

was it the becker championship limited frames?

 

[PaulC]

Well, since you mentioned the graphics is Estusa, then it may be a ProVantec PB, if it's 18X20 pattern.

http://www.80s-tennis.com/pages/estusa-bb.html

 

[teachingprotx]

was it the becker championship limited frames?

Maybe i just can't Remember . It defineyly was an estusa as I remember the silver font . When the blank Molds of beckers actual frame the one with the wooden box? I thought maybe that was the one . But then I recall His had estusa branded on the frame . Although I did hear that the blank molds were some
Of the softest made . As I
Guess Becker wanted his to
Be more flexible / fatigued a bit

 

[teachingprotx]

Anyone out there ? Hit with one of those blanks? Compared to the retail versuins ?

 

[teachingprotx]

Another note on this still after all this time I still have no idea what the flex rating was on the puma Boris Becker super .ive gathered info from other stringers and from Dino rdc log that the ra value on the Becker top star Kevlar ?? puma ,it was blue red with a whit / silver top as 67 the puma winner at 62.
But No info on the super ? I'd bet it was 63 if I was a guessing man....
I forget who told us here on TW that Becker liked his flexed out a bit. And he actually played with a vilas puma I believe under various " winner "and super " paint jobs models. Which I think I remember that one being in the ra of high 50's.... like 57 58... but to me the super did not feel that flexible unless I hit it juuuuuuuuuuust right .. but when I was playing these frames back in the late 80's early 90's I couldn't get them tight enough . I settled for low 70lbs-ish one time I got a friend of mine who played on our biggest rival high school team to string it at 80 lbs.. it was on his dads home stringer drop weight table top gamma stringer.
I was there with him during the stringing thinking in my mind there is no way I'd ever be able to learn how to string ....it took him well over an hour to do it and man it looked incredibly difficult to work that machine ...
it's funny I'm a pro stringer now and have been stringing frames for well over 20 years now , which is disgusting to think about , but I've used a table stringer before only once .. but I've never used a drop weight like a klipper mate .. I don't think I'd be able to do it or figure it out still.....i do remember what that kid charged me for stringing my racket . 5.00 dollars and I remember that it was the best job I'd ever had done on that puma... even the last mains and last top and bottom strings were tight as drums. I was impressed. Wanted to keep using him as my stringer but my friends on my team got wind I had gone to the "dark side" and simply wouldn't have it . So I couldn't be asked to use him anymore . Good old Brian Downey from sellersburg Indiana baby!

 

[vsbabolat]

There was also a Puma Boris Becker Pro