This ball is the real deal!  After having mine for a couple weeks, I can't get it out of my hands!

Mine is drilled 70 x 4 1/2" x 35.  I've thrown it on a couple different patterns: fresh house shot, fresh 2010 PBA Viper, and second shift house shot.

On the fresh house shot, the Nirvana was awesome.  With our high volume, I usually lean towards throwing balls that roll earlier, but as they break down and I move towards the middle of the lane, the early rolling balls don't have enough "giddyup" to drive through the pins.  The new NIRVANA reads the mids but turns and goes through the pins the exact same as it did when I started.  For shiggles, I even tried standing in the left gutter and really flipping my hand around it to see if I can go coast-to-coast.  The Nirvana just didn't stop!  I can't emphasize enough how much this ball drives through the pins.

On the old Viper, I was very impressed that the Nirvana was still able to play.  On that 37' version of the Viper, straighter angles are best, especially on the fresh.  I wouldn't have thought a big hooking ball would do the trick, since they usually force me to open my angles.  With a hand position that allows me to roll a little more up the back, I was able to stay in the area between 5-10 and control the pocket and still get great power and drive through the pins.  I continued to use it all four games, making small 2 & 1 moves, and finished high in our sport league for the night by more than 70 pins.

The second-shift house shot is the only place I found the slightest bit of trouble with it.  This league follows a women's league that primarily throws plastic balls down the middle of the lane.  By the time we get on the lanes, a good chunk of oil is sitting right in front of the headpin, forcing people to play right and using the oil there as their hold area.  At the beginning of the night, the story is the same; the Nirvana rolls great on the lane and drives through the pins.  When the track area starts to hook from the increased lineage, the strong cover and asymmetric core are a little too much off the friction, but there is too much oil in front of the pocket.  The best plan of attack is to try and stay to the outside as long as possible and keep using the plastic-ball carry-down, so when the Nirvana starts reacting too strongly, switching to a Vandal and staying put is a better bet.

The Nirvana is going to be THE choice for strokers, crankers, and everybody in between.  We all want a ball that picks up, goes, and continues through the pins.  This is IT and you need to have one.