My first thoughts about the EraseIt - "Holy S…."
My second thought was "Oh my GGAAWWDD!"
My EraseIt came with a 5" pin and 3.28 oz top weight before drilling. I
wasn't sure what to do with this ball with the pin out this far. We decided
on a 5 X 4 layout, which put the pin about 1 ½ inches above my finger holes,
and the cg above and to the right of my thumb hole. This puts the mass bias
in a strong position, below and right of my thumb hole. I drilled the
fingers shallow and the thumb as deep as possible but, I still had to use an
extra hole, which I put 2 inches below my PAP on my vertical axis line.
I bowled with this ball on fresh oil on Brunswick synthetic lanes. I bowled
with the ball with the box surface which is dull. The first game or so the
ball was very strong, revved up heavy in the midlane, and had a strong back
end motion. The EraseIt hit very hard, carry was very good. But…. With this
high flare ball being dull, it changed the lane conditions fairly quickly.
Once I got inside to third or fourth arrow, the ball revved up too quickly
and wouldn't recover well enough to make this ball the optimal ball for the
condition. So, I had the young man that works for me, Derrick, do his
spinner magic to shine this ball up. He used Storm #2, Storm #3, and Storm
Xtra Shine. The ball came out very shiny, very smooth. Shazam!
While Derrick was doing his thing, I continued bowling with my El Nino Gold.
I had a pretty good shot, standing about 32 and looking at 12 down the lane.
I had about a 5 board area to hit the pocket, but only had about 1-2 boards
to strike. This shiny ball revs up quickly, and doesn't have a huge back
end, usually very smooth. The now shiny EraseIt was much better. I started
at about the same place as the Nino Gold and had a nice line there. The
EraseIt gave me room on both sides of my break point. My best line at this
time was standing about 35 looking at about 14 down the lane. Just crushin'
'em. I then decided to move left to see how far I could open up the lane and
effectively strike. I reached the limit standing at about 44 looking at
about 18 at about 5 feet past the arrows. I was able to keep moving left,
target closer to me, and just saw on it at release and get the ball back from
as far right as I could throw it. I kept moving my eyes right and the ball
just kept coming and hitting like a truck. When I kept my eyes down the
lane, I was able to create hold area, but the ball did not come back as hard
from the right. I tried the Nino Gold from this same area or close, I still
got over/under to the right and really under/under from way left. I pulled
out my Eraser also, and hit the 3 pin in the face! I needed to be about 30
looking at 12 at the arrows to make this ball effective, and the lanes have
been broken down considerably. By the time I was finished I had attracted
quite a crowd of people finishing up their league, wanting to see what Mike
is testing now, and at one point a nice sized moan erupted when I left a
stone 8 pin on 15 in a row! WOW!
Overall, this ball is very impressive. As good as the Ti Messenger is/was, I
think this could be the next best buy. Very strong weight block and
aggressive easily adjustable shell make this ball very versatile, and usable
by many different kinds of players. This ball hooks AlOT more than the
Eraser. This ball does what I thought the Pearl Super Power should only
BETTER!
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Mike Austin
Mike Austin's Precision Pro Shop
Houston, TX
strikes4days@aol.com
