Columbia 300 Swerve?

[JasonNJ]

I know the ball has only been released a few days ago but I was wondering if anyone has gotten one yet. The release video from Columbia 300 made the HyperShock technology pretty intriguing. Was wondering for anyone who has thrown it if there is less deflection.

Here is the link to the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVS4hhsYIbU

[Gutternut]

I had a chance to try one at a local demo day this past weekend. It was fairly aggressive and the pin carry was excellent, even when I missed the pocket.

[JasonNJ]

I had a chance to try one at a local demo day this past weekend. It was fairly aggressive and the pin carry was excellent, even when I missed the pocket.


Good to know, I just ordered mine from the shop here. I'm excited to try it out.

[bowl1820]

Drew who runs the pro-shop here (241 ave), just drilled his first one last night and tried it (OOB) in last nights league.

First frame he wrapped a ten pin, then strung together a bunch of strikes. He went 249-268-215

That last game, he was still striking but getting more 9 counts. Looked like mostly left side leaves, must have been 7's & 4's (I couldn't see that corner from where I was) though I saw a 10 & 9 get left.

The ball looked okay, pins looked to stay low and sweep the deck good. It sounded a little different hitting the pins than the other ones.

[JasonNJ]

So I picked up my Swerve tonight and threw 4 practice games. This is my first solid reactive ball since I've started bowling seriously early last year. Been mainly throwing pearl balls. Anyway took me a while to find a proper release but I bowled a 169, 172, 246 and 196. I have to say light pockets hits did carry better and it does have a different sound when it hits the rack. So far I was pretty impressed. Looking forward to use this Weds night on my mixed league.

Also there was a young guy there who saw my Swerve and he said he knew a lot of staffers who had gotten this ball early and that it hits like a ton of bricks.