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VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« on: January 14, 2007, 04:08:49 AM »
Surfing around, I found a Chinese company called VIA that makes bowling equipment and supplies in China.

  Some of the balls look interesting, and they all say that they are USBC approved, so I think SOMEBODY over here must carry them, but I couldn't find a distributor or pro shop link on google that would lead me to anyone I could possibly buy one from

  The link, I believe was:
  www.viabowlingproducts.com/products/09consumer.htm .  Once the balls page loads up, you can see the balls and some weightblocks, but can't click on any of them for more info or where to buy them.
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 06:41:46 PM »
K-Mart sells plastic VIA's pre-drilled here.
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2007, 03:01:59 AM »
I remember someone posted a Chinese website of a blatant copycat producer of US brand balls, e. g. the Bully. If it was not against any good taste and a couple of copyright violations, this would even be funny...
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2007, 10:50:12 AM »
http://www.absbowling.co.jp/products/balls/element_ne10/index.html

The site has ball reviews and comparisons for other companies as well as their own. I believe ABS is also a distributor in Japan, but they also manufacture their own balls, shoes, bags, pro shop equipment, ect, which are also listed on the site.
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2007, 10:53:37 AM »
I think Cal Bowling Supply had some red Rectangles.
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2007, 07:43:22 PM »
Superstar looks a lot like a Morich core....
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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 10:52:47 PM »
So, did anybody find a place to buy these?

I stumbled across them on what appears to be a buy/sell/trade site for importer/distributors: http://viabowlingproducts.en.alibaba.com/product/50343916/51557801/Bowling_Consumer_Products/High_Performance_Ball.html

With only a 50 piece minimum order I find it hard to believe that some distributor hasn't bought some to sell here.  Can't find them anywhere on-line - thought maybe ebay would have some, but no luck.  I don't imagine they can be that expensive.


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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2007, 04:50:21 PM »
I just talked to Via products North America in Colorado.
The person I spoke to said that their bowling balls
should be available for purchase this summer.

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Re: VIA bowling balls--Who carries these?
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2007, 10:10:12 PM »
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I bet these ball's were made by Columbia! Notice the Rectangle core, it strongly resembles the Action core!
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They appear to be made in China.

Model No.: V05-5030
Product Origin: China
Brand Name: VIA Blackhole
Price Terms: FOB Shanghai

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