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Equipment Boards => Elite => Topic started by: FastTracker33 on November 22, 2006, 07:01:03 AM

Title: NEW ELITE
Post by: FastTracker33 on November 22, 2006, 07:01:03 AM
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Frederick on November 22, 2006, 07:03:45 PM
If anybody has this ball, I would love to read a review...
Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: scotts33 on November 23, 2006, 01:34:07 AM
You gotta be kidding......correct?

ONLY reason this forum was opened is that someone got to the owner of this site and paid them off.  

How long did it take to get LM/L as a forum in it's own right????
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: KingCranker on November 23, 2006, 08:34:25 AM
Elite has great Equipment and deserves a forum on here,enough said!
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on November 23, 2006, 08:36:34 AM
I like the look of it, but I can't justify the price.
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: dizzyfugu on November 23, 2006, 08:44:21 AM
What is it this time? A sanded Monster Bruiser?
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: kmanestor22 on November 29, 2006, 12:05:35 PM
Wasn't the Eclipse Brunswick K-mart ball line???
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: bosco_13jr on November 30, 2006, 09:05:34 AM
I throw Elite equipment and i have trown the monster bruiser the reations are not the same, i did a test to see, all they are doing is using a proven core, and making a better ball, The moster bruiser was a remake of a Quantum. Which if anyone remembers Quantums were not cheap. The balls are worth what you pay for them if you have someone drilling them that knows what they are doing. Yes there was a ball called the Eclipse before it was a entry ball that had a pancake weight block it was basically a power grove.
Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Strapper_Squared on December 02, 2006, 10:21:50 AM
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The balls are worth what you pay for them if you have someone drilling them that knows what they are doing.



Yeah, those high-tec symmetricals are tough ones to layout and put holes in...  That justifies the cost

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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Frederick on December 02, 2006, 12:21:25 PM
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I throw Elite equipment and i have trown the monster bruiser the reations are not the same, i did a test to see, all they are doing is using a proven core, and making a better ball, The moster bruiser was a remake of a Quantum. Which if anyone remembers Quantums were not cheap. The balls are worth what you pay for them if you have someone drilling them that knows what they are doing. Yes there was a ball called the Eclipse before it was a entry ball that had a pancake weight block it was basically a power grove.
You can't come on here and say anything good about Elite because the same three people love to post on here and do nothing but bash you and Elite.

If anybody has any questions about Elite, why don't you just go onto their website and look up Curtis Woods. You know, the one leading the PBA west region right now. I'm sure he can answer any of your questions.
Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Slopsurprise on December 02, 2006, 12:56:16 PM
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The balls are worth what you pay for them if you have someone drilling them that knows what they are doing.



Yeah, those high-tec symmetricals are tough ones to layout and put holes in...  That justifies the cost

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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Frederick on December 04, 2006, 01:02:57 PM
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I throw Elite equipment and i have trown the monster bruiser the reations are not the same, i did a test to see, all they are doing is using a proven core, and making a better ball, The moster bruiser was a remake of a Quantum. Which if anyone remembers Quantums were not cheap. The balls are worth what you pay for them if you have someone drilling them that knows what they are doing. Yes there was a ball called the Eclipse before it was a entry ball that had a pancake weight block it was basically a power grove.
You can't come on here and say anything good about Elite because the same three people love to post on here and do nothing but bash you and Elite.

If anybody has any questions about Elite, why don't you just go onto their website and look up Curtis Woods. You know, the one leading the PBA west region right now. I'm sure he can answer any of your questions.



I'm pretty sure that Curtis Wood is getting his equipment for free since he's being sponsored by Elite.

What does Curtis know about Elite anyways other than they sponsor him and the balls are good?

Nobody questions the ball. They are born of some the best technology Brunswick ever had?

Again, they are nothing more than Brunswicks older technology wrapped around Bowlers Paradise marketing hype.

