I'll give a couple of quick impressions.  This is an old wood, high friction environment, yet still a THS......but when the heads go it can become tougher.  High scoring, but pair to pair quite notable differences, especially depending on who one is on the pair with.

ADP - This is not a "piece" (s/o northface) I'm going to shape from inside.  Much better look being 2nd arrow and out, firm and with a good roll playing direct but still going a little left-to-right (think 9 at arrows to about 6 at the spot, that type of line).  That's this balls' wheelhouse, FOR ME.  I can get it down lane in the friction and it comes off the spot hard, but again....I have to stay away from the headpin and just let it come to.

Boost Pearl - This is my go to ball when I get inside 2nd arrow and need something with some diff to turn the corner.  Low mileage on this thing but it's definitely a great ball that will be in my bag a while.  I think this will be a killer burn ball for something like the Journal/Nationals.

Quote from: Impending Doom on December 17, 2019, 04:06:42 PM

Quote from: Good Times Good Times on December 17, 2019, 03:55:30 PM

I'll give a couple of quick impressions.  This is an old wood, high friction environment, yet still a THS......but when the heads go it can become tougher.  High scoring, but pair to pair quite notable differences, especially depending on who one is on the pair with.

ADP - This is not a "piece" (s/o northface) I'm going to shape from inside.  Much better look being 2nd arrow and out, firm and with a good roll playing direct but still going a little left-to-right (think 9 at arrows to about 6 at the spot, that type of line).  That's this balls' wheelhouse, FOR ME.  I can get it down lane in the friction and it comes off the spot hard, but again....I have to stay away from the headpin and just let it come to.

Boost Pearl - This is my go to ball when I get inside 2nd arrow and need something with some diff to turn the corner.  Low mileage on this thing but it's definitely a great ball that will be in my bag a while.  I think this will be a killer burn ball for something like the Journal/Nationals.

Totally. ADP isn't a ball to go very left to right. It's a smooth rolling core with a weak pearl cover. The pearl will read the friction a bit harder than a solid, but that core has always worked better for me keeping it in front of me.

Now you're 100% right about the Boost. Move 4 and 2 and open the lane up after the ADP gets a bit soft.

Absolutely.  That’s precisely what I did last Friday night.  Around game 2 I started to plaque the 10 on a few shots and I didn’t really want to get more left than where I was, so around frame 4 I went to the bag for the Boost, made that 4 and 2 move and I just picked up there.  As the heads went and I continually moved left the ball maintained its tip all night.  I believe I started with the Boost around 12 at the arrows and was approaching 20 as the night ended.  Good to know this ball is versatile enough to play different zones on the lane.  It’s a bit more forgiving off the hand than I would have initially expected as well....

Liking mine (polished) a lot. I can actually use the boards outside 5 they don't think are worth oiling and strike instead of trying to avoid them because the other balls will go through the face or Brooklyn.

Is this good for when there's a normal shot? probably not. But it sure was fun the other day.