Twisters were in use at the Stadium for the National Mixed Championships last month, so I figure they'll probably be there for ABC Nationals, too. We have one house in Albuquerque that uses them, and they do not take me to my happy place.

Deb

Strapper which house is it?? I would assume Bellefonte, or
Northland.
They have the twisters at Selingsgrove
and I carry very well with them there.
I like to hit em a tad light.
the oil is not light there and the backends are
not screaming, not do I have a ton of area to hit.
About 3 boards is it.
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Saws are made to cut ANYTHING including 10 pins

Twister Returns as Official Pin of 2004 ABC Tournament

August 13, 2003

The American Bowling Congress has announced that the Twister pin will return as the official bowling pin of the ABC Championships Tournament. Manufactured by Artemis Rubber Technologies, the Twister pin is the only all-plastic synthetic pin certified by ABC.

As part of the agreement, Artemis Rubber Technologies and Twister pin distributor Lane DynamX will be granted on-site promotional consideration throughout the 2004 ABC Tournament. The 101st ABC Tournament will be conducted Feb. 14-June 26 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.

The Twister pin made its debut as the Tournament's official pin in 2001 when the Tournament was last held in Reno. Prior to that it was used in the 2000 ABC Zone Challenge satellite tournament that was held in conjunction with the ABC Tournament in Albuquerque, N.M.

Twister pins will also be provided for the 2004 ABC Masters which will be conducted at the National Bowling Stadium Jan. 21-25. The Masters high qualifier is the recipient of the Arnold Jaeger High Qualifier Award, named after the pin's creator.

“We are proud of the way the Twister pin performed in 2001,” said Jaeger, Artemis Rubber Technologies founder. “You can’t find a better bowling environment than the ABC Tournament. The Twister pin will once again prove its performance and durability.”

“We’ll use two rotations of pins,” said Ed Baur, ABC Group Executive of Tournaments, Communications and Marketing. “In ABC Tournaments where we use wooden pins we elect to change pins every two weeks to keep ‘fresh wood’ on the lanes. With the Twister pin we found that we don’t have to follow that practice.”

As the world's largest participatory sporting event, the ABC Tournament has provided manufacturers with a showcase for historic technological advancement. AMF automatic pinsetters were demonstrated at the 1957 ABC in Fort Worth, Texas and Brunswick synthetic lanes were showcased in Louisville, Ky., in 1980.

More than 80,000 bowlers are expected to compete in the 2004 ABC Tournament in team, doubles and singles competition for an estimated prize fund of $6 million.

To learn more about Twister pins visit www.lanedynamx.com or call toll-free at 800/539-0246.

As per usual the ABC testing of the Twister pins, from what I read, was less than stellar. They were approved, in spite of or because of (depending on your point of view), their carry percentage in bowling leagues was within statistical averages of other brands of pins. That is, (in my interpretation), for the average handicap league bowler, their carry percenatge was neither greater nor less than any other pin.

This is kind of a skewed way of looking at it, from the better bowler's point of view (most people here would fall into that category, from what I have seen).

I think that solid pocket hits will not carry as well as light hits, because, as many people have already mentioned, Twisters tend to leave the ball much more quickly than plastic coated wood pins.

I shot against them at Reno, like thegame did. My carry on light hits was very high. My carry of solid hits was terrible; did leave several bizarre splits. I am glad I do not bowl against them in league.

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"Just because you can do something does not mean you should do it."

I have a friend who's a righty and when we were in Reno for the 2001 ABC he kept leaving 7-9s with those Twisters

As for me.... 4-9s
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Not another 10 pin!