Core Technology: Dense Polymer Core

Coverstock: Enhanced SuperFlex

Hardness: 75-78

RG: 2.497

Differential: 0.049

Track Flare: 4-5 inches

Color: Oyster/Blue

Finish: Polished

Available Weights: 12,13,14,15,16 lbs

Hello, I got a chance to throw a frieds columbia Wicked ball> dont know the drilling specs. But I thought it was a good dry lanbe ball to med oil.. NBothign special for oil. Did not hook near as muh as other I throw liek Storm Erase It or track ko champ, trauma er but it did hit pretty good. Left a couple of nastysplits though when it should have been a good strioke ball.. I won't buy one I know that!

7 out of 10. does not live up to COlumbia's big hipe !

hi all, i like to ask What is the grid polish of this ball WIcked, i mean Box finish???

My wife and I both bought one of these balls, and we're both very happy with them.  As for mine, I had it drilled label, with a small weight hole to make it legal.  This ball has excellent length, and has no trouble getting around the corner if given any dry to work with.  I didn't think I would like this ball so much because I hated the Core Power HRG, which had a similar reaction, but for some reason, the Wicked is a little more controllable.  My Wicked actually gives the impression it hooks more than my Icon, but I think it's just because all of the Wicked's hook is in the backend, while the Icon hooks more throughout the entire lane.  In my opinion, this is Columbia's third top notch ball in the last year or so (Reaction Ricochet and Icon being the others).  Columbia and Ebonite are dominating the market right now and congrats to those two.

This ball might be good for a consistent shot, but it is too erratic on an oilier type shot.  When I first got it, my house was running a 30ft tree, buffing to 38ft and this ball was a killer.  Had good length and a strong flip on the backends. carry was great.

  Since then, the shot has changed to 36ft buffed to 42ft in a flatter configuration than before. Now this ball is so over/under that it is completely useless for me.  Either it skids through the pindeck, or if I move my feet, hooks early and gets in the nose.

  I have the ball drilled 12:00 with the pin above the bridge and cg just above the midline, didn't need a weighthole. I even tried scuffing the surface with a scotchbrite, only to find the same results, just deeper on the lane than before.

  I liked the ball on a lighte pattern, but it was junk when they increased the oil.  May be the drill or may be the ball but it ain't made for an oil shot and it won't work for me on one.

  If you bowl on light to medium, this is a reasonably good choice.  Carry was good and so was reaction, just don't get it for ANYTHING over a medium shot
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ILLEGITIMI NON-CARBORUNDUM

Alright, heres a few stats. Right Hander with a little above average revs, I throw about 17 mph.  Pin just above the ring finger with the cg kicked out a little bit.  3.5 oz top weight

Alright, Just had School League today, and I knew it was going to be a good day from the third shot in practice, (first two shots, wanted to get my arm warmed up).  In school league we bowl 2 baker games and then bowl 2 normal games. I got this ball about 2 months ago and really enjoy this ball. This ball seizes to amaze me.  I can throw it out and it will snap back, and I can keep it inside if the outside is dry and it will sit and flip.  There is no over/under with this ball.  It is very controllable in oil, but once you get in dry this ball turns into a monster.  If you are a fan of brooklyn, have fun.  Anyways in the last few weeks I figured out a few things I have been doing wrong with this ball and my form, and in the last week and a half I have shot 4 700's and my lowest game has been a 198.  Yesterday I shot 502 with 2 games, 257 and 245 for school league, and then today I come out and shoot 299 and threw a lot of splits in the second game for a 193. It was only a 492, but I can handle that. The first 11 shots were perfect, same shot on all of them.  The 12th shot.  Everyone went quiet and one of my coaches was yelling SHHH, which I would rather not happen.  I figured since i shot the first 11 with noise I might as well have the last one with noise, but I was shaking so bad i couldnt turn around and say anything.  I yanked the hell out of the ball and it crossed over and barely nicked the head pin on the brooklyn side...The 10 pin sat there, I think 3 pins rolled and hit it, but I was on the ground looking up...My teamates and all the parents and everyone else started clapping, and they had to come pick me up because I would of just sat there for the rest of the night.  I'm happy that I got the 299, but I still which I could of threw a decent shot... But that is my story with the Wicked...I love the ball, and will probably never change, if this one ever gets something wrong with it, I will buy another one and so on...I'll probably stock up just in case.  I also have the Wild, and that ball is so over under, i hate it with a passion... Never buy that piece of crap!    Thanks for reading if you read the whole thing.  See ya

I am a youth bowler, i have been bowling for a while but my average had barely improved. I had a 140 and i am 14, i was less than impressed with my own ability. I decided that a new ball was the they to go. I purchased a WICKED as my first "real" bowling ball (my previous was a wine rhino, it wqas approved for the PBA in 1986). Hear are the stats:
Pin: 3 inches
Top-weight: 3 onces

Pin placed at 2:30
cg kicked out a cm or two
Lanes: Wood
Style: Power Stroker

To start off, i cannot illustrate how versetile this ball is.aas long as there is some oil on the heads and a clean backend. The fist dry board that this thing touches it will rev up like 'Vette and kick like a soccer star. It has the biggest backend of any ball i've seen. Its also extremely forgiving. If the conditions are right anything on the right half of the lane will find the pocket. And when it does... SHASH!!! pins flying everwhere. This ball has to be one the best balls on the market, and the value is unreal!

Lets sum it up!
Pros:
Ignores the condition of the heads if there is ANY oil.
Will find the pocket on its own.
Hits like a truck when it gets there.
Most versetile ball ive seen

Cons:
long oil/carrydown, this ball will be strait as an arrow -------->

in my opinion, 10/10, If you cant use this ball, you shouldn't be bowling!