The new Nomad Pearl is a great compliment to the Nomad Solid. When the lanes are hooking a little early with the solid you can step right into the Nomad Pearl. The pearl will go through the front of the lanes with ease go longer and save energy for the back end. I drilled this ball with the pin just under the fingers in grip center with the cg directly below 12:00 stack. This ball came with a 1 and ¾ inch pin from cg. My track is high axis is 6 over and ¼ up. The great part is I found that I did not get skid flip. I got a nice controlled hard arc reaction in the back. Because the Pearl is saving energy the carry was exceptional. I used the Pearl in a local tournament on July 19th 2009 it was a single game elimination tournament. The lanes are synthetic heads to 30 ft. then wood to the decks. For this tournament short oil pattern was used. I started the tournament with the Roto Grip Mars to hold the back end flip down. The shot was tough so I just hung in there for two games. Then the transition hit the oil carried down very fast. I switched to the Nomad Pearl and the lane opened up for me. In the last 4 games of match play I had 225-244-218-222 and won the tournament. This on a shot that most of the bowlers could not get a read on the lanes and if they did could not carry. I had both with this ball. Try it with the Nomad Solid for a one two punch and coupled with the Cell line you will have all conditions covered.  Bob Korth writer of ASK BOB  Q. and A. article.