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Radicaldave

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Radical Xeno Pearl
« on: January 09, 2017, 10:44:25 AM »
I just drilled up the Xeno Pearl last week and bowled two sport tournaments this weekend. The first was on the 2013 USBC Masters condition. Once I put the Xeno Pearl in my hand I finally was able to have a nice look. The lanes were really starting to hook inside and this ball got down lane nicely and has a strong but not violent move on the back end. I drilled a The Fix a couple of months ago and I really like their Asym C layout. I drilled the Xeno pearl with the same layout and this ball does exactly what I hoped. It is cleaner through the fronts but still has the nice smooth transition with a strong but controllable finish. As the lanes went really dry I was able to keep the reaction under control and as I went inside 5th arrow to almost 6th arrow it still would push far enough and have a consistent motion that carried well.

The second tournament was on a short low volume pattern. I failed to remember the pattern but it hooked! I was at fourth arrow by game 3 of 8 and I had to have pretty open angles in order to get the ball down lane enough. The Xeno Pearl wasn't over reacting and was carrying nicely.

I have been looking for a ball for the medium to dry conditions and for late tournament bowling that wasn't a really weak ball. I seem to find the weaker low end balls just don't carry for me and seem to be more violent in reaction as the lanes get really dry. This ball would get the length and motion I have been looking for with good carry. I had the best look by far of the whole field games 7-8 when the lanes were the driest. What a great ball!

My layout was 85x3.75x30 factory finish.

I strongly recommend this ball to anyone!

 

robert way

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Re: Radical Xeno Pearl
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2017, 09:58:08 AM »
Xeno Pearl
Well I drilled up this ball. I decided to layout it out 65 x 5 1/2 x 30. I will have to say I was very impressed with this ball. It has great length with flip. I decided to knock the shine off it with a 4000 grit pad. And now it has less flip but more continuous. I love it. I used it in my sport league and house shot league. Another great ball from Radical bowling Technologies.

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chrisleftwich

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Re: Radical Xeno Pearl
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2017, 07:32:07 AM »
Xeno Pearl:

I drilled mine with the pin above the middle finger, cg in the palm, and mb 3/8 inch to the left of the center line.  This makes the ball go long for me with a pretty good flip in the backend.  This ball gave me a long and flippy piece in my bag.
I have been able to use this ball on THS and sport conditions, the way I have it laid out I love this ball on sport shots once the pattern breaks down a little bit and has a defined breakpoint. 
Please let me know if you have any questions about this ball or any other in the line.
All Navy bowling team 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015

Cleveringston

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Re: Radical Xeno Pearl
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2017, 07:24:26 PM »
This ball a great ball for medium to dry lanes.  Very smooth on the front part of the lane, yet has just enough pop to turn the corner in the backend to keep you out of trouble.  This ball is excellent for the typically house shot.  Layout 110 x 3 1/2 x 50. 

newguy

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Re: Radical Xeno Pearl
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2017, 12:32:34 PM »
So from reading these post I am seeing 3 different ball motions used on several different conditions and by different players.
We know we did well with this ball but now we are seeing what we had hope for, a very versatile asymmetrical pearl, something the market had not seen in a very long time.