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Bowling.com : an Active Online Bowling Community

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New Storm Prodigy Bowling Ball Available Now

I’ve been looking forward to the newest high-performance bowling ball release from Storm for a while now. It’s here, available from your local pro shop or at an online pro shop. In Storm’s Master line, the new Storm Prodigy is just waiting to change your game! The new Centripetal core design weight block was created to allow you to drill the ball with a bunch of different layouts while still getting consistent results from the breakpoint on into the pocket.

The new Storm Prodigy

Storm tested all kinds of covers with this ball and finally settled on the one that gave them the results they were looking for. The R2X™ Pearl material with E.T.M. (Enhanced Traction Mica) with a 4000-grit Abralon™ finish Storm says you will get a clean glide through the heads without sacrificing control of the midlane. I haven’t bowled with this ball yet, but as long as the promises are true, it sounds good to me! Whether you’re right handed or left, a stroker, tweener or cranker the new Storm Prodigy promises to be a great ball for you. Don’t wait! Be the first of in your league to grab this ball. Then come back here and rate it for me. I want to know what you think of it in the real world.

Oh… and it smells like a blueberry!

It’s not an Illusion : Cheap Closeout Bowling Balls for the Masses

Are you looking for cheap bowling balls? In this economy, I think anyone interested in bowling is. There are plenty of great places to look but it’s nice to know a site or two where you can find all of the best closeout bowling balls in stock and seriously marked down. My current favorite choices online are bowling.com and the recently revamped “Closeout Monster” – BowlZilla.com.

Find deals as much as 50% off (sometimes more) on some of the best selling, best performing high-performance bowling balls that have ever been released. A few examples at BowlZilla: Hammer Black Widow Pearl – save 47%; Storm Dimension – save 48%; Roto Grip Illusion – save 57%.

Great deals! It’s a great day to be a bowler.

Hammer Jigsaw Corner : Always Finds The Pocket

Hammer Jigsaw Corner

Today let’s consider a bowling ball that’s been out for a while. Released by Hammer during the height of the holidays, I think around mid December of this past year, the Hammer Jigsaw Corner has really proved itself in these last few months. This continues Hammer Bowling’s recent streak of quality products. It’s really been a while since I’ve heard any real complaints about a Hammer ball.

Given the name one would certainly expect this ball to cut the corner sharply and find the pocket even when you roll a bit outside of your intended path. By customer reviews, it appears that’s exactly what this ball does. It’s definitely able to take on the heaviest of oil on the lanes. The descriptions of users often personify the ball and give it a mind of its own! The ball has been described as “wanting nothing more than to smash the pins”. The way people are talking, I’m picturing it not just correcting from a board or two off. I’m getting a visual of it jumping up out of the gutter! Of course I’m laughing as I say that. But it seems to be the case that bowler after bowler gets the same result. Throw it where you want meant to or accidentally throw it off a bit, the ball still cuts throw and finds the pocket. It seems it’s difficult not to get at least 9 pins and splits rarely happen with the incredible pin action the Jigsaw Corner gives you.

The secret is Hammer’s combo of the same “Jigsaw” core from the original Hammer Jigsaw and the new Quick Corner 5/4 cover stock. The new cover allows it to roll longer than the original Jigsaw. And then it has a much sharper cut for much more aggressive back end than the original. So you can take your pick. With the first Jigsaw, you can roll longer and you have to be more accurate. Or you can go with the newer, more forgiving Hammer Jigsaw Corner.

As always, if you’re rolling this ball at your local house or if you’ve gotten to test it out somewhere, give me a shout. Let me know about its real world performance, whether it upped your score, etc. Let me know if it’s really as forgiving as everyone says it is.

Until next time…

Ebonite Mission : The Best Ebonite Bowling Ball in a Long Time

Ebonite Mission Bowling Ball

Well, the initial reviews are in. Everyone is talking about the new Ebonite Mission bowling ball. I’ve even heard it’s the best ball Ebonite has produced in years. It’s getting big time reviews at bowling centers and around the web. Check customer reviews for yourself. You’ll see pretty consistent 4 and 5 star reviews. Ebonite has done more testing on this ball than on any other high performance bowling ball they’ve ever put out. That’s right. Ebonite is getting serious and they’re working hard to gain their status back as the best in bowling. Their Hammer balls have been the more highly rated products for the past couple of years, and Storm bowling balls and Roto Grip bowling balls have definitely been better performing for a while. But it looks like Ebonite is really making strides now to bring their main line of products up to par with the best performers in the game. The bowling industry could always use a bit more competition for the highest quality, best performing, most innovative products.

So I’m definitely glad to see the “Big Cat” of bowling finally choosing to step it up again. It brings back memories of Ebonite’s glory days! Anyone else thinking about the Matrix, Vortex and Apex lines of Ebonite balls? Good products. And good to see something along those lines from Ebonite again. If you’ve bowled with the new Mission from Ebonite, let me know what you think about it. I always like to here other people’s opinions!

Storm Invasion Bowling Ball, Powerful But Controllable Hook

Storm Invasion Bowling Ball

Every bowling ball manufacturer says every new line of ball has new features that are the “next big thing”, the “latest advancements”. Well, it truly appears Storm Bowling has captured the next big thing with the new Storm Invasion bowling ball. Featuring the R3X Solid Reactive cover stock and a new style of asymmetrical core design, this ball truly is different than any other bowling ball out there today. I’ve got to hand it to Storm on this one. The Storm Invasion gives you a really hard, powerful but controllable hook. It’s got a very defined, sharp turn at the break point.

So, all the cliches fit with this ball. It truly is a “pin killer”! The customer reviews on this ball are just incredible. We’re talking 4.9 out of 5 stars! I haven’t seen a single bad review on this ball. Not a single bad comment from someone who’s purchased it. Wait… I forgot, one guy said it smelled bad! But Storm’s known for the fruity scents they add to all of their bowling balls. I believe this one is supposed to be mulberry. As strange as that may be, Storm bowling balls do always get my attention. I can’t really think of any other purpose the smell would serve than that.

Like the smell or not, the Storm Invasion is definitely a winner. It’s back end reaction is what everyone’s going wild over. If you try one out, I think you will too! If you’ve got a Storm Invasion, leave me some comments to let me know what you think about it. I’d love to hear your experiences.

New Bowling Balls : Roto Grip Riot & Roto Grip Dark Star

Roto Grip Riot Bowling Ball

Two new bowling balls are available as pre-orders from Roto Grip right now. The first is the Roto Grip Riot. From my reading, I’m finding it’s a great ball for an average bowler. When bowling on a typical or regular house shot, and laid out with a safe drilling pattern it’s a very consistent mid-priced ball. it’s got a really smooth, solid move on the back end. Bowlers love to throw balls like this because they know what to expect every time. For its consistent play, at the price I’m finding this ball at you can’t beat it. Roto Grip is doing some very good things across all of their ball lines right now.

Roto Grip Dark Star Bowling Ball

Another ball out by Roto Grip right now is a solid reactive resin called the Roto Grip Dark Star. (I failed to mention that the Riot is a Pearl Reactive Resin.) Both of these balls have Roto Grip’s Ultimate Vision Reactive Resin coverstock. Again, I haven’t bowled with this ball, but it’s getting similar reviews of consistency to the aforementioned Riot. Very predictable. A very solid ball that does what you expect. You really can’t ask for more than that out of a mid-range priced reactive resin ball.

Let’s hope Roto Grip keeps delivering with quality, lower priced balls like the Riot and Dark Star. And let’s hope other brands out there can keep up with what Storm and Roto are doing.