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Title: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: stormed1 on March 10, 2021, 11:39:45 PM: Trident Horizon

COLOR: Blue Pearl/Navy Solid/Pink Solid
COVERSTOCK: Coercionâ„¢ MXC Hybrid
CORE: Sidewinderâ„¢
FINISH: 4000 Grit LSS
REACTION: Medium Length w/ Continuous Backend
LANE CONDITION: Medium to Heavy Oil
WEIGHTS: 12-16 lbs.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: SpinBowler300 on March 11, 2021, 12:26:14 PM: Had this ball had the Trident core, I'd be all over it. Not with this core. It's not really a Trident. Just in name only.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: milorafferty on March 11, 2021, 06:07:31 PM: Quote from: SpinBowler300 on March 11, 2021, 12:26:14 PM
Had this ball had the Trident core, I'd be all over it. Not with this core. It's not really a Trident. Just in name only.

Motiv has been doing a lot of that.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: CoorZero on March 11, 2021, 07:10:22 PM: It's like they're scared that another name won't sell. Seems odd.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: StraightBall on March 11, 2021, 07:30:48 PM: Maybe they gave up on the Turbulent core as a dud and are trying to revive the Trident line with a new core that truly separates it from Jackal line. Not everyone was a fan of the old Trident line, especially the Abyss and Quest.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: themagician on March 12, 2021, 07:20:26 AM: The Nemesis did bring a new core in, bur release timing with covid and turning around and using more attractive colors and the same cover on the Jackal Flash got a lot of people to pass on it. Other thing on the logo is Motiv has quite a bit of cost in tooling to do the Neomark so they tend to keep name plates around for a while.

Watched a lot of the WSOB qualifying, and the Horizon looked like a beefed up Shock, kind of a more angular Ghost type ball. I'm excited to get this one in my hands.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: MJS73 on March 14, 2021, 07:12:45 AM: Maybe they gave up on the Turbulent core as a dud and are trying to revive the Trident line with a new core that truly separates it from Jackal line. Not everyone was a fan of the old Trident line, especially the Abyss and Quest.

This exactly. This is the new Trident core. With the Jackals taking over the Heavy Oil line the Trident has been slotted to the Medium-Heavy line.

and the same cover on the Jackal Flash

The Supra, Ripcord, VIP, Nemesis, Flash and Fatal Venom all use variations on the Infusion cover.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: SpinBowler300 on March 16, 2021, 08:30:03 AM: Well, the Trident Abyss with the Turbulent core was my favorite Motiv ball until it was discontinued. I won a tournament and killed it in league with that ball. I hope it makes a return soon.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: MJS73 on March 19, 2021, 05:14:04 PM: The Alpha Jackal has the same cover as the Abyss, which is not coming back.
Title: Re: Introducing the Trident Horizon! Release Date: 4/9/21 Street Date: 4/14/21
Post by: themagician on March 20, 2021, 08:57:59 AM: Got to see two of them in person this week, one Motiv is learning how to make balls that have great appearance, the pink pops in this one. Second, it looks a lot punchier downlane than I expected. The cover being just a hybrid of the Flare and Legacy cover had me thinking it'd still be pretty smooth, but the core combo with it had the two I saw turn the corner pretty hard. Way too early to tell where it fits, but it looks like an option between the Ghost and Flash. I'll do some video when mine get here.