I already know that some of you will have a field day with that title, but what I'm really asking you to do is take a stroll down memory lane to rate some of the gear that you've put into your hands. Some questions may only be relevant to true ball junkies like myself, so don't worry if you are unable to answer them all. I know it's tough, but do your best to put only one answer for each question. If you have additional questions that you think should be asked, feel free to put them into your response so those that follow can chime in. Have fun, and let's see what we get.

1. How many bowling balls have you owned:   160-170
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Blue Pearl Hammer
3. Your first performance ball was: AMF Cobra (black)
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Nu-Line X-Calibur (Purple Pearl)
5. Your first particle ball was: Granite Gargoyle
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: Purple Ice Executioner
7. Your highest series was bowled with: Black Widow Solid (804)
8. Your higest game was bowled with: The One (300)
9. The ball that most impressed you: Black Widow Solid
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: Vicious (original reactive)
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: Pearl Cherry Bomb
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Granite Gargoyle
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: Trauma Response
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: Uranium Pearl
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: Trauma Response
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Apex Adrenaline
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Black Widow Solid
18. The ball that baffled you the most: Power Groove (Gold/Chrome)
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: Raw Hammer Doom
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: Blade Pearl
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: N'Sane LevRg
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Super Carbide Bomb
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Lane 1 Bullet
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: C300 Action
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: The Cell

OK, those are my answers. Go ahead and copy down the questions and put in your own responses. Again, feel free to add questions that you deem appropriate, but make sure to let us know that you added them so that others will be sure to include them in their lists. Have fun!
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I've only bowled 300, but I've benched 345

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1. How many bowling balls have you owned: Not sure, but probably around 150  
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Brunswick Black Beauty
3. Your first performance ball was: Faball Nail
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Columbia 300 ProHook Extreme
5. Your first particle ball was: Brunswick Azure Pro Zone
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: Lane #1 Gold Nugget
7. Your highest series was bowled with: AMF XS
8. Your higest game was bowled with: Storm X-Factor
9. The ball that most impressed you: Storm X-Factor
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: Hammer Vicious (purple reactive)
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: AMF Ninja Master
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Storm Paradigm
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: Storm Trauma Response
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: Columbia 300 Ricochet Revenge (overseas)
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: AMF Gold Angle
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Brunswick Crimson Phantom
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Storm Paradigm
18. The ball that baffled you the most: Roto Grip Winning Streak (overseas)
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: AMF Velocity
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: AMF XS
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: Visionary Granite Gargoyle
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Storm Trauma Response
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: AMF Bull Whip
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: AMF Ninja Master
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: Storm Paradigm Domination

Jess

1. How many bowling balls have you owned: 20
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Wild Fire
3. Your first performance ball was: Ti Messenger
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Gyro Pro
5. Your first particle ball was: X factor Trifecta
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: never had one
7. Your highest series was bowled with: FAball High Rev 3D (778)
8. Your higest game was bowled with: FAball High Rev 3D, Smokin' Inferno (300)
9. The ball that most impressed you: Cell
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: BVP Nemesis
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: Ebonite Savage
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Cell
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: BVP Nemesis
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: Smokin' Inferno
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: FAball High Rev 3D
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Apex Adrenaline
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Cell
18. The ball that baffled you the most: BVP Nemesis
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: Ti Messenger
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: FAball High Rev 3D
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: Cell
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: FAball High Rev 3D
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Roto Grip Mercury
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: Cell
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: Roto Grip Illution
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it

Known Cell pimp

Gene,
I hope you dont mind but I changed some of the question and added a few. I think it will make things even more fun. Seeing how some people have the same ball listed as there first particle and particle pearl.


1. How many bowling balls have you owned: Lost Count
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Brunswick Plastic Axis
3. Your first performance ball was: Blood Beast by C300
4. Your first solid reactive resin ball was: See above answer
5. Your first pearl reactive resin ball was: Pearl Combat Zone
6. Your first solid particle ball was: Original Icon
7. Your first particle pearl ball was: Riot Zone
8. Your first asymmetrical ball was: XS Black
9. Your highest series was bowled with: Kinetic Energy (796)
10. Your highest game was bowled with: First one was with the Icon (300)
11. The ball that most impressed you: Animal
12. The ball that disappointed you the most: Any of the Boss line
13. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: Solution Power Plus EX
14. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Animal
15. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: URANIUM Hrg, loved the reaction hit like a turd.
16. The best looking ball you've ever owned: Inertia
17. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: Morich Shock n Awe
18. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Break Pearl
19. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Rising
20. The ball that baffled you the most: Xception 5.O
21. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: X-factor original
22. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: Havoc
23. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: Rule GP2
24. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Animal
25. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Modified Trick layout rising
26. The ball you've won the most $$ with: Solution Power Plus EX
27. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: LOL another of any of the current line from track
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Mark "scoot" Trgovac
C-G Pro Shop
Offical "Spokesman"
Youngstown, Ohio
Track HITMAN.

Tag Team Coaching Success Story.

Happily destributing the red pills of CGNOMADDA. "if you take this pill, YOUR MIND WILL BE OPEN TO A WORLD NEW IDEAS."

