It seems like the balls anymore have some really lame names. I mean there are balls with random numbers and letters as there name and others that seem like a 6 year old named them.Seems like the "tough cool" ball names are here and gone. back in the mid-late 1990s we had some cool names like Hammer, Zone, Wolf, Cat ,Cobra, Ninja, Track balls like the enforcer, punch, Ebonite Werewolf, Brunswick Danger Zone, Rhino series, I could go on and on im sure im leaving out some awesome names. I believe that the number of ball companies 15 years ago was maybe 4, now its probablt doubled and they balls offered by each company are what, 12 per year now? before  long we will be seeing ball names with chinese symbolism or maybe after our favorite foods. Is Brunswick Pop Tart next? Ebonite Egg Beater?

Even 15 years ago there was well more then 4 bowling ball companies. Even back then there were several lame bowling ball names. There are many now, and many more to come. Some will be relative to the person. Most by none bowlers will be considered lame. It happens with a lot of different things including cars.

 

If you weren't a bowler would you really think a bowling ball called a Rhino is cool? Not likely. No matter what we as bowlers think there is nothing cool about bowling.

 

Companies from 1996-1997 range I can remember and confirm on bowl.com,

 

AMF

Brunswick

Carmin Salvino 

Champions

Columbia

Dyno-thane

Ebonite

Lane 1

Nuline

Pin Breaker

Power Play

Robbys

Roto Grip

Sports Tec

Storm

Track

Visionary 

 

 

 

"1 of 1." 

 

Edited by kidlost2000 on 12/13/2011 at 10:35 PM

I agree with the Track naming systems when it came out as being a bad idea. I know what a Triton Elite is several years later vividly but will likely not remember much about the new Track naming systems. It works for BMW on their cars to some extant.

 

Still originally we had

A is angular,

T is traction,

C is control 

 

Now we have

C for continuous control 

AT for all terrian

 

and I'm sure more new made up things to come as well. Any more names don't matter as much to me because looking back at some of the names and logos you mentioned you liked, I thought were just ok. Had a gray Cobra, lame and chessy looking ball, thought the punch series and Sugar Ray Leonard stuff was also lame. But someone out there must thinks these are great ideas because they put them on bowling balls and try to sell them. Most of it is relative to the person and their perspective. I'm not a fan of Tracks new ever changing number letter system, but colors seem to be big for selling todays bowling balls. To each their own.

 

"1 of 1."