BAS3LINE: from the physio clinic to racket prototypes

A brand born from a practitioner’s question

Before the rackets came the clinic. In the interview published by The Boast Pod on October 8, Wesley Teixeira connects BAS3LINE’s origins to his work as a physiotherapist at Queen’s Club. The arrival of padel courts brought new requests from players and led him to examine their equipment.

The story has a precise starting point: finding an answer for people attending his practice. The episode’s interest lies in the route he describes from that professional question to a sporting goods business.

Changing the balance was not enough

At 32:14, Teixeira explains that his first approach involved changing the balance of standard-weight rackets. Feedback led him to rethink the project. He then describes working with a composites specialist and looking for a lighter structure, particularly in the bridge between handle and head.

Hollowbridge becomes a design feature as well as a brand argument. The silhouette makes the object recognisable. Claims about comfort or injuries remain the founder’s statements: this interview is neither a clinical study nor an MPI product test.

The prototype meets the factory

The section from 36:21 to around 41 minutes is particularly concrete. Teixeira describes manufacturers turning down the project, trials in a small workshop and difficulties achieving consistent production weights. A shape can work on paper while complicating every manufacturing stage.

This brings a rarely advertised job into view. Building a brand involves decisions about resin, finishing, working time and tolerances. A promise of lightness also depends on the consistency of what leaves the factory.

Making that difference visible

Around 46 minutes, the conversation turns to ambassadors and brand films. Teixeira describes moving from organic content towards professional production. Imagery helps explain a technical positioning and introduce the business to clubs and retailers.

What interests MPI is the coherence sought between the object, its manufacture and its presentation. Commercial distinction operates across all three dimensions; it does not rest solely on a logo printed on a racket.

Watch the conversation

The Boast Pod, episode 12, published October 8, 2026. Running time: 59:15. Produced, hosted and edited by Marcus Berdaut; an Ampersounds production. Navigation: project origins at 23:49; design at 32:14; prototypes at 36:21; communication around 46 minutes.