KYDave
03-19-2017, 06:49 PM
So a couple of us went up to Muncie again for another EBI demo.
There were several people from EBI staff there and were very helpful.
They had several more balls to try than the one we had local.
My buddy was inbetween the Cyborg Pearl and the Kinetic Emerald (did not have this one local). He decided on the K EM. I threw it as well, great ball!
His girl had pre ordered the new Motiv United Revolt. Ended up her span on her first ball was wrong, so that was fixed. I had bowled with her and discovered she is a full roller. Now that I know this, we laid out the ball CG in grip and pin at 7:30. She absolutely loves it!
Made some span and pitch changes on my new Impulse they punched for me. I made the ring finger longer and thumb pitch from 3/8 neg to 1/8 neg. Has greatly reduced my grip pressure and love how it feels!
I had a couple layouts in mind for it as well. One of the EBI guys had suggested a longer pin to pap to try. I've never owned a sym (or asym for that matter) with a 5 1/2 pin to pap. Going to our home center tomorrow to try it out. Bowled 15 games and both the lanes and myself were beat so wasn't able to judge anything with the new layout. Local center is going to lay out a fresh pattern for us for ball testing and $1 games. Hard to beat that!
Will also mention even with heavier oil I still do not like the Mako. The Mav and Mav Pearl looked a little better but still not me.
Was really impressed by the Hammer Rebel Solid, GB2 Phenom pearl and as mentioned the Kinetic Emerald. Sideswide I was neutral on.
There were several people from EBI staff there and were very helpful.
They had several more balls to try than the one we had local.
My buddy was inbetween the Cyborg Pearl and the Kinetic Emerald (did not have this one local). He decided on the K EM. I threw it as well, great ball!
His girl had pre ordered the new Motiv United Revolt. Ended up her span on her first ball was wrong, so that was fixed. I had bowled with her and discovered she is a full roller. Now that I know this, we laid out the ball CG in grip and pin at 7:30. She absolutely loves it!
Made some span and pitch changes on my new Impulse they punched for me. I made the ring finger longer and thumb pitch from 3/8 neg to 1/8 neg. Has greatly reduced my grip pressure and love how it feels!
I had a couple layouts in mind for it as well. One of the EBI guys had suggested a longer pin to pap to try. I've never owned a sym (or asym for that matter) with a 5 1/2 pin to pap. Going to our home center tomorrow to try it out. Bowled 15 games and both the lanes and myself were beat so wasn't able to judge anything with the new layout. Local center is going to lay out a fresh pattern for us for ball testing and $1 games. Hard to beat that!
Will also mention even with heavier oil I still do not like the Mako. The Mav and Mav Pearl looked a little better but still not me.
Was really impressed by the Hammer Rebel Solid, GB2 Phenom pearl and as mentioned the Kinetic Emerald. Sideswide I was neutral on.