Ok, in response to both your posts. Every ball Mike does a video for, he plays different lines with. They all react the same. He throws them outside, they all start revving at 35 feet, and sometimes pull up from spots where balls should roll out. I don't know what that ball will do for me simply because I don't know the oil volume on the lane, and because he never compares different balls. If he would compare new balls to old ones that I might own, that would help to see how much more or how much less it hooks than what I already own so that I don't get overlap. The Buzzbomb is also such an aggressive ball that it may appear not to hook for people who get it and are expecting a hook monster if they use it when there isn't enough oil, as it will be burning up like crazy. My Blast Zone is outhooked by just about everything else I have, but that's because it burns up just about everywhere in town, but I know that. I get some head oil, and it outhooks everything I have by quite a bit.
There's not a whole lot of information to be had in Lane 1 videos, despite what you say. Now . . he did put a lot of disclaimers on this one, good idea. Any good video features comparisons. If he can slow hook every ball, what's the point in having them all? It would have done a lot more to have a fresh Shark pattern out and show it against say a Supernova and a G-Force Evolution. The videos aren't consistent with how they're being marketed. One's supposed to hook, one's urethane, one's skid/snap, but they all look the same in the videos.
Yes, I was paying attention when he said it was burnt up, look at my third sentence in the original post. What purpose does that serve? My Vapor Zone hooks when the shot is burnt up too.
Ok, Steven, let me say this. The video was going good . . he had the disclaimers on there, and I'm not knocking his shots on the house shot, I actually have nothing bad to say about that. It's just that why on earth would he get onto the Shark after it was burnt up? As you pointed out, some people will miss the fact that the shot is burnt up, and the ball will have no chance of doing that on a fresh shot, and then when they get it, they'll complain that it's not hooking, like one guy that has a post in the Lane 1 forum right now. I'll guarantee the ball is burning up, and I'll argue that point too. No ball will hook 20-5 on a fresh Shark pattern, and a hook monster isn't meant to be thrown on a low volume pattern. I used to work in a pro shop, and I got stuff like that all the time.
It's obvious that was a burnt up Shark pattern. So why show that? It's supposed to be a big oiler, and he didn't show it on oil. Eh? He did the same thing with the Liberator video. No ball will come back from 3 with that low of a rev rate on a sport pattern, unless the track is burnt, then every ball will. It's like taking a brand new ball out and only throwing that ball. Without gathering information on if it's a fresh shot or a beat up shot with your other balls, how can you accurately measure what your new ball does on the lanes and in comparison to what you already own? Unless you intend for that ball to be the only one you're going to own, it doesn't make sense.
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This entire thread is filled with distortions from posters who don't appear to really have watched the video. The following from Jorge300's post above is an example, and one of the reasons accurate discussions on this board more often than not go nowhere:
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I bowl PBA regionals and bowl other tournaments and to post something like this defies reason. No one and I mean NO ONE can hook any ball 20-5 on a fresh Shark pattern if it is applied correctly. And to insinuate otherwise is a blatant lie. Lane#1 may feel free to use whatever marketing campaign it likes with it's equipment. But don't come on here and spew this kind of garbage. Lane#1 will lose credibility and in the long run sales because of it.
Where was it ever stated or implied in the video that it was a 'fresh Shark pattern'? The video actually clearly states the following before showing the shots:
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"The following video was shot the next morning after league on the PBA Shark Pattern. The pattern was blown to bits"
And anyone who has bowled the Shark pattern on an older surface in a PBA experience league knows how quickly things can break down. Especially with 200 average THS amateurs burning up the outsides trying to create angle to the pocket.
What Mike showed was not only possible, but probable given the conditions he outlined. Watch the video, read the disclaimers, and evaluate it in context. There is nothing dishonest going on here other than certain posters taking cheap shots.
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