Black Crown Piton
The Piton is Black Crown's flagship and the frame the brand is known for: a round racket built on control, firm enough to add power when the ball is struck cleanly. The base racket is versioned by year rather than by tier, so the number on a listing tells you the season and not the level, and the named builds sit around it rather than above it.
Piton Attack is the real departure — a teardrop with a braided glass-and-carbon face over a firmer core, for players who finish at the net rather than build from the back. Piton White Soft goes the other way, swapping the standard face for a more flexible aluminised fibreglass weave over a multi-density core, which is the one to take if the base frame feels harsh on the arm. Piton Global is a further named variant of the flagship, and Piton Jr is the junior frame.
Within Black Crown's catalogue the Piton sits beside the Patron, the Win and the Invictus as a family in its own right rather than as a tier of something else. It carries most of the brand's reputation, and it is where a Black Crown buyer usually starts.
Current Black Crown Piton models
4 models
Questions about the Black Crown Piton
Which Piton should I choose?
Start from how you finish points. The Attack is the teardrop for players who take the ball early and hit through it; the White Soft is the most forgiving of the family and the one to take if the standard frame feels hard on the arm; the numbered base racket sits between them and is the versatile choice. The Jr is a junior frame rather than a lighter adult option.
What does the number on a Piton mean?
It is the generation, not the level. Black Crown renumbers the flagship each season, so a Piton 14 is the season after a Piton 13 rather than a step above it. Two rackets a year apart are usually close in feel, which is what makes an older generation worth looking at when it is discounted.
What separates the standard Piton from the White Soft?
The face and the core. The White Soft uses a braided, aluminised fibreglass face that flexes more than the standard carbon, over a multi-density Black EVA core, so it plays softer and gives more ball output for less effort. The trade is precision: the standard frame is firmer and rewards a cleaner strike.
Is the Piton a control racket or a power racket?
The base frame is a control racket with a round head and a wide sweet spot, and the family spreads out from there. Calling the whole range one or the other would be wrong, because the Attack is a teardrop built for power while the White Soft trades firmness for comfort. Read the build word rather than the family name.
Further reading
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