One can no longer make generalizations to make life easier in your bowling ball choices. It is not only not feasible, it is foolish and counter-productive.
There are, I have seen larger differences in ball reaction due to the amount of polish and shine applied to a ball, be it particle or resin, than I have seen in whether a ball has a particle or a resin coverstock.
Major examples:
The Ebonite V2 Dry and the Columbia Spirit II are particle balls but are two of the least hooking balls available and are best suited to almost burnt lanes.
3 new resin solids, Columbia Full Throttle, Ebonite Killer Instinct Sanded, and the Brunswick Ultimate Inferno are 3 solid resins and there are few balls that will handle more oil than they will, even dull particles. (For the wise asses out there, yes, there are a few particles that will handle more.)
The point is one must look at the ball, not whether it's particle, resin, urethane, polished, dull, pearl or what-not.
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"We get old too fast, and too late, smart."
Edited on 3/31/2004 9:05 AM
