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Title: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: Ballreviews 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?
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: Pinbuster on June 13, 2012, 02:41:27 PM
Storm Marvel Pearl - I've had great success with this ball.
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: tommyboy74 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: Jesse James 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.
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: charlest 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

Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: northface28 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: billdozer 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: chrisleftwich 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: JOE FALCO 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!
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: StickZ on June 14, 2012, 12:11:27 PM
Motiv Sigma Tour
Motiv Raptor
DV8 Hell Raiser Revenge(never thrown it though)
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: Pinbasher209 on June 14, 2012, 12:19:51 PM
"Defiant" was the one this year it beat out the Prodigy and original Taboo..
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: Brandon Riley 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: nocarey 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: JohnP 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
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: 900DJ on June 16, 2012, 10:21:07 PM
ransom demand
train
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: batbowler on June 16, 2012, 11:08:54 PM
Versa-Max benchmark
Nexus f(P+F) med/hvy
Karma pearl purple/pink med/light
Misfit med/light to light
Nexxus f(P+R) heavy
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: avabob on June 17, 2012, 12:14:17 PM
Frantic may be at the top of the list.  Versa Max is really gaining momentum, as is the Revenge.  Lots of other good balls out there, but the Frantic and Versa Max stand out because they are mid price balls that are matching up better for a lot of people than the high end aggressive shelled asyemtric equipment.
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: jbungard on June 17, 2012, 04:19:16 PM
900 Global Eagle (Eagle and Black Eagle)
Brunswick Nexus f(P+F)
Columbia Eruption
Ebonite Mission Domination/250K
Hammer Arson
Hammer Taboo (Taboo, Blue/Silver and Jet Black)
MoRich DestroyR
MoRich Motions (Perpetual, Aggressive and Loco)
Motiv QZ2 Backdraft
Motiv Raptors (P7 and Attack)
Motiv Sigma Tour
Roto Grip Critical Theory
Storm Frantic
Storm Marvel Pearl

More than 10 but these are the balls that have made a good impression on me, my teammates and friends/opponents over the past year.
Title: Re: Top 10 Bowling Balls for 2011-2012 Bowling Season
Post by: vkowalski1970 on June 19, 2012, 08:56:31 AM
Taboo Jet Black
Defiant
Versa max
Sigma Tour
Pearl Panther
Nexxus P+R
Frantic
Marvel pearl
Crossroad
Too Reckless