I own quite an assortment of Radical Bowling balls ,I truly believe that Phil Cardinale and Mo Pinel are light years ahead of everyone in the bowling ball industry, when mating their bowling ball intelligence together such as Brunswick has done, they clearly understand the 90% of us other bowlers and with that in mind design bowling balls for us. That 10% I left out every one of them can throw Radical bowling balls also a still compete at their same level, but us 90% which are low to med rev rate bowlers and do not generate the rev rate and ball speed of the 10% 's that is why Radical bowling balls are made for us. I still attempt to compete at a high level but at 65 yrs old do not and cannot do the things I once could. I still compete in several tournaments where the norm is sport shots of heavier volume and length of oil. I drilled up a Radical Cash which has the highest hook rating of any bowling ball made to date, and I purposely drilled this for this for sport shot tournaments which I still bowl in with the younger bowlers. I typically struggle on these shots so I took some very sound advice and drilled up my Radical Cash just for these tournaments. I drilled this ball to combat the heavy volume oil generally the middle of the lane and drilled this ball 20x 3 3/4 x 30 with a P3 hole. not even close to anything I have ever drilled before,knowing that I will not be able to ever use this ball in my league play, don't have to when I have The Fix,The Xeno and Guru's for that. I bowled my first tourney two weeks ago with a sport challenge kegel sport shot that was 40 ft and heavy volume. This ball is amazing, actually could not believe it was coming off my hand. The ball ate up that heavy oil in the Center and preserved enough energy to make a nice angular entry to the pocket with exceptional carry. Mind you after several games it required me to keep moving left which is way out of my comfort zone but this ball kept coming back it still retained great carry. This ball hooks so incredibly strong with exceptional carry. The Radical Cash exceeded all of my expectations and then some. Once again Phil and Mo just keep delivering great products that restores confidence in my bowling ability. 

I am a hammer guy. So what you are saying is that this cash Hooks more and stronger then the Scandal?

Quote from: djgook on February 01, 2017, 08:45:22 AM

I am a hammer guy. So what you are saying is that this cash Hooks more and stronger then the Scandal?

 
Given that most of the Guru's and The Fix hook more and stronger than the Scandal, the Cash most likely does too.

Not sure I agree with that. My Scandal hooks more than my Guru Supreme did. Also handles oil better. Sold my Guru Supreme. Not sure about the Fix since I haven't had a chance to compare the two. However, based on using the Fix in league the past couple of weeks, it seems like it is weaker. Handles the oil ok, but doesn't appear to be an oiler like the Scandal is.

I've also seen others throw Scandals and various Gurus. I'm seeing similar results. Scandal is more ball.

I do suspect the Cash definitely hooks more. The question is, does it handle the oil as well. I may pick one up down the road.

Not sure I agree with that. My Scandal hooks more than my Guru Supreme did. Also handles oil better. Sold my Guru Supreme. Not sure about the Fix since I haven't had a chance to compare the two. However, based on using the Fix in league the past couple of weeks, it seems like it is weaker. Handles the oil ok, but doesn't appear to be an oiler like the Scandal is.

I've also seen others throw Scandals and various Gurus. I'm seeing similar results. Scandal is more ball.

I do suspect the Cash definitely hooks more. The question is, does it handle the oil as well. I may pick one up down the road.

BJ rated it at 64.5 which isn't surprising. What is surprising to me is that BTM rated it at 62, when their previous high was 58 and their chart maxed at 60. They seem to be very particular about their hook ratings and had most of the "hook" balls comparable, hovering around 57-58. So I think that speaks volumes for what the Cash is capable of.

In other words, it goes to 11.

Too many bowlers are looking at numbers as the only thing that matters.  Being used by the magazines' test staff on the conditions used by the magazines, the Cash may have demonstrated the most hook of any ball ever.

But as some bowlers know (though not enough) it is the application of the ball's characteristics on a particular shot by a particular bowler that makes a ball a success or a dud.  I have seen urethane out-hook resin.  I have seen a Brunswick Punisher out-hook the Goliath.  Should urethane have higher hook numbers than resign?  Should the Punisher have a higher hook number than the Goliath?  For those conditions and bowler, yes.  For other bowlers on different conditions, perhaps no.

Don't take this as an assault on you Phil.  I honestly appreciate the pushing of boundaries Radical is trying to accomplish.  Keep up the good fight.

You are correct, its when to use it that matters. on the right conditions it will be a huge advantage. Make sure its the right time, guess that's why we have other balls in the line.