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bamaster

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Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« on: December 22, 2005, 01:58:57 AM »
I do.  It was a plastic ball Brunswick.  It was red swirly.  Conventional grip.  No inserts of any kind.

I was 12 or 13, I forget.  But I do remember putting a pillow at the end of the hallway and making my own "lane" so that I could practice.  The ball put little burn spots on the carpet, hehe.

Man, I remember how much I loved that ball.  I'd clean it when it was already clean.  The good ol' days!

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eheilman

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2005, 02:14:30 PM »
10 lb Ebonite Galaxie 300 from KMart. Still have this ball floating around in a closet.

Got my first "real ball" after that a SportsTec Reactive Urethane with grips...ahh the memories.
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BrooklynSlop

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2005, 02:22:34 PM »
LOL, yeah... My first ball was waaaaay back in... JULY!!!!!

It was an Original 14 lbs Storm X-Factor.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2005, 02:28:04 PM »
10lb. Ebonite Maxim, Royal Blue it said but it was a purple swirlish thing.  My mother picked it out.  I got picked on constantly about it.  My first good ball was a 16lb. Rhino Pro Blue Pearl.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2005, 02:38:30 PM »
a 12lb red dan carter performance, then got an Ice who i named Iceces because she was so cold to me and wouldn't work for me at first.
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a_ak57

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2005, 02:41:48 PM »
Still have it.  The Solder Zone.
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Luke909

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2005, 02:41:53 PM »
my very first ball was a 10 lb green target zone, first hook ball was a 13 lb Brunswick groove urethane/cranberry.
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Tex

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2005, 02:54:54 PM »
AMF Amflite 3-dot, black rubber seems it was a 14lb.
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ClarkD

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2005, 02:56:26 PM »
Manhattan Rubber Ball, 16 lb, paisley color
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mfd301

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #39 on: December 22, 2005, 02:58:02 PM »
AMF 3 Dot Classic was the first ball that i ever owned that was for me and only me. If i remember my brother and i had an old Manhattan that we both used when ever our dad used to take us out bowling.
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Sawuser

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2005, 03:23:49 PM »
I weighed 110lbs & the pro shop guy sold me a 16lb brunswick fireball in 1959.
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Pin_Daddy

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2005, 03:32:42 PM »
16 # Quantum Elite LE off Ebay!

Man the good old days...hey wait, I got that last spring/summer...

and still use it...

somehow I feel like I don't fit in
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droolly

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #42 on: December 22, 2005, 03:39:49 PM »
Mine was a plastic 14lb red Budweiser ball with white lettering, drilled finger tip with no grips. My high with it was 235 and I had it given to me back when I was 13 or so.
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hallofamer

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #43 on: December 22, 2005, 03:46:19 PM »
A 14 lb. black Manhattan Rubber drilled semi-fingertip. Later graduated to a 16 lb. Columbia caramel white dot, fingertip no less! Boy could I hook that monster!
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dpunky

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #44 on: December 22, 2005, 05:29:05 PM »
10 lb Columbia 300 White Dot (grey charcoal color one from the early 90's) drilled conventional grip.  I had it plugged and redrilled to learn throwing the fingertip grip.
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raiderh20boy

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #45 on: December 22, 2005, 05:44:56 PM »
First time Jr bowler in 1961 Brunswick Crown Jewel Black followed by a Gold flake Crown Jewel. Sure wish I kept the gold one. Worth BIG BUCKS now I bet!!!!!. 44 years later, former PBA, Storm, The BOWLERS Company, gets it done for me.
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