Mantis Custom 98 - The customizable tennis racket July 17, 2016 02:44

It is with pride that we announce the launch of the project "Mantis Custom 98".

Mantis Sport International, and in particular its founder Martin Aldridge, supported the Mantis Sport Italia team in the creation of a very limited edition racket of 65 pieces.

We at HMA Sport are aligned with the vision of Mantis Sport Italia and believe that the future of the tennis racket will develop along two divergent paths. The first will be dominated by major brands, capable of making enormous advertising investments to secure top players with tens of millions of dollars, and will target a retail audience. The second path will be that of niche brands, which will have to focus on the absolute quality of materials and the possibility for consumers to find exactly "their" racket.

This market is made up of the most demanding tennis players, competitive players, or simply those who are truly able to perceive the quality beneath an attractive paint job.

The project Mantis Custom 98 consists of manufacturing a very small number of frames, with pro stock quality characteristics, deeply customizable, available to Italian enthusiasts.

After six weeks of waiting, the 65 pieces (15 of which are destined for Japan) produced with this logic have finally arrived in Italy.

Mantis Custom 98 frames meet the highest possible quality standards, have unique graphics, and a length that can be up to 71 cm.

The frame, built with the best high-modulus graphite, combines with handle shells similar in shape to Wilson or Head, with Mantis range or natural leather grips, and can be balanced according to the individual tennis player's specifications.

The frame has a 98-inch string bed and a 16/19 string pattern, a constant 21 mm profile, hybrid boxed and elliptical, light and particularly stable, already successfully tested for several years in the company's Pro 295 model.

The possibility of customizing it at will will allow for a fantastic and, above all, unique tool for each individual tennis player.

If this idea proves successful (the investment for the production of such a limited and particular stock was considerable) it will have a follow-up and will represent the direction in which Mantis will decisively move.

If it is not understood, it will remain a precious item that 65 lucky people in the world will be able to display on the court.

Hans Beerbohm

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