I heard several rumors that before the latest lanes were installed in the NBS that the prior lanes could not pass inspection because of movement of the structure of the NBS building itself. I would assume that even if that was the case, the latest lanes would have been leveled when they were installed.
But these two clips of Jeff Carter and Ryan Ciminelli got me to thinking about this again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kTRl6qui4&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2zK3n08DFg&feature=relatedCiminelli (lefty) says the low end of the house hooks more while Carter (righty) says the high end of the house hooks more. If this is accurate there are only a couple of explanations that I can come up with. They probably used more than one lane machine to condition the lanes and there obviously could be differences either in the stripping of the lanes or the application of conditioner. The other explanation would be a large dip in the that floor of the building structure that would force balls going toward the nearest outside wall to travel slightly uphill and thus hook more.
We don't have bowl across the entire house during Nationals so this really is that much of an issue for that tournament. Nonetheless, I do find it interesting. Does anybody else have any thoughts on Ciminelli's and Carter's accounts?
