I practice on a lot on slick, flat sport patterns and the lane surface at this particular center is slick. Which bowling ball made in the last couple of years will have the strongest traction on an oil spill?

In my eyes the strongest ball on the market right now is the Hammer Rip'd Solid

Yeah, I definitely will be using very low grits (green scotch brite) on my next purchase. Has anyone tried multiple heavy oil balls across different manufacturers to form something of a consensus?

For current(ish) balls on the market right now? The Rip'd Solid is probably the best bet. Kingpin Maxx and Pitbull Bite are up there too.

In the near future I imagine the Katana Dragon and Intense Fire will be duking it out for the honor of that title.

Quote from: Impending Doom on May 28, 2018, 10:58:31 PM

Get yourself a Inception DCT pearl and throw some surface on it. Boom.

Not the (regular?) Inception DCT? Was wondering about that ball. Seemed to have a lot of fanfare before release but not a ton after. The DCT Pearl definitely has more info out there.

I personally like pearls with surface for heavier patterns. Of course, if I don't need much response downlane, I'll go to a solid with surface.

Quote from: Impending Doom on May 28, 2018, 10:58:31 PM

Get yourself a Inception DCT pearl and throw some surface on it. Boom.

Not the (regular?) Inception DCT? Was wondering about that ball. Seemed to have a lot of fanfare before release but not a ton after. The DCT Pearl definitely has more info out there.

Regular DCT is fine, but it's very slow off friction.

Not sure there are many who have thrown all of the oilers on a side by side basis.  About the best you can do is find a site that does a number of reviews on the same conditions.  I personally like RJ at Lakeside Reviews.  You can hear their assessments and see where they are playing with each and the type of reaction.

I need a refresher on this.  I thought no ball would hook in oil, that you had to have friction (dry) and wanted a quicker response on a longer pattern.  I guess the balls are so strong now that is no longer true?

Having thrown a NIB 1998 Ebonite Riptide recently on this year's flooded out Masters oil pattern a few weeks ago, I would have to disagree that no ball could hook in oil. That ball could barely cleared the first 30-35 feet on fresh 30 ml pattern on a Brunswick surface! On a medium house shot, the Riptide does not even clear the arrows! That ball is STILL overkill on all but the heaviest of patterns even today. Imagine people 20 years ago throwing a Riptide in league. Yikes!