Hey, Smiling Bowler here. Best of Luck! (: .)

[SmilingBowler]

Alright, so in case you don't follow me on Twitter and didn't see that I was recruited to sub in the Monday Mens League (great time last night, by the way) I am now going to pre-bowl tomorrow (Wednesday Night) for my Thursday Night League, before I bowl in my Non-Sanctioned Wednesday Mixed League.

This will be the first time since last summer I'll throw 6+ games in one day. It'll be interesting to see how well I do.

I'll prebowl early (around 5ish) and then hang out at the lanes until our League starts at 6:15.

Follow all the action of my prebowling (assuming the Wi-Fi cooperates) at Twitter.com/SmilingBowler

[Trex]

Welcome smiling bowler!! I have not been around much as of late, Good luck with the chance to win a ball here, I won a Brunswick Loaded Revolver here, & it's a Great ball!!

Great to meet you, look forward to seeing your progress, and
Thanks again.

[SmilingBowler]

Thanks Trex. I joined a few weeks back and I often check in to see how others have responded to my comments and others.
This board is quite a great help to bowlers of all experience and levels. Thanks for letting me know you've won a great ball.
I hope to win the Roto Grip Disturbed this week or I'll likely buy the Hammer First Blood which is available in our local pro shop.
I've seen a couple guys in my Monday Mens League be able to bowl well with that ball.

The Hammer First Blood is definitely at the top of my target list and surely I'll buy it if I don't happen to win the Roto Grip Disturbed this week.
They're equally capable of helping me with med-heavy oil with the back-end. I'm also considering buying a spare ball, looking at an Ebonite Maxim, in the case I don't feel comfortable with various lane conditions, especially shooting the 10 pin. Though I have taken some tips from other some pros like Norm Duke via YouTube and I am confident with my Innovate shooting 10-pins now.

Enjoy Bowling, pal. That's the best way I learn. This game keeps us humble and when we keep it positive, we can improve our game.

[Bonebrake]

If you get the first blood make sure to post about it.... If i dont happen to win a ball within the next few weeks i will be buying one and first blood is also on my list but dont know anyone who has used it

[SmilingBowler]

If you get the first blood make sure to post about it.... If i dont happen to win a ball within the next few weeks i will be buying one and first blood is also on my list but dont know anyone who has used it

I know ecub uses a Hammer First Blood.

[Bonebrake]

I had actually just talked to.him about it after posting that lol im not sure ill be able to afford the 200 but if i can i definately think it will be the ball i get

[SmilingBowler]

I hear ya. My Dad just got his Hammer First Blood today. It was about 230 with grips and a slug.
I look forward to seeing how he shoots it tomorrow in practice.

Personally, I'm still debating. I can get a Roto Grip Disturbed for about 50 bucks cheaper with drilling, if not won here, in which case, I'd just pay the 40 or so to get it drilled at our local pro shop. Those guys have drilled every ball of mine since 1996 and they know how I throw better than I know myself. LOL!

[Bonebrake]

Lol yeah i went to my pro shop the other day and they are very helpful and my proshop does free drilling grips and slugs when you buy a ball i just hope i have the money soon lol

[SmilingBowler]

I bowled well this morning and will post my scores in the most trendy thread in a moment. I took video with my iPad 2 (set on the floor by the ball return - recorded all 3 games) and my iPhone 4 (set on the table between the lanes - recorded just the 3rd game) but here's where I ran into an issue... iMovie requires an update, and the update requires I update my devices to 6.0 which I really do not wish to do. I currently run 5.1 on both and have no reason to change.

So I went ahead and deleted about 5 unnecessary apps and downloaded a couple video-editing apps I found that still run on 4.0 and above. Then I come to find the clips are too long and the apps crash when I try to call up any video. So much for that idea, huh? Well... I didn't want to edit the original video, I only wanted to take some best or and worst of clips from it to create a short 5 minute video.

But, because nothing else is seeming to work, figured I'd go ahead and edit the original. I try to do this and... not enough free space to edit the video. I have nearly a full GB of free space and it still won't let me edit video. This is bizarre, in my mind... I used to edit video with less than 750MB of free space... but that was back when I was running 4.0 and before I decided I'd record myself bowling.

So - long story short, I have failed at my attempt to be able to share video of my bowling.
The good news is I was able to record the full session and can still view it at my leisure and learn from it.
Gotta be happy with that. (: .)

[SmilingBowler]

Now that I had to edit my signature to be less than 4 lines, I had to remove my current stats, which were updated frequently - after each league series, to be honest.

But I found a solution. I started a blog. http://www.bowlingboards.com/blogs/18243-SmilingBowler

It's one post, featuring my best-of bowling moments over the past two seasons (before then, I struggled to reach a 500 series consistently) and also shows my games spreads and averages, broken down by league. You'll also find where else you can find me chatting bowling and sharing my scores on social sites like Twitter, Facebook - and soon to be YouTube!