1. How many bowling balls have you owned: 85-90
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Yellow Dot
3. Your first performance ball was: Teal Rhino
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Teal Rhino
5. Your first particle ball was: Lane #1 Super Carbide Bomb
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: Lane #1 Pearl Carbide
7. Your highest series was bowled with: Ebonite Total NV
8. Your higest game was bowled with: Lane #1 Bullet
9. The ball that most impressed you: 900G Creature
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: Lane #1 Tsunami
11. The ball you sold that you most want back: Lane #1 Pearl Uranium
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Ebonite Total NV
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: Lane #1 Tsunami
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: Ebonite Complete NV
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: Lane #1 Dirty Bomb
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Lane #1 Black Raspberry
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Lane #1 Solid Uranium
18. The ball that baffled you the most: Lane #1 Carbide Plus
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: Lane #1 Tsunami
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: 900G Creature
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: 990G Break
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Lane #1 Solid Uranium
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Lane #1 Bullet
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: Lane #1 Uranium HRG
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: The Cell
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Jon (in Ohio)
aka: Rico Swerve~

1. How many bowling balls have you owned: 24
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: None, all by myself
3. Your first performance ball was: Brunswick Power Groove Proactive Plum Pearl
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Ebonite TPC Shooter (Early version)
5. Your first particle ball was: Brunswick Power Groove Proactive Plum Pearl
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: Storm Eraser Particle Pearl, still have it
7. Your highest series was bowled with: Not really sure, will be a mix (710)
8. Your higest game was bowled with: Revolution Renegade (278 & 275)
9. The ball that most impressed you: Visionary Frankie May Gryphon
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: Power Groove Dry/R (but ball had weird static weights, so I won't blame it on the ball as such)
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: Storm Trauma
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Dead race Storm Trauma and MoRich Shock & Awe
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: Storm X-Factor RE-Loaded (needs to be sanded every 3 shots to be effective), MoRich Sahara (if it works - great, if not - splits galore)
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: MoRich Shock & Awe
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: Dead race between the Fuze Eliminator and the Revolution Renegade, both dull solid balls
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: still trying - a Visionary G-3 Gryphon, but also a Vendetta Black Solid some time ago; original Danger Zone
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Frankie May Gryphon and Revolution Renegade. BTW, together they make a weird but highly efficient combo
18. The ball that baffled you the most: Black Pure Hammer, Frankie May Gryphon, Storm Trauma
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: Storm X-Factor RE-Loaded
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: Fuze Eliminator, Revolution Renegade, any Visionary ball
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: MoRich Shock & Awe and Awesome Finish. Wow!
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Fuze Eliminator - but it is drilled to do so
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Faball Blue Hammer
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: several, last ball to win money was the Revolution Renegade
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: Visionary Gladiator Pearl or a G-3 Gryphon; a Hello Kitty Viz-a-Ball
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DizzyFugu - Reporting from Germany

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1. How many bowling balls have you owned: 450+
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: Columbia White Dot
3. Your first performance ball was: Blue Urethane Hammer
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: Teal Rhino Pro
5. Your first particle ball was: Azure Zone Pro
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: Machine
7. Your highest series was bowled with: Big Blue Solid
8. Your higest game was bowled with: Original Apex, Avenger, Ti Hawk, Angle Evolution, Angle Evolution Extra, Angle Evolution Tour
9. The ball that most impressed you: Omega LM
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: Vicious (original reactive)
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: Original Critical Mass
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: Robo Rule
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: Trauma
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: El Nino Gold
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned: Awesome Revs
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: Original Thunder
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: Original Nighthawk
18. The ball that baffled you the most: Arsenal Reactive
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: Mean Machine
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned: Original Nighthawk
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: Super Carbide Bomb
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: Super Carbide Bomb
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: Centaur
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: Ko Punch
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: Break

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1. How many bowling balls have you owned: 30-40
2. The first ball someone bought for you was: amf boogie ball
3. Your first performance ball was: track phenom
4. Your first reactive resin ball was: track phenom
5. Your first particle ball was: track robo rule
6. Your first particle pearl ball was: im not sure but i think the mystic
7. Your highest series was bowled with: the one and black widow solid 766
8. Your higest game was bowled with: rapid fire
9. The ball that most impressed you: rapid fire
10. The ball that disappointed you the most: frankie maye
11. The ball you sold/traded/broke that you most want back: infinite one
12. The best hitting ball you've ever owned: rapid fire
13. The worst hitting ball you've ever owned: frankie maye
14. The best looking ball you've ever owned: panic shock
15. The ugliest ball you've ever owned:black widow solid
16. The ball you most wanted but never got to own/throw: domination
17. The ball you know will always find the pocket: the one
18. The ball that baffled you the most: nvs
19. The most over-rated ball you've ever owned: elite shark
20. The most under-rated ball you've ever owned:infinite one
21. The biggest hooking ball you've ever owned: cell
22. The earliest-rolling ball you've ever owned: frankie maye
23. The least-hooking non-spare ball you've owned: hot rod pearl or smokin
24. The ball you've won the most $$ with: rapid fire
25. The ball you don't currently have but want the most: gravity shift
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Age:16
Avg:210
High Score:300
High Series:766
arsenal:cell,rapid fire,crossfire,nvs,street rod pearl
400ish revs:
power stroker
high track
gotta hate the 9 pin