Finally had a chance to get some time, all of 3 games....maybe a little more....in with the ball.
Was able to use it in practice and for most of game 1 but had to put the ball away until the 3rd game. The ball is strong....that I can say. I don''''t know what they had for oil out there, but I was playing considerably more left than I would normally shoot even when swinging the ball for me. Ball roared back...and I mean roared back. I did get to compare it to the Immortal and the Immortal was much longer and didn''''t have the recovery. I didn''''t get to compare to the NB Pearl of Solid though.
3rd game I pulled it back out. League is made up of kids and adults....and there is a lot of plastic thrown. My lanes had 7 of 8 throwing plastic and/or house balls....so I used the Particle Pearl to blend the oil that was everywhere...and it was!! I watched my Immortal skate a couple shots at the end of game 2 and start of 3.....nice to see it handles the carrydown well!
Used it last night as well....and really overused it. Played down and in with normal speed and shot 258-248 to start. Ball rolled real smooth...no jerkiness to it at all and really reminded my of my older particle pearls. 3rd game it got out of hand as the right lane broke down too much and I didn''''t do anything to compensate. For kicks, I did play a swing shot and watched the ball get out to about the 4-5 board and proceed to come tearing back without an issue.
Overall.....very impressed. I could easily see how cover changes will impact the ball. Going with a little polish is going to get the ball down the lane...and it already seems to keep some energy so a polish will only assist in that area. Taking the cover down to make it stronger....dare I say it....might actually make it handle more oil than the solid.
Overall......sweet job by Jason and family!!
On edit....layout:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk113/gary_lum/NewBreedParticlePearl.jpgBall is drilled almost the same as the Solid/Pearl....though one has pin slightly down. But still....theory is to give this the same layout for a placement right in the middle.
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Edited on 11/3/2009 7:32 AM