Ball NPS Score: Not Available
Coverstock: Mac Daddy Particle Resin

 Box Finish: 1200 Grit Sanded

 Color: Neon Blue/Electric Pink

Core: Super Low RG, modified Fusion Core

BOMB Location: Six and three quarters from pin

BOMB Strength: .003

Flare Potential: 6"+

Length: 7.8

 Overall Hook: 29.9

 Breakpoint Angle: 9.4

 Best Lane Condition: Heavy Oil

Drilled with the pin above the bridge, and a 2" CG makes this drilling a 5 1/4 x 2.

I put a huge crater in it hoping it would fill a void in my arsenal by being a very heavy rolling, but not over-hooking ball.  With a 1200 grit scuff, it is hard to throw it through the breakpoint.  It recovers rather well from a fair amount of out-of-bounds, but does not over-react to the dry like other heavy rolling balls.

It is another great addition to the Ebonite Apex line.

Tim Penner
Ebonite Regional Staff
Midwest Region
tenpiner2@hotmail.com

If you want a ball that hooks, then this is your ball.  But it all depends on how you throw the ball and if you know the right drilling patter to use.  I am right handed, throw the ball really fast and use a stacked leverage drill pattern with 1/2 oz of side leverage added.  I used it once with the out of the box condition and it did nothing, but once I had my pro shop buff it usuing a maroon scotchbrite, then wow, it hooked, and I carried a lot of extra pins I left using my Morich Collosus.  I hope the cover stock keeps well, I have heard that it gets saturated very fast, but I will keep using Fast Orange cleaner on it every time before I bowl to try to keep the oil out.

This is a "particle ball" that acts more like a straight reactive.  Out of the box  it will provide a lot of hook potential or curve potential depending on drilling.  Mine is drilled 5x4 with a 2.5" pin over the ring finger.  Small hole at 6" from the midline back to zero.  This drilling maintains a little more energy for the backend which works well for dry heads and tighter than normal backends.  Out of the box it was pretty strong for my condition so I used some of Ebonites Particle Polish.  This did the trick.  It allowed me to swing the middle of the lane with great recovery and no roll-out.  Hitting power is around a 9 out of 10 due to its lack of deflection in the pocket.  Thanks to the particles for that.  Color scheme  is less of a distraction than the Intensity or Aggression so there is little problem reading the roll.  Overall a great addition for heavy oil conditions.
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** Ray Edwards **
Ebonite Regional Staff
edwards9@optonline.net

The Apex Addiction from Ebonite is the Apex I have been waiting for.  I don't usually see enough lane oil to play with strong core particle balls, but thank God I have been able to play with this ball recently.  My one and only league is on Pro-Anvil lane synthetics and recently the combination of oil pattern and surface has been creating significant carry down issues.

  The Addiction was drilled 5 by 3 with a balance hole in my PAP. The pin is above the ring finger and the bomb in a strong position.  The Addiction was left in the box surface condition.  The Apex Addiction has performed well in this heavier carry down situation allowing me to cross the pattern left to right to the breakpoint to avoid choppy head conditions on the late shift.

  When compared to the Vortex 2 Particle, that I was using for this situation the V2 Particle with the same layout was leaving those nice 2-8/washout combinations or grabbing early on the lane for the adjustment.  The Apex Addiction with the same layout was crashing the pocket with no problem.  In comparison to the previous Apex's this is hands down the winner, when it comes to midlane movement in the oil.  This is a ball that I would recommend to anyone but bowler's with very low ball speeds for oil.

Jim Lewis
Ebonite Regional Staff

The Apex Addiction is a great complement to the Apex line up. The new Mac Daddy shell has been one of the most flexible shells to date from the big E. I've had the surface of this ball out of the box, = pray to the oil gods for some oil,this will out hook the aggression by a bunch. Then took the shell and sanded it to 1000 grit, Ebonite Factory Polish, and it was a dream. Talk about clean in the front, but still a great mid-lane roll, then hit it with some Ebonite Extender Polish, and then could throw it at the dry and let it rip.
Drill pattern on my Apex is a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 with a weight hole on my axis.
Apex Adrenaline was length and backend
Apex Aggression was roll and arc
Apex Addiction was hook and hook some more
The Addiction has gotten me out of trouble in a lot of tournaments as the oil pushed down the lane. I could get the ball back and few could. When the lane gets spotty, pull this thing out, it will give you hook in carry down

 Tony Glickley
 Ebonite amateur Staff
 Bowl to Win!

The layout, 3-3/8 pin bomb 1" right of thumb 6" extra hole. This ball is early, but more continuous than expected. I do not bowl on much oil in league, however the word was out that some pairs in the Milwaukee city tournament were very tight inside. After hacking up singles we moved to the doubles pair. A sanded V2 could not play out and would not hook in. After a change to the Addiction and many strikes from me (my partner bowled great all day) the city title was ours. This is a piece of the puzzle I didn't have before. Thanks again EBONITE.

Bowl To Win

HI ALL I WAS JUST WONDERING I HAVE AN ADRENALINE AND REALLY LIKE IT BUT FROM THE REVIEWS I AM SEEING ON THE ADDICTION I WAS WONDERING HOW SIMILAR THEY ARE AND HOW IT WILL WORK FOR  SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT HAS ALOT OF REVS AND THROWS IT ABOUT 22 MPH ANY RESPONSES WILL BE WELCOMED YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT  SPARKY30502@YAHOO.COM ONCE AGAIN ANY RESPONSES ARE APPRECIATED

THROW IT HARD A WATCH EM FLY