I'm at a loss as to how some of you see enough oil to throw the big hooking balls during league. I have average speed, rotation, and tilt, average or maybe slightly above average revs, and I still seem to be throwing urethane on a regular basis in my two leagues, plus a secone house during no tap tournaments and open play, and a third house during open bowling. I do have a sinister that I love, but that is drilled a bit weaker and is for when I am forced inside, but I don't always have the head oil. Do most houses put out more oil than what I see in my area? Or do most of you just have the oilers for tournaments with heavy patterns?

Concur, there is more oil in the Chicagoland area for me. Most people I see stand on top of the friction and cry and whine it's too dry. When real volume is out, these guys don't even hit the headpin. As for DC/MD/VA I firmly believe they don't use oil there, everyone thinks they hook it more than they really do there.

Two things are at play.  First, as stated above 15 year old synthetic surfaces are much more worn in the middle than is apparent.  This is exacerbated by heavy use of particle equipment for several years after many of these lanes went in.  Another factor is high rev rates that allow many bowlers to move in immediately and blow up the middles.  Also the fact that many speed dominant players use too much surface trying to get the ball to hit also blows up the heads quickly

Bottom line, unless you are speed dominant you are often forced to start closer to 15 board, even on a 10 to 10 THS.  The fact that many house shots are actually too wet dry at the oil line doesn't help either.

A heavy crown ( 6-1 ) would reward more styles than the 15-1 you see on a lot of house shots.

       

   

Concur, there is more oil in the Chicagoland area for me. Most people I see stand on top of the friction and cry and whine it's too dry. When real volume is out, these guys don't even hit the headpin. As for DC/MD/VA I firmly believe they don't use oil there, everyone thinks they hook it more than they really do there.

At least we have that going for us.

I had no idea that different regions of the US tended toward different quantities of oil. I assumed most tended toward less oil due to the cost