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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: supernoodle on January 16, 2005, 05:23:51 AM

Title: The WORST ever bowling ball
Post by: supernoodle on January 16, 2005, 05:23:51 AM

Seen many posts on BR about the best ball so what balls do you guys and gals think is/was the worst and why?

Here are a few to consider:

1> Bone XS - Need I say more?

2> Synergy ETS - Gave a load of promises,great carry etc and delivered none!

3> Quantum Helix <The one with the urethane strip> A gimick ball that was developed to part the gulible with thier cash.

4> Excalibur - Not because it was a bad ball but because I partly blame this ball for the "Flood" of new balls that we now get every week when it would give bowling a more creditable profile as a sport if technology slowed down.

Title: Re: The WORST ever bowling ball
Post by: Juggernaut on January 16, 2005, 01:30:14 PM

Crazy as it sounds, I LIKED the XS and the E.T.S.

 Somehow, they both worked great for me, but I have slow speed with lots of revs. Been told I could make a ball hook uphill on ice. Don't think it is like maximum Bob or anything, but it is a lot.

 Now, the Gold Angle was a whole nother story. SUCK CITY, but like me, I am sure SOMEBODY liked it.
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Edited on 1/16/2005 2:28 PM

Title: Re: The WORST ever bowling ball
Post by: Juggernaut on January 16, 2005, 01:38:26 PM

Bob,

 Way back to the gold angle?  You tryin to say I'm OLD or something? (LOL)

  Guess I had a good e.t.s., mine worked great ( until it cracked open, that is!)
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Title: Re: The WORST ever bowling ball
Post by: WSUstroker on January 16, 2005, 02:11:50 PM

Joe, you are absolutely right, it can be found here.
http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=72263&ForumID=80&CategoryID=5
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Title: Re: The WORST ever bowling ball
Post by: Walking E on January 16, 2005, 02:38:11 PM

I watched my friend throw a brand new Bone XS and it was absolutely terrible for her. Hit like a marshmellow! She put it away and never used it again after that one game.

So about a year later she gave it to me and it ended up becoming my best ball! It carried well, gave me lots of room for error, and it loved the conditions I was bowling on (flying back ends). It was pretty allergic to oil though, and once it became too oil-logged it became allergic to everything and I gave it away. Maybe it will become somebody else's best ball now.

But I know that a lot of people hated it. I theorized that I might've been the only person to throw a 300 with it!
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