For the past two years, there has been plenty of friction for me (a tweener myself) to use a Brunswick Wicked Siege with a fresh 4000 pad on it and the year before that, a C-System 2.5/Evil Siege. All pin up with my heavy ball roll. Those were the strongest balls in my bag because the oil tends to move and disapate pretty quick so I could ball down pretty quick after practice and halfway through game 1. In singles/doubles, I never used more than a Damage.
Not sure what we'll see in Baton Rouge, but I would recommend tuning into some of the webcasts, reading Riggs blog, and keeping up to date on here with all the chatter about how to play the pattern. Typically, they even do an interview with the guy giving lessons (Jasnau at the Stadium, Bill Hall this year) that can be very informative because they see all kinds of players come through on their lessons pair using the tournament pattern. The more information you can compile and apply to the way you throw the ball, the better idea you'll have going into the tournament and the better you can prepare your arsenal to compete. So many bowlers underestimate the value of studying what works and doesn't work for others before they themselves head down to compete. Even a practice session on the Tournament pattern could be a possibility if you have a proprietor will to run it for you. We do and it gives us a good bit of confidence heading down. They also have practice pairs available this year for purchase.
PROFILE
340-370 revs
18 mph
230 book on THS
200 book on PBA
Arsenal: (In the bag) C-System Ulti-Max, C-System Alpha Max, C-System 3.5, Lethal Revolver, Loaded Revolver, Wicked Siege, Massive Damage, Damage, Slingshot, Avalanche Slide,
