What was your first ball?

[Doghouse Reilly]

What ball did you start out with? house ball or get a custom fitted one right from the start?

[Zothen]

20yrs ago I had a gold plastic ball and my first hook ball I think was a Brunswick Rhino Pro or Pro Zone.

Zothen

[striker12]

my first ball was my moms 11lb columbia ball nad my dads 14lb columbia black knight ball.

[billf]

16lbs Hammer Big Rig Diesel.

[J Anderson]

Ebonite Signature 15lbs. Only ball from 1975 till 2008. Still toying with the idea of having it plugged and re-drilled fingertip as a spare ball.

[Cochese]

Columbia Messenger TI

[AngeloPD]

my very first ball was a 10lb brunswick power groove.

[Ball99999]

Brunswick Damage, still works well.

[Demoman]

Not sure what series but it was a ebonite. My brother in law has the ball currently and I still toss it here and there.

[Davec13]

A brunswick ultimate inferno. Still use it sometimes for 10 pins.

[bowl1820]

I started with a used Columbia Black Knight drilled fingertip.

The first ball I bought and had drilled was a blue AMF Angle LD, That was a great ball, I traded a set of uni lug mags for the ball and drilling.

[americantrotter]

Slingshot. 12 lbs.

Now my wife has it.

[AZBowla]

Brunswick Cyclone 14lb ball - got it at KMart and had it drilled fingertip. Still using it today, over ten years later. It's going to be my spare ball once the DV8 Marauder arrives.

[Davec13]

Brunswick Cyclone 14lb ball - got it at KMart and had it drilled fingertip. Still using it today, over ten years later. It's going to be my spare ball once the DV8 Marauder arrives.

I think your gonna be real happy with the marauder. It's a real upgrade from a 10 year old cyclone.

[Stormed1]

AMF Stikeline (the one with the red stripe all around the ball)

[Derrick1183]

mine was a columbia scout I think it was a 14lbs. Dont have that one anymore billf does now so I still throw it once in a blue moon if he brings it with him on league nights lol.

[Bizwan65]

12# plastic Brunswick The "Pearl" from the 1980's. Used it tonight for 10 pin spares. Picked both of them up too.

[SouthpawTRK]

I will be picking up my first ball from my local pro shop tomorrow; more specifically a DV8 Misfit (Green and White).

[MisterSinister]

My first ball was a Columbia 300 Freeze, 3 years ago. Still use it most league nights.

[slowfaller]

My first ball was an 8 lb brunswick ball from Kmart

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

15 LB Columbia Messenger Ti...looking back I realize how that ball didn't match up with the lanes I was on at all and it probably set me back two years.

[JaMau24]

Cool thread idea. Don't know how I didn't see it earlier. My first ball was a 10lb Ebonite Tornado.

[Gmjmma]

15lbs Black Widow Bite. Bowled 2 fingered and had to stand in the lane to the left and throw across the other lane

[Hammer]

I think my first ball I got when I became serious about bowling was a fingertip Columbia yellow dot plastic ball. It was red I remember.

[panbanger]

First was a Brunswick ball from KMart. Then a few years later when I was maybe 15 got a Black Rhino from the pro-shop. The way they fitted me was they had a ball filled with numbered holes and you put your thumb in the center hold and move your fingers from hole to hole until you find the right fit! A swiss cheese ball I think they called it.

[UBowling]

The first ball I ever owned was a new Storm Tropical Storm! This was back in the day of when they were "High Score Products". The original purple tropical with the yellow labels. That was a sweet ball!

[martinezsam2495]

My first ball was a Reckless,
but technically I have been using my Dad's Green Hammer before the Reckless,
Yes I called it Green because it is no longer blue. lol

[Brother_jd]

A black ebonite some that was urethane. Back in like 1992.