"the Blackburne Double Strung racquet...years in the making...designed to solve long-standing problems in racquet science."
Tennis Match

“...Blackburne’s double-stringed tennis racket delivers exceptional power...”
Men’s Health

1998 Special Issue Buyer’s Guide,
What Men Really Want
Features the best sports equipment, exercise gear, camping and outdoor equipment.
Men’s Journal

“The Gear of the Year, Great Toys for Grown-up Boys” 
Edited by David Sparrow
Sports, Fitness, Adventure, Ideas December1997/January 1998 Issue

This year, like any year, we saw press releases touting thousands of new products -everything from sports equipment to camping gear to consumer-electronics gizmos.  We tested hundreds of these items in the field, and many of them wound up in our pages.  But these stand out as 1997’s most significant breakthroughs.  Take some notes, then start dropping holiday hints.
Men’s Journal

“It’s the most comfortable racquet I’ve ever hit with. 
It seems to absorb more shock than most conventional racquets.”
-Gary Squires, TENNIS Racquet Advisory Panel,
Tennis Magazine