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Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« on: June 13, 2012, 01:08:11 PM »
In your opinion, which Top 10 bowling balls would you pick from the 2011-2012 bowling season? This could be what you personally think or maybe what was used or won with on the PBA as well. So many to pick and choose from :o! What is your choice?

 

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 02:41:27 PM »
Storm Marvel Pearl - I've had great success with this ball.

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 04:08:51 PM »
Since the houses I bowl at have long and/or heavy oil patterns, my personal favorite of 2011-2012 is the Roto Grip Defiant.  That ball handles oil really well and yet keeps energy to carry in the backend. 

Here is my list of the 10 favorite from this year that I have either thrown or seen:

1. Defiant
2. Critical Theory
3. Nomad Dagger
4. Rising Star
5. Sigma Hybrid
6. C-System Versa-Max
7. Vital Energy
8. Outlaw
9. Bandit
10. 919C
« Last Edit: June 13, 2012, 11:47:15 PM by tommyboy74 »
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 04:45:51 PM »
In my neck of the woods, the top 10 bowling balls rolled like this:
1.Frantic
2.Tropical Heat
3.Defiant
4.300C
5.Misfit
6.Epidemic
7.718A
8.Game Breaker
9.Jet Black
10.Cyclone pearl(gold/brownish)

Honorable mention to the Nano, Marvel, Nomad pearl, Bandit, Freeze, and Arson. There were just too many balls released at one time for any ball to get a firm hold of most bowlers' attention, though.
« Last Edit: June 15, 2012, 04:39:02 PM by Jesse James »
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 06:56:25 PM »
Brunswick Versa-Max
Lord Field Exodus
Ebonite Cyclone
Roto-Grip Shooting Star
Storm CrossRoad
Storm Modern Marvel
Brunswick Nexxus f(P+R)
Motiv Sigma Hybrid
Columbia Freeze Hybrid
Ebonite Endure

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2012, 07:23:41 PM »
Frantic
Crossroad
Modern Marvel
Eruption
Ransom Demand
Pursuit
Marvel Pearl
Critical Theory
Hell Raiser Revenge
Too Reckless
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2012, 11:05:02 PM »
1. Frantic
2. Nexus solid (sorry Idk the lettering, not catchy enough)
3. Marvel pearl
4. Nano pearl
5. Taboo jet black
6. 716c
7. Crossroad
8. Critical theory
9. Hellraiser
10. Defiant
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 08:01:23 AM »
Have to go with these:

Freeze
Freeze Hybrid
Dark Encounter
Omen

Most thrown in the area:

Taboo Blue/Black
Nano
Epidemic
Arson
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2012, 11:29:54 AM »
Pricing and health kept me out of the bowling ball market during the 2011-2012 season .. I did go for one ball that I think belongs in the best .. that is the Primal Impulse. I have also seen some of the Jet balls in action and I am impressed!
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2012, 12:11:27 PM »
Motiv Sigma Tour
Motiv Raptor
DV8 Hell Raiser Revenge(never thrown it though)

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2012, 12:19:51 PM »
"Defiant" was the one this year it beat out the Prodigy and original Taboo..

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2012, 12:26:47 PM »
I will put in a vote for:
Hell Raiser Revenge
Nexus Solid
Too Reckless
Versamax

Nano, Frantic, Crossroads put smiles on a lot of people's faces
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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2012, 10:58:21 PM »
By far the best. . .
DV8 Green/White Misfit

the rest. . .
DV8 Too Reckless
Motiv Sigma Tour
Brunswick Nexus f(P)

sure there are others, if you're good almost anything will work for you

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2012, 09:26:17 PM »
I probably sold 3 Ebonite Cyclones for every 1 of all the other reactive resin balls.  --  JohnP

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Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2012, 10:21:07 PM »
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