I was reading the November 2014 edition of Bowlers Journal Magazine last week, and the "Ball Motion Potential" chart for the newly reviewed balls caught my attention. There was one ball that was literally off the chart, and it was the Radical Guru. I went ahead and read the Guru ball review, and it concluded with the following: "This is the most hook I have seen in all our reviews this year, and has probably the most hook out of any ball I've ever seen".
I didn't know if it was hype or reality, but I've been impressed with BJ's accuracy in reviews in the past, so I filed it away for future reference. Fast forward to yesterday, and I saw my pro shop guy had a Guru on display. To make a long story short, I pulled the trigger and bought it. I had a chance to throw it on a fresh THS today.
The ball seems to be what BJ Magazine says it is. I was able to throw the Guru deeper in our THS puddle than any other ball I own, and it consistently recovered. When I tried to throw straight up the 8 board where I was striking with my other aggressive equipment, the Guru was going Brooklyn and barely hitting the head pin. Not that it really matters, bit I love the no non-sense black cover, absent the silly color schemes now found on most other balls.
I'm looking forward to throwing the Guru on the longer PBA patterns we use in our sport shot league. If the Guru ends up to be what I believe it to be, I'll end up getting one or two more drilled for PBA tournaments in 2015. This is my first experience with Radical, and I'm impressed. Kudos to Radical to producing a ball that seems to deliver it's promise.
