I don't have a Taboo but seeing the damage it is doing in this area is making me want to get one.  I don't usually buy into ball hype but it is hard not to from what I have seen with the Taboo.  Is there something different or special about this ball or is it just a Black Widow rehash?  There have been other gas mask cored balls since the first Widow and the Pearl Widow but I don't recall them being as popular.  I have seen the Taboo get people their first 300 and first 800 within a week after getting it.  It is making 190 bowlers into 220 plus.

 

What's the deal with the Taboo..?  What makes it so special?

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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 10-13 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+

 

Edited by J_w73 on 6/6/2011 at 11:33 AM

Well the Taboo is a great ball, however, I LOVE my Swagga

 

 

For every 10 that love this ball there's probably a couple that didn't.  I'm one of the 190 bowlers that it certainly helped cash in a couple tournaments.  However, i just never fell in love w/ it totally and have since sold mine.  It just didn't seem to allow me to miss right like some other balls that I was carrying. 

 

Great ball, but it just didn't give me the recovery I expected for a ball so well hyped and in the $200+ range

Hammer Taboo, it's a nice ball, it rolls like my Ebonite Total NV, smooth roll to the pocket.

for me it does not snap at the backend, Very predictable, I use it to go on a straighter line I like to use it on dryer lane conditions.

 Not as strong as my 8 year old "Yeah Baby" the best ball in my bag. This ball is my second choice.

Stats:  Stroker bowler 14-15 mph