Today at my youth league, I was throwing my Nexxus and everything, and this 10 yr old kid comes up and says he has the same ball. He holds it up and I ask "How much does it weigh?" and he says "12". Come on. Why are people buying 12 lb $250 dollar bowling balls. Does it really even react differently to any other 12 lb ball. Does it even have a core in it? I didn't watch him as I was near the end of the center, but I was just curious, how do 12 lb Nexxus' react?

EDIT: Just as clarification, I throw 15 lb stuff, and am 14 yrs old about to be a freshman.

nice job bonesaw talking about coke when responding to a 14 year old

to answer your question . if u were 10 and could only throw 12 lbs wouldn't u wanna throw the same ball the cool older kids like u were throwing . u know how little kids are he thinks if he throws the same ball as u he can get the same results as u , as for the parents . i would never buy a kid a 200 dollar pancake core ball , but i might just be a cheep old fart lol

Don't be fooled by the weight of the ball!!! I had a 12lb Wicked Siege that I drilled for a lady. She didn't like it and bought a Karma solid that she loves. She said I could give the 12lb Wicked to somebody and I told her that I was going to fix it for a guy that had open heart surgery. The doctor told him he could try bowling again, but to use a 12lb ball. I plugged the thumb and changed finger inserts. His span is similar to mine and thumb is just a bit bigger. He can into the center to see if he could bowl and I had the ball on the lane testing/playing around with it! The ball out hooked my Wicked at the break point by a ton!!! I had to move left and rolled 7 strikes in a row and he asked if I was practicing! I said no, that it was his ball! He said and it hooks that much. I had several guys want to roll the 12lb ball and they couldn't believe and much power it had. Oh, I left back to back 9 pins after the 7 strikes!  The 12 and 13lb balls use a similar core as the Vapor Zone with the same coverstock as the higher weight balls!! After this experiment is when I dropped down to 14lb and really like it a lot better. I did drill a 13lb ball for one of the guys after this and I shot 289 with it while we were experimenting with it!! Don't be afraid of the lighter weights!! Just my $.02, Bruce