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splendorlex

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What do you use for a spare ball?
« on: May 31, 2005, 12:01:41 AM »
I've recently realized I don't like the "feel" of my present spare ball, a Zone plastic.  This is mostly due to the drilling, I think, and rather than plug and redrill it would almost be just as easy to buy a new one.  So what are some good ones to use?  Maybe something that has just a little hook that I could use for dry conditions as well?
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splendorlex

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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2005, 11:08:22 AM »
I was thinking of maybe a Power Groove Dry/R?  Could I kill that enough to use it?
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dirtbikebowler

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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2005, 11:15:08 AM »
Team Storm Blue for my spare ball.
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2005, 12:24:47 PM »
Spare Tire By Roto-Grip. Goes straight and very nice-looking. People can't help but ask what the ball is.
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2005, 12:25:36 PM »
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2005, 12:28:11 PM »
my first ball the ABA plastic ball by storm 13lb too light and it got way to tracked out
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2005, 12:52:16 PM »
Circle Rio spare ball...doesn't quite fit right though, need to look at the pitches.  Over the weekend at Nationals I used my Ebonite Ice exclusively as a spare ball.
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splendorlex

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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2005, 12:54:40 PM »
Oooh...Ebonite Ice...that sounds like a possibility.  The thing is, I don't have a ton of revs, so I don't need something that COMPLETELY kills itself, ie plastic.
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2005, 12:59:00 PM »
Keep in mind though, I do hit the ball a little bit at the bottom (ok...more than a little bit...) but I just kill all the hook and throw hard and straight at ALL spares.
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splendorlex

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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2005, 01:03:28 PM »
Well, my spare technique as it stands is to throw hard and straight at almost every spare, excepting the spares that benefit from a little hook, ie just about anything with the head pin or where I have to try and slide one pin into another.
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #25 on: May 31, 2005, 01:22:05 PM »
spare storm and the old res amulet
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #26 on: May 31, 2005, 02:05:41 PM »
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #27 on: May 31, 2005, 02:07:23 PM »
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2005, 02:08:51 PM »
I use a Target Zone. Had an Ebonite Maxim, but the thumb cracked out too much to repair.

Before that, I had a vis-a-ball, but those, and the clear plastic ones, track up way too much for me, and they're fairly expensive to replace.


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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #29 on: May 31, 2005, 02:37:40 PM »
I use an Ebonite Maxim.
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Re: What do you use for a spare ball?
« Reply #30 on: May 31, 2005, 02:53:27 PM »
I use a target zone.
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