HEAD Boom Raw: Built Clean for the Future of Tennis

HEAD stripped the racket back to its essentials. The Boom Raw launches today, Earth Day 2025, with zero surface coatings and a full commitment to lower-impact manufacturing. What’s visible is the raw carbon fiber frame, molded without added gloss or graphic layers. This isn’t about highlighting sustainability in a brochure. The racket itself becomes the message.

Designer: HEAD

The Boom Raw is constructed entirely from bio-circular carbon fibers. Toray and its European subsidiary supplied the material, derived from agricultural and forestry biomass waste. That input avoids landfill and instead powers the racquet’s structure. The production method follows a mass balance approach, which tracks and attributes the bio-based content throughout the manufacturing process.

Skipping the paint stage reduces chemical exposure and lowers the energy needed to complete each unit. HEAD also leaves out finishing touches that usually serve no performance purpose. That choice reduces emissions and simplifies recycling at the end of the racket’s usable life.

HEAD retains the technical design found in the regular Boom series. This includes the Auxetic yoke, known for adjusting tension response based on impact force. The feel remains responsive and smooth. Players familiar with the Boom’s handling will find the timing and feedback unchanged.

Instead of hiding construction details under branding and gloss, Boom Raw presents the uncoated surface as is. Every fiber line and contour is visible. The matte texture enhances grip and alters the racket’s feel in the hand during rallies. Nothing is added after the molding process. The frame tells its own story.

HEAD released this racket on Earth Day with intent. The Boom Raw is the first production model to use Toray’s bio-circular carbon throughout. At the same time, HEAD’s manufacturing partner in China is moving to fully green energy for racquet production. That shift is projected to cut emissions by 7,000 tons annually, based on internal calculations.

These aren’t temporary moves tied to a campaign window. They reflect deeper operational shifts already in motion. HEAD positions this release not as an exception but as the beginning of a more responsible approach to performance gear.

The Boom Raw is designed for players who want to understand the objects they train with. It offers a straightforward swing path and controlled energy return. Feedback remains consistent across volleys and baseline exchanges. HEAD doesn’t wrap that experience in slogans. It delivers a tool with fewer excesses and a cleaner build process.

There are no QR codes on the handle. No certificates tucked into the packaging. Just a frame molded with purpose and sent out without the usual extras. For those who’ve already made changes to their routines—on court and off—this racquet fits in without asking for compromise.

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