New Member from California

[mxjosh]

I've already started responding to posts but thought I would introduce myself officially.

Ive been bowling for about 18months. I am 36. I picked up bowling after I had knee surgery. I love sports but this injury was gonna pretty much end that. Bowling was something I could do that didn't involve a lot of twisting or impacts. I bowled with my little bro and had a lot of fun as that was the first activity I was able to do. came back home and found myself wanting to go bowling again. I was taking my dad almost everyday for a couple weeks when the manager at bowling alley signed us up for a league. I grabbed my wife and aunt to complete the team. I bought my first ball and shoes a couple weeks later.

21 balls, 7 bags, and 3 shoes later, Im completely hooked. Ive been a part of motocross boards and was looking for a bowling equivalent to fill that social sharing of ideas and experiences.

[Tokes]

Well officially than welcome to BowlingBoards. lol So southern or northern cali?

[The German Shepherd]

Welcome to the Boards!

Jay

[75lockwood]

Welcome to the boards!

21 balls in 18 months? Wow, do you still use them all or?

[mxjosh]

Northern cali. Bay area.

I have given away about 4 balls and sold a couple others. Think im at 15 or 16 now. I have some that i only use for practice. But yes, they all get used at some point.

[jbeck]

Welcome! Wow I hope I don't buy that many...even though I so badly want to lol!

[billf]

Welcome to the forum.

[martinezsam2495]

Sweet, from Sacremento? I'm from Southern Cali

[SmilingBowler]

Welcome Josh. Good to hear you've got something to fill your passion for sports as well as a great outlet to discuss the sport. Always a pleasure to connect with many bowlers, both locally here in the Philly area as well as across the continent - and the world - online, especially here at BowlingBoards.com

[Bonebrake]

Welcome to the boards... That is alot of balls lol

[mxjosh]

Yes I went a little overboard with the purchases. When I see people who have been using the same ball for 10yrs it drives me nuts haha. I like new stuff. My bike passion was probably worse as there is far more to buy.

Im in San Jose area btw. Sacramento a couple hours away.

[Bonebrake]

My ball is 15 years old lol I actually just bought a new one Thursday and I cant believe I waited so long I bowled the best I have in years lol

[mxjosh]

15 yrs! wow.

[noeymc]

welcome

[Bonebrake]

Well the ball doesnt have 15 years of active use lol i stopped bowling for about 10 of those years

[mxjosh]

ah ok. I was gonna say the ball must have enuff oil for a day of frying up Mcdonalds fries.

[AngryBowler]

My family would have a fit if I bought 21 balls! I get enough grief for the three that I have (I started 3-4 weeks ago). I plan on buying one more in the next month or two. If you have that much bowling gear, how many bikes do you have?

[mxjosh]

3 dirtbikes and 1 street bike.

My wife has been supportive most of the time. I usually have a very good reason when presenting the "I need another ball honey" talk

[Bunny]

Ah yes. It's called Aquisition Syndrome. It's really bad with guitars (GAS!) I've had with quads and accessories. To my credit I started out with a Blaster and put my *** time in on it for two years before I moved up to my Raptor 700!

Hubby went through the VW aquisition syndrome. Started out with a beat up vert. He got tired of polishing the polish so he got a Westy that was supposed to be a weekend camper. It turned into a full resto. Then he built a baja. We went to far too many Pomona swapmeets at zero dark thirty to wait in line for some original VW part that was caked in bird poop. Crazy!

Now it's bowling balls and all the goodies, new shoes, new bag, powders, tapes, brushes, cleaners, etc. Got the Storm Synch is in my sights (need a heavy oil ball! Really!!) I'm hooked!

[TCJ]

I've had something like twelve bowling balls in the past fifteen years of bowling. You've almost doubled that number in 1/10 the number of years! Even though I have some newer equipment, I don't like to retire anything I own, so it all gets pulled out some time or the other. Right now I'm frequently using a ~27 year old ball.

[Bonebrake]

Welcome to the boards