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AlonzoHarris

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Wreck-Em
« on: February 20, 2018, 09:06:41 AM »
Anyone still using this ball? Still available but I don't hear anything on it anymore. I always felt like it competed for a spot in the bag with the Hy-Road Pearl.
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2018, 11:57:02 AM »
I still use my Wreck-Em and it has become one of my most trusted balls.  It's my go-to ball when the lanes break down and the fronts start to burn up.

It's drilled with the pin down about 3/4 of an inch below my ring finger with a very small weight hole in the P3 quadrant.  When I use it on the right conditions, it automatically finds the pocket.  LOL.  The ball is bit cover dominant for me, but I like the shape that I get out it on the right condition.  Long with a quick move on the back. 

The ball stays in my bag and I take it wherever I bowl.  At some point, the ball will come into play on almost any given day in my area.  The lane breakdown "is" coming and that's when it start to shine!  210+ almost every time!  Peace!

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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 12:06:50 PM »
“I still use my Wreck-Em and it has become one of my most trusted balls.  It's my go-to ball when the lanes break down and the fronts start to burn up.”

Absolutely nailed it. also my go to as the night goes on.

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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 12:29:55 PM »
 Going through a bit of a “ball whore” phase recently, and one of the acquisitions was a pin up, stacked Wreckem.

 Drilled 4X3 with a small hole by the pap, surface was polished, so I keep it that way.

 Compared to the polished Hyroad I got, which is drilled pin up, 4.5X3 with small hole on pap. The Wreckem is cleaner through the fronts, easier to get downlane, and stronger off the spot. The Hyroad is stronger overall, but when the Hyroad begins to start early, the Wreckem finds its condition.

 Compared to the lightly polished black Quantum I got, drilled pin in ring finger, 3.75X3 with no x hole, the Wreckem and the Quantum both get through the heads really clean, but it seems like the Wreckem handles just a touch more oil than the Quantum, or at least finishes just a bit harder on the same shot. If I flat ten with the Quantum, the Wreckem will carry. If I fourpin with the Wreckem, the Quantum will lay just a hair more and carry. Probably the difference between the solid cover on the Quantum and the pearl cover on the Wreckem.

 For me, the Wreckem has been the “red headed stepchild” of bowling balls. You think you’ve got something better, you think you’ve got the condition covered, you think you don’t/won’t be using it tonight, but it seems I always end up using it, and it hasn’t let me down yet.

 Ball was a bit overlooked I think, maybe due to the Wrecker, Wreckit burnout of people who had those, and were ready to try something else with a different core.
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2018, 12:32:10 PM »
Going through a bit of a “ball whore” phase recently, and one of the acquisitions was a pin up, stacked Wreckem.

 Drilled 4X3 with a small hole by the pap, surface was polished, so I keep it that way.

 Compared to the polished Hyroad I got, which is drilled pin up, 4.5X3 with small hole on pap. The Wreckem is cleaner through the fronts, easier to get downlane, and stronger off the spot. The Hyroad is stronger overall, but when the Hyroad begins to start early, the Wreckem finds its condition.

 Compared to the lightly polished black Quantum I got, drilled pin in ring finger, 3.75X3 with no x hole, the Wreckem and the Quantum both get through the heads really clean, but it seems like the Wreckem handles just a touch more oil than the Quantum, or at least finishes just a bit harder on the same shot. If I flat ten with the Quantum, the Wreckem will carry. If I fourpin with the Wreckem, the Quantum will lay just a hair more and carry. Probably the difference between the solid cover on the Quantum and the pearl cover on the Wreckem.

 For me, the Wreckem has been the “red headed stepchild” of bowling balls. You think you’ve got something better, you think you’ve got the condition covered, you think you don’t/won’t be using it tonight, but it seems I always end up using it, and it hasn’t let me down yet.

 Ball was a bit overlooked I think, maybe due to the Wrecker, Wreckit burnout of people who had those, and were ready to try something else with a different core.

My reservation with getting one was always that I had a Hy-Road Pearl and figured they would cover the same spot in the bag.
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2018, 01:08:38 PM »

My reservation with getting one was always that I had a Hy-Road Pearl and figured they would cover the same spot in the bag.

 And they very well might, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t do it in the same way. After seeing firsthand the nature of the Hyroad core, I believe the Wreckem would be longer and come off the spot harder than the pearl Hyroad.

 Would there be enough difference to justify having them both? Can’t really say as I haven’t thrown a pearl Hyroad, but I am looking at them pretty hard now...........
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2018, 01:49:47 PM »

My reservation with getting one was always that I had a Hy-Road Pearl and figured they would cover the same spot in the bag.

 And they very well might, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t do it in the same way. After seeing firsthand the nature of the Hyroad core, I believe the Wreckem would be longer and come off the spot harder than the pearl Hyroad.

 Would there be enough difference to justify having them both? Can’t really say as I haven’t thrown a pearl Hyroad, but I am looking at them pretty hard now...........

The pearl is my favorite ball to date, if you needed a little more encouragement to look even harder  :D
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2018, 01:57:00 PM »

My reservation with getting one was always that I had a Hy-Road Pearl and figured they would cover the same spot in the bag.

 And they very well might, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t do it in the same way. After seeing firsthand the nature of the Hyroad core, I believe the Wreckem would be longer and come off the spot harder than the pearl Hyroad.

 Would there be enough difference to justify having them both? Can’t really say as I haven’t thrown a pearl Hyroad, but I am looking at them pretty hard now...........

The pearl is my favorite ball to date, if you needed a little more encouragement to look even harder  :D

+1 as also love mine.  Only thing I regret was getting it in 16lb so more a just for fun ball now.  For me at least it is weaker than the Hy-Road and really needs surface and friction to do well which probably means for you that you could use it on the fresh or at the very least early transition perhaps with polish and or higher grit.  A very controllable pearl imo and best of all 2 piece.  Oh and it smells like grape bubble gum as well lol.
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Re: Wreck-Em
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2018, 05:25:29 PM »
Love the Hyroad, hate the Hyroad Pearl, and love the Wreckem. It definitely needs friction, but late in blocks the Wreckem is a great step down from the Dare Devil.
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