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

[SmilingBowler]

I like my signature line now. Complete with "My BowlingBoards Blog features Lifetime High Scores" which links to my blog. I am a proud member of BowlingBoards.com (and yes, it took some time and edits like font changes to fit it all in) it rings true as my final statement in every post I post on this site.

Thank you all for reading. I will be practicing again tomorrow and will share my scores (and maybe some photos and videos) - once they're edited for time. For now, time for some rest so I can bowl well in about 5-6 hours. No fear.. I only sleep about 4-5 hours a night as it is.

Cheers! (: .)

[SmilingBowler]

Tried out a few new custom gif avatars, but realized that they won't continue to change like some of yours.

For this reason, I chose the one that made it look like my Smiling Bowler logo was spinning. The other one shows the Ebonite Innovate and Hammer Black Widow along with my logo, but it stops (like the one I have now) at the end rather than continuing.

Any ideas why?

[SmilingBowler]

WOW! 200 posts!

I feel it was fitting to come back here, to my first thread where my first post appears, to post my 200th post.
Maybe, one day, I'll be lucky enough to realize I'm another milestone post and enter it here as well. (: .)

[Bonebrake]

that's alot of posts lol I've been a member longer than you and I think im close to 100 lol

[SmilingBowler]

haha.. I started a few that really took off and had a number of others posting than just me. That was encouraging. (: .)

[SmilingBowler]

In Autumn of 1999 I bought a pair of AMF shoes from Kmart and they lasted 4 years. I bowled once a week regular season and one summer league 2/3 of the years; about 300 games. Used the summer league in 2005 (after not bowling the previous summer) to break-in a new pair of AMF shoes. They went on to last me another 4 seasons, one summer league and a number of sporadic practice sessions throughout the years. In 2009 I didn't bowl at all. My third pair of AMF shoes started to skid more than slide this past January and as some of you know, I've been shopping around for a new pair of shoes.

After a conversation with a trusted pro shop guy, the same man who drilled my Hammer Black Widow and Jacked Raw Hammer, decided it was time to step up and go with Dexter SST1s.

Last Saturday I went ahead and placed an order. They should be here in a few days.
I'll likely pick them up this coming Monday, if not tomorrow.

Dad and I didn't practice this past Sunday (St. Patrick's Day) but bowled Monday Night.
This is what my left slide shoe looked like in the 9th frame of the third game.



I guess it knew its days were numbered.

So this left me without shoes to bowl with this past Wednesday Night. *gulp!*
You can probably guess where I went and what I bought. Yup. You're right.
AMF bowling shoes at Kmart. If nothing else, I know they'll last about 4 years.

That's all I can ask of my new Dexter SST1s.