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Supermo

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AI Better on Synthetics or Wood??
« on: June 30, 2005, 08:58:01 AM »
Got my AI last week pin under ring finger for early roll.Bowled in a tourny at the weekend 8 games on synthetics plenty of oil on the headers nice backend was 133 over but left about 30 tenpins missed one, not to bad. Happy with the shape nice early roll good arcing finish.Played on Monday night on wood thought i would have scored a lot more than a 576 had the early roll but didn't finish as well. So i'm asking is the ball suited more to plastic or wood. Thanks guys
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charlest

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Re: AI Better on Synthetics or Wood??
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2005, 06:52:50 PM »
There is no right answer to this question that, maybe, is not a question at all. True, synthetics are inherently more silppery (less friction) than new or old wood lanes, but there is no formula at I know about which shows which coverstock set at which surface (sanded, polished or anywhere in betwen) will be most suitable for XX amount and YY length of ZZ brand of oil on AA type of lane surface, which is BB years old and which has had CC amount of games thrown on it by DD type of bowler (stroker, tweener, cranker) using EE type of balls (Pearl resin, solid resin, particle pearls, particle solids).

There are so many variables invovled, any ball can be used on any lane type given the bowler's release and the amount of oil on the lane.

In general, Rougher surfaced balls are more usable on more slippery lane surfaces like synthetics.

Were your 10 pins weak of ringing onthe synth lanes? Could be the difference between the ball being too weak for the line you were playing or the angle
being too much.

On the wood lanes, the ball's surface could have been slightly too grabby and gotten into a roll slightly early.

In one case, a slightly rougher surface ,might have left less 10 pins.
In the wood "case", a slightly polished surfaced might have provided a better entry angle for better carry.

Sometimes in tournaments, it's good to have a couple of balls (or a couple of pairs of balls) that are very close in drillings and/or surface preparations, just in case you're just slightly off with the first ball.

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Re: AI Better on Synthetics or Wood??
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2005, 07:27:12 PM »
I don't know whether the Absolute works better on a particular *type* of surface.  However, IME the performance of the Absolute degrades significantly on a *poor* lane surface.  The AI seems to be much more sensitive to transitions on older or worn lane surfaces than my original Inferno ever was.
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Re: AI Better on Synthetics or Wood??
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2005, 03:33:24 PM »
For me, my Absolute was so much better on wood. It seemed to drive so much harder and the only time I didn't strike was when I missed the pocket by a ton.
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