Man, I really need to stop trolling those international shops and channels.

This looks nice, and has the continuation I was looking for that seemed to be lacking along with having that squirlyness/over-under in the BWG and not as long as the Platinum. I really hope it makes it stateside, but I seriously doubt it.

If it did, the only question I would have would be why I would get it instead of the Peppermint or Onyx Vibe, let alone a Statement Pearl. Those are the only places I would see overlap, leaving the only reason to get it being "Black Widow" and Gas Mask core.

Thoughts?

I don't know how you have the Vibes close to the Black Widows in terms of shape. Statement Pearl is also a bigger ball than the Widows. Would be a nice attractive ball to have though.

I'm comparing them in terms of performance for the core/cover combo. Gas Mask core with a pearl cover would be great, as long as they figured out a way to deal with the over/under that you could get from it, especially if used in the transition.  That is where people started to struggle with the BWG. Even if it made it over here, the BW Platinum wouldn't have helped much because it went even longer than the BWG. This The BW Pink makes up for that and looks to handle that transition better.

Now, comparing that to the performance of the core/cover combo you get with the Vibe, dozens either way. I just don't see how unless you have two completely different sets of arsenals, that you could work in a BW Pearl (of any variant) with a Statement Pearl in the same lineup. How would you work through the overlap?

BL.

It's probably state side

plus i was under the impression that you can only use stateside balls for pba events....

It is a US release and info will be out next week on it.

plus i was under the impression that you can only use stateside balls for pba events....

That is correct, however there was an exemption for the WSOB previously. I havent seen if they're allowing for this year as well

Well I can never get a photo small enough to post but their Facebook page posted a pic with dim Barrett holding it and one of the hashtags was #pinkballcoming

You called it. There's a video now up on FB from everyone with TeamEBI throwing shots, and Dom is definitely throwing the BW Pink.

Right now, I don't know if I'd rather have this in black lettering, or go old school Pink Hammer and have it white. Either way, That ball is making its way into my bag if I can find a way to not have it overlap a Statement Pearl.

BL.

I would like to know how it compares to my BW Gold? Same cover, new color? New stronger cover? New cover weaker???