What gives I have never tried lane #1 before and I was thinking this would be my first, but just not enough feed back. is no one throwing this ball.

I gave in to the hype and purchased the Boom/R ang, I placed the Pin under my bridge and swung the Cg 45 degrees as the gradient drilling instructions suggested, it's a good ball but the claims of a ball that does not roll-out is mis-leading, any ball that encounters dry in the mid-lane is going to roll out at some point and will leave corners so the New boomerang core works to help the roll but because this ball does not have a strong cover, it won't cover many boards and carry from deep inside, as with most Lane #1 releases, a smooth Arc standing 20 up 5 board is where this ball shines.

Props to Afflac for dumping Gilbert!

tis my fave out of lane 1 right now, its not a big bender but it is a very strong continuaton on the backside, not as snappy as the virtual energy Im throwing but drives harder thru the backend, dont get me wrong I can get the Boom to turn the corner hard, but Ive migrated away from pushing out to that 5 board and watching washouts happen, I am more then happy to play the oil line and the boom does it with the best of them, both balls are finished at 2k abralon with polish the VE has a stronger pin to pap drilling with the pin being 4.25 to my pin and the boom being 5.5 pin to pap, both are drilled stacked both have p3 weight holes, the boom can stay and play longer then the VE on most nights.  most nights I go VE then Boom as the Boom is better suited with a little carry down on the backside

 

over a 5 week window this once a week league bowler averaged 250 over 15 games with the Boom, so to say I like it is an understatement, had 3-279 games and one 289 game in that mix so to say i like it would be an understatement

I have a Boom'R-Ang drilled pin up with the cg near the center of grip, almost a label drilling. I drilled mine this way to tame down the backend a little bit. With my revs strong pearls can be uncontrollable off the dry. When the backends are fresh, this ball still is a bit much for me. It has really shined later in the set when the lanes start to break down and the backends blend a bit. My house does put some oil on the outside boards so the "throw it out and watch it come back" phrase used in the ad hasn't worked well for me. When I get it outside I leave a lot of corners, or it just won't recover at all. For me, this ball shines when I keep it inside a little more. As will all shiny pearls, this ball is speed-sensitive. It can be a tad over/under though I haven't had as much of a problem with this one as I did my Curve. I've heard of a couple people sanding it to 2000 or 4000 and smoothing it out a lot. It still clears the front of the lane and drives strong on the backend, but doesn't have the over/under of a polished ball.

 

Here's my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NONj9Gc48