What is the history of TW?

[hummer23]

As the members of this site are frequent customers of tennis warehouse, myself included, im am curious as to if anyone knows the history behind TW? When and by whom was it founded, was it in the same place in san luis obispo? Please share if you have knowledge about it. If you guys at TW have some sort of 'about us' info could you guys insert a link or paste it here?

 

[BreakPoint]

Here you go, hummer23.

The history of TW in this article: http://www.racquetsportsindustry.com/issues/200511/200511online_retailer.html

 

[hummer23]

Thanks breakpoint, veru interesting reading, thats not what i expected at all. Im glad they decided to continue with the retail business. By the way, when did they first start the Talk Tennis boards?

 

[Barricade_steve]

i think it was about 3 years ago when they started TT.

 

[BreakPoint]

i think it was about 3 years ago when they started TT.

Actually, this new board was started almost two years ago in Feb. 2004. If you look at the join date of some of the more well known members of this board (myself included), you'll see that most joined in Feb. 2004, as we were amongst the first to sign up, but none before that date.

However, there was an old TT board here that existed for, I think, 6 or 7 years before the switchover to the new board.

 

[Sixpointone]

I was a member of the version of Tennis Warehouse's Tennis Talk back in 1999. So whereas I am unsure when it was first created, I can confirm it existed back then.

 

[K!ck5w3rvE]

Yep I was on the old board for a little while, and then joined here in Feb 04.

 

[jhhachamp]

I definitely remember being on the old board for a few years. I'm trying to remember what it was like it was now, but can't really. I seem to remember some poster pusherman who liked to argue with Deuce a lot. I wonder what happened to that guy.

 

[johnathan smith]

Yep,
I remember the old board, the 1st board. I actually liked it better.
Anyhow, I am a MAck from waaay back. One of the original Playas.......
FROM THE HIMELEYAS!

 

[Deuce]

I definitely remember being on the old board for a few years. I'm trying to remember what it was like it was now, but can't really. I seem to remember some poster pusherman who liked to argue with Deuce a lot. I wonder what happened to that guy.

My bet is that he's been incarcerated for selling drugs.

 

[Aykhan Mammadov]

I also was at the old forum.

By the way anybody knows any info about turnover of TW ? How much do they sell per year ?

 

[VamosRafa]

TW is great, both as a provider of tennis equipment, but also as a sponsor of the sport in general.

 

[Noelle]

I also was at the old forum.

Really now? When you first came on here people acted as if you were a new person. :lol:

 

[Aykhan Mammadov]

Really now? When you first came on here people acted as if you were a new person. :lol:

Really. I'm not joking. I subscribed in October 2002. But there are my posts in old Archives section, probably.

So anybody knows turnover of TW ?

 

[bc-05]

yeh i was there too.. did u remember me noelle?

 

[Noelle]

No, I wasn't around at the old forum. I registered in October 2004.