So, where was that Elite Manufacturing plant again?
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Floridarevmachine on December 04, 2006, 03:04:22 PM
All I know is that if the Elite balls were that much better than the rest, thus justifying the cost then you would see a lot more bowlers on tour using the equipment.  I mean they have balls for all of the tour patterns, wouldn't you think there would be someone dominating each week using one of those balls?  I can see charging 30-40 dollars more because you are a smaller company, but to almost double the cost of other balls is rediculous.
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Warren300 on December 05, 2006, 06:59:09 PM
Brian Voss won last season with Elite,blew the comp away.I think he averaged 250 on the show
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Rileybowler on December 05, 2006, 07:07:21 PM
It was also the only one won with elite and I haven't seen any on tour this year so far in the tv matches. Who is throwing them this year on tour?
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: bosco_13jr on December 06, 2006, 08:13:39 AM
first of all, I talk with Curtis on some things, second, I have been throwing nothing but Elite now for a month and i have been averaging over 240, I made the switch after talking with Curtis,I cant wait for the next year in the South region to bowl with Elite, Remember one thing How much did Lane 1 cost when the balls were made by brunswick, then you have to remember they pay  the PBA to use there logo's.   There balls that are not the PBA's and the Alien are not  $289, I think you are getting what you pay for on the quality of the balls. There are no fill spots or damage on the product.  The reason you dont see alot of the balls on tour i think is because they are still a new company.
Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: rob_mil13 on December 06, 2006, 03:19:23 PM
Haven't seen MoRich on TV lately? Not been watching TV much?
Walter Ray this week, Jack Jurek last week.....
Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: hammermike2000 on December 06, 2006, 03:30:17 PM
Also Jack Jurek at the masters, and WRW JR at the Japan one...

Another thing: the high-end elite balls cost the same to a pro shop as a high-end brunswick, they have just really jacked up the price on the internet.  But I still don't agree with the company at all.
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: shelley on December 06, 2006, 03:47:21 PM
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its not justification to the price hike but i beleive that last year Norm Duke used an Elite Alien. (not exactly sure if he won the compition or not...)


Duke used an Alien in the Dick Weber Classic.  Playing straight up the 15-board right at the pocket.  The "frozen rope" as Durbin would have said.  If you wanted to see a ball hook, that was not the show to watch.  He also lost, albeit in a roll-off.  He threw a Fired Up for one shot (and struck) but knew that line would not hold up.

Voss won the Jackson Hewitt Classic throwing an R47, but those two are the only ones who have thrown Elite balls.  Duke was on their staff for a little while last year, though if it was anything like his tenure on Storm's staff, who knew what he'd throw week-to-week.

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but then again arnt plastic and polyester bowling balls made in China? maybe it was the Alien Viz-A-Ball thing i saw with made in china...i dont exactly remember...


You can't go by where their plastic and Vis-a-balls are made.  Maybe they're Chinese, maybe Korean (I hear that most of the clear balls are Korean-made), maybe in the US or Timbuktu.  There are a lot of plastic balls made all over the world from every manufacturer.  The only thing you can usually count on to be made in the US are the "real" balls.

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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Rileybowler on December 06, 2006, 03:52:48 PM
If and I'm saying if these balls are all that great why aren't they being used on the PBA and why would Brian Voss not throw them anymore. One can only conclude that they are not all that. The PBA is a whole new ball game compared tpo regionals like comparing Bush Cup driving with Next tel there is a lot of difference between the two.
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Title: Re: NEW ELITE
Post by: Strapper_Squared on December 06, 2006, 03:53:47 PM
Although I really don't believe the hype and would never pay the going rate for one of these, I did pick up a used P43 for a decent price.  I just finished pluggin this ball up and redrilling and am planning on throwing it for league tonight.  I redrilled the ball with the same basic layout it came with (to keep plug material out of the track area etc.).  For me it has a almost a 3" pin to PAP with the cg stacked below.  I placed a weight hole 2" beyond my PAP to get the ball back to legal.  I finished the surface with a 320 grit CAB/sanding disk and ebonite particle polish.  I'm subbing in a neighboring house tonight that typically has a heavier oil shot out.  I'll give my mini-review tomorrow!

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