Jake,
You have to realize that with the strong Mass Bias rating of this ball, you have to be both relatively accurate in drilling the ball for your release AND you have to be relatively consistent with your release to use it as drilled.
PLUS with the relatively small (acutally medium low) RG differential, most of the backend comes from the cover and the asymmetric core, and, of ocurse, your release.
Like many strong asymmetrics, this ball can be almost anythign you want it to be, if drilled correctly and the surface (on both the solid and the pearl) is easily adjustable. Personally I added a light bit of hand-applied polish for my release and my conditions.
I hazard a guess, that if your driller drills it correctly for you and what you want/need, you will LOVE this ball. I was veyr surprised by the amount of backend I got out of this ball BECAUSE my new release is smoother and reduces a ball's backend compared to my previous release. But it's not a huge backend.
Nuff said.
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