Has anyone seen anything about these new patterns? I tried looking them up on Kegel's website, but can't find anything on them, and my team and I are bowling on this all summer.

Houdini's Escape
Door Stop
Staircase Rapids
Punch Bowl
Stock Exchange

Those look wild!

At least there is a reasonable amount of oil on the lane. 

The 2 shots at the Teen Masters National Finals this year are a giant leap backwards.  The short (26') pattern uses 7mL and the long pattern (36') uses 6mL...

No wonder the entry fee includes one plastic and one urethane ball that are the only two balls participants can use.

I think I bowled on some of these last week

It is called the Peterson Classic.  Sure Felt like it

I am looking at the info on these patterns, and of course, I don't have a clue what all this stuff means! The only thing that makes sense to me are the 3D graphics that I see, but of course, when actually bowling on these patterns.....I would not be able to see these profiles, so...........

1. What does reverse oil accomplish other than putting down another layer of oil on a return pass by the machine, coming towards the foul line?

2. What does the absence of forward oil, or the absence of reverse oil cause?

3. I assume buffed is equivalent to blended?

4. Because of the many odd shapes designed in these patterns, bowlers would tend to see spottiness, and/or different parts of the lanes breaking down sooner?

5. One of the patterns shown seems to come with a built-in carrydown issue. These would definitely test a bowler's eye and ball reaction acuity.