Ebonite has finally got a ball that can turn the corner on the backend. Idrilled the ball up with pin below the ring finger and the mass bias at 45 degrees. out of the box I shot 228, 300, 209. The ball recovers very well on the backend. The ball is smooth and recovers very well in oil.

This ball is definatley a step in the right direction for Ebonite. It's something they've been missing in their line for a while. This ball is very very clean through the fronts and has a really nice continuous motion on the backend. Not to mention it hits harder then anything I've seen in a long time.

Drilled one for Ebonite Amateur Staff Member Sean Ferrell last week.  Sean is a high rev player, I drilled his Mission 5x55.  It's really smooth and has a really nice continuous motion on the backend.

This is definatley a head turner in my neck of the woods. Nice work Ebonite!

Chris Chandler

The Big E is back!!!!!!!!!I drilled my Mission 3x75x25 with a weight hole in the p3 position.I want to start by saying the is the strongest ball from ebonite on the backend that i have seen in along time.This ball has awesome recovery downlane with no quit.Its very clean through the fronts with a very strong recovery off the spot.It doesn't blow by the spot.Even with the mission sanded to 2000 abralon its very clean through the fronts and hits the pins like a beast.If you haven't thrown a ebonite ball in awhile you wont want to miss out on this one.Great job Ebonite on giving us one awesome bowling ball.
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Dannial Cohen
 
www.strikingresultsatl.com
 

Threw my Mission last night in league. The house typically plays lake of oil in the middle and desert on outside. This ball blew through the oil hit the desert for a brief period of time took a picture, posted a review on ballreviews.com and said good bye as it had a date with some pins. It something to be said how well this ball rolls but your more surprised on how the Mission recovers and still has enough energy to demolish pins. 505 after 2 games (Whiffed 10 pin) in there. Although this isn't a technical review, its mearly a simple love story about a boy who typically uses Hammer having a love afair with an Ebonite ball. Sometimes redheads are just more fun! LoL!!!

I threw the mission (left it box finish) in vegas during the military championships.  It is the strongest ball I ever owned.  Got back this week and shot 750 and 783 in league. In vegas, the shot had a ton of oil in the middle. It carried very well even in heavy oil.  I threw it back in the midwest and on one pattern, the shot is dry - I moved in and threw about 20 at the arrows out to 10 and the ball hit like a truck.  I threw 28 strikes with 7 tens that night. The other house is heavy oil in the middle and gets to be over/under after 1 game.  I shot 783 that night.  The ball hits extremely hard and keeps driving on the back end.  Best Ebonite ball I have ever owned and I have thrown only ebonite for last 3 years. I have a very low track and I had it drilled with the pin above the middle finger with CG in the palm and axis just right of the thumb hole. Great ball.

The Mission from Ebonite. I have had the chance to roll them since mid-January and have not been disappointed in its performance. During that first week, I had the privilege to watch Kelly Kulick win the PBA Tournament of Champions in a stellar performance and clear demonstration of the Mission’s superior capabilities in her victory. The Mission has had the best jump start of any ball in recent memory.

I have drilled two Missions. Using the dual angle layout technique the first one is 40 degrees by 4 ½ inches by 50 degrees with the pin 3 ¼ inches above the midline. The pin is above the bridge and mass bias swung 2 inches right of the thumb with no balance hole. The second Mission is 55 degrees by 5 ½ inches by 65 degrees with the pin 2 ¼ inches above the midline. That puts the pin inside the middle finger hole and the mass bias 1 inch right of the thumb hole, with no balance hole. Both Missions have been used in box condition, with no surface changes.

The two lane condition environments I have bowled on are a 38 ft league condition with heavy applied oil to 24 ft on HPL lanes with ripping backend, and 40 ft US Open pattern on Brunswick Pro Anvillane.  The lanes are done immediately prior to bowling with no settling time for the patterns prior to bowling.

The condition on the HPL surface is dominated by friction and I have not yet been able to use either of the two Mission’s effectively in game 1, even the milder layout is too strong. In games 2 and 3, I have been able to far to the left and pump the ball with higher speed and not worry about recovery. The reaction in game 3 has been awesome both times with the best looking strong hook to slight set motion one can have and strike.

The US Open condition requires play at the second arrow zone to start and then migrated left as the lane busted open somewhat. The Mission with the 5 ½ layout carried a bit too far down the lane before recovering compared to the 4 ½ layout, but it was still effective. The stronger 4 ½  layout allowed me to attack the US Open pattern like it was almost a league shot. It recovered within a 3 board zone to the right of the break point especially in games 2 and 3.

For those that have previously used Ebonite equipment, I would say the Mission handles oil very well and has a stronger and more predictable motion than either the Angular One or Magic Action. The Mission’s strength is it’s recoverability. In today’s ball market there are MANY very good ball releases, and occasionally one of the companies hits the home run. The balls that are home runs have WOW factor, they do something more or differently than the other good new releases.

The Mission is one of those.


Jim Lewis
Ebonite Regional Staff

Drilled up the Mission 33* 4 3/8 33* with the hole in the p4 position. Went out last night on a pattern that plays very wet/dry for me and shot 750. It was smooth through the midlane with nice pop on the back. It played about 4 boards bigger than my Magic Action and 6 more than my Mutant Cell all while seeming to give more room at the break and GREAT pop at the pins.

Looks like a gamechanger for Ebonite....talked it up to a couple guys I bowl with that HATE Ebonite and both said they already have one on order.

Gonna go practice with it today (I felt like I left 30-40 pins out there last night) and may add to this later if I see anything new.
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