Fast forward to about 3:15 or so.  Both guys actually lofting over the gutter.

I think Wesley was throwing only a 14 lb. ball by the sound of it.  Still he's able to get that thing driving through the pins pretty hard.  Fun to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ajvjMi8Sk

He's also lofting past the arrows on many shots. I've bowled at that house and can attest to the fact that those lanes hook a ton.

 While many of you may see the point of this, as an old guy, I just have to say:

 THAT AIN'T BOWLING.

 Call it what you want to. Pitching, hurling, hurtling, throwing.......

 Lots of descriptive adjectives to describe that activity. Bowling not on the list.

 Where and when I learned to bowl, you would have been asked to leave if you did that.

 Actually, MORE than asked, probably escorted off the premises.

 But, now they call it bowling? Normal? Standard Operating Procedure?

 I call it sad.   

 And ridiculous.

Also agreed. That's not bowling, shows no skill, and does nothing but damage lanes.

Final score 269-255 one righty, one lefty. I'd say they figured it out.

 Never said they didn't "figure it out".

 Said they weren't bowling.

 Whatever it is that they were doing, they did it reasonably well. Scored well too.

 But it was NOT bowling.

 Hurling, tossing, throwing, hurtling, pitching, banging, swinging, whatever.

 NOT bowling.

Also agreed. That's not bowling, shows no skill, and does nothing but damage lanes.

Ok grandpa......shows no skill? I bet you can't do it. You old, get off my lawn, bitter bastards are something else. It's part of the modern game and since you can't do it, it's not bowling.

Quote from: lefty50 on September 10, 2017, 08:06:32 AM

Also agreed. That's not bowling, shows no skill, and does nothing but damage lanes.

Ok grandpa......shows no skill? I bet you can't do it. You old, get off my lawn, bitter bastards are something else. It's part of the modern game and since you can't do it, it's not bowling.

 I can do it.

 Have no problem doing it. Might beat you doing it.

 Just think it is stupid to HAVE to do it.

 Still think it isn't bowling.

 Don't know what it is though.

Could I bowl chucking over the cap? No
How far inside can I bowl, like put up 200's one after another -
In practice sessions only, when the house didn't oil the lanes in who knows how long - inside of 6th arrow.

Would I do that in a tournament - well why would I want to since my A game is something totally different? If they make balls that allow playing the dry, why not use those. Instead of picking up the most aggressive ball I have to chase inside? And really, I think there has been a change recently for high rev players to move back outside instead of bowling like this. Probably a reason for the resurgence of Urethane. Several years ago would you have seen someone lik ej tackett through urethane hard and straight on tv?

If this is the shot that won, then that is what the people running the tournament put down. Or too many games and tournament should have had re-oil lanes at some point. Neither of them looked like had a very good shot. They really didn't.