as mr. rick so eloquently described, it was truly awe inspiring. so much talent in the same room, presenters, organizers, and attendees. some very big names in the industry and all very professional. i have met and heard others at other presentations, no need to name names, but the arrogance is very apparent. as someone who is not in the business so to speak (i can barely use a spinner and change finger grips on my own stuff), the information on core shapes and the positioning of mass bias was very interesting. what i really appreciated was brian speaking about the concepts simply and without bringing track into the picture. just good and solid information that would apply to most if not all of the manufacturers. then we came to the stuff that really interested me. the 6 steps to better bowling was presented in a way that i could finally understand. i knew about them through mo pinel's publications but i could just never visualize them. the videos that brian provided gave me just what i needed to finally understand. then we went to the lanes (manteca's strike zone by the way, beautiful bowling center) and tried several conditions (long sport, short sport, 2004 abc masters, world team challenge (very tough), and ths). we also had CATS on the two sport shot conditions. we won't discuss how i did on them. all in all a very inspiring experience (they even included coffee in the morning and lunch). if you get a chance, do not miss out.
