Post by: admin on December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 PM
Weight Block: Modified Thunderâ„¢ with Power Ballâ„¢ Technology
Ball Color: Grape/Navy Ball
Finish: 1500-grit Polished
Logos: Flying "S", Storm, Eraser Boost
Gyration: 2.570 (Medium-High)
Differential: .041 (Medium)
Durometer: 75-77 Rex D-scale
Track Flare: High (5â€)
Ball Length: 6 on a scale of 1-10
Back End: 7 on a scale of 1-10
Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium to Heavier Volume / Medium to Long Oil Patterns
Post by: drillwizard on April 20, 2002, 09:13:42 AM
Shot2- tree on synthetics more oil
me- LH
Ball performed awesome on both shots
On wood it came back strong from the outside but not a drastic snap
or change of direction.
Carry was unreal with only 1 7 pin on a half hit , and flush hits seemed to demolish the pins.
On synthetics has to square up more, and it was great again went longer on this pattern but carried better
All hits carried half's and even bad release hits.
This is an awesome ball for a low price, i think we will sell a lot of these in the upcoming season.
Overall the ball has good length doesnt hook early and comes back strong but not too strong.
And I say this not being the biggest Storm fan, but I did like the Recovery also.
I hope to try the Blaze this week if I get time
If you need Buzzsaws or anything else
Kidace1@aol.com is the place to ask
Post by: BowlPro on April 21, 2002, 11:40:05 PM
Storm has done it again! No wonder they are the Worlds
leader in New Ball Technology and Performance!
The New Eraser Boost, features an Old and Proven weight block
design, from the Thunder, with the added 3" Power Ball, this one
will provide you with total pin devastation and hitting power!
The New "Chrome Cadmium" cover stock provides Strong traction
in oil! and yet retains strong hook and laterial movement.
We put (8) on these balls on the lanes the same day it walk in
the door! And with no waiting we went to the lanes and bowled
5 games on our fresh league condition.
We used a Storm (Warm Front) drilling pattern with the pin above
the ring finger and the CG kicked out about 2" from the grip center.
We used a balance hole on the midline 7" across.
We wanted a go long, turn up hard drilling to help this one conquer
the moderate oil we find in most of our house league conditions.
We found out quick that this was too strong a drilling for this ball!
The "BOOST" is One Strong Ball! Great Traction, and strong turn!
We found that this ball does not need any help in a strong drilling pattern!
We suggest you keep it simple and let the Cover do the work!
The Hitting Power is tremendous! and Hard Hitting! Corner Pins? There won't be many with this ball if the lane oil holds up!
We had to play DEEP inside with this ball and it was easy to turn the
corner and get this one back! For those of you with average hand, and lack
of Rev's, this ball will make you look like Super Man!
The Boost will help any bowler conquer oily lane conditions!
But we will caution everyone that on a typical house shot,
you will need to put this one away when the lanes begin to breakdown!
Also, Storm says you can sand this one if you need more traction in oil!
This made us laugh, because I cannot ever see the need for that to happen with this ball for too many bowlers.
We will highly recommend this ball to all bowlers and to Our customers!
Post by: Voister on April 23, 2002, 04:34:06 PM
Old newbie here as I am returning to league bowling after a 10 year span in which I only got to bowl an occasional series or two a year. Right now I am carrying a 155 average and I bowled that the first game with the new ball. I tend to really power the ball (was using a Rhino Pro Blue) so I am working on slowing things down some so the ball can do its job.
The Boost is incredible on contact. I have never had so much pin action, it was like dropping a bomb in the center of the pins. It was forgiving and carried even when I was not dead-on pocket. The lane conditions are moderate to heavy oil and it handles it with ease.
The coverstock is very unusual. It has a massive amount of grip. So much so that it was hard to move/turn the ball on the ball return when picking it up. It is not tacky but has a gritty feel.
You really cannot beat this ball. Storm has another winner here, especially considering the price. I purchased local and the ball, drilling and finger grips ran $160.00.
As I get more games under my belt with it, I will update...
Post by: brimar on April 25, 2002, 07:27:24 AM
Have the ball drilled with storms #1 drilling on the advanced sheet. No weight hole. I usually put a light polish on my equipment when i get them but i left this one in the 1500 sanded box shell. i expecteded the ball to over react on me but to my surprise it didnt. It had a very readable roll and turn to the pocket. im a 191 avg bowler and my first 6 games (in 2 different houses) were 214, 233,199, then 190 191 and 247.
ill write a follow up review in a month or so when i get it a little more broken in.
this is my first storm purchase and so far it has exeeded my expectations and would purchase another storm product with hesitation
Post by: puddlejumper on May 06, 2002, 10:29:21 PM
Post by: BowlingFanatic300 on May 08, 2002, 05:21:03 PM
On me, 18-19 MPH, a whole lot of revs.
After finding that my Columbia balls were quickly becoming too condition specific, I decided to go back to my two favorite companies in terms of consistency, Storm and Track. (I loved the old Thunder and the Sky Bolt)
I decided to get the Blaze and the Boost based on my love of my friends Eraser. After seeing the glowingly positive reviews here on both of these, I figured why not.
On the Boost, I drilled this thing up with Storm's strongest drilling. It is clean heads, strong midlane, huge backend.
Well, the Boost is all that Storm hypes it up to be. This ball will hook!!! I love this ball. There is no better ball that I have thrown for going through the soup than this ball. The greatest thing about it is its energy retention. Because it gives decent length, this ball hits like a TANK through the pins, even if you are playing the flood the entire way to the pins. Also, this ball is extremely adaptable on medium conditions. Just get left, throw right, and watch it turn the corner. Just an exceptional ball. I have already thrown my highest series, 846 (300,290,256) with this ball, and I have only had it for 2 weeks!
10/10 Buy this ball. I have never thrown better! This ball even makes the Blaze, another exceptional ball, look pedestrian. At these prices, everyone, and I mean everyone, should have both of these balls in their bags. Just get a Boost for heavy oil, and get a Blaze for skip/snap. I don't foresee you being disappointed.
Post by: Plane Facts on May 12, 2002, 08:36:02 PM
This is the first Storm ball I have owned, and it will not be the last. I usually roll Lane 1 only, but really liked the design of the Boost, and the $ 104.00 price tag wasn’t to hateful either.
I changed my usual ball weight and went with a 16 LB. I set it up with storms lay out #2 on the advanced drill sheet, it is set up to achieve medium length, and strong back end roll. The pin came 2 ½ out with 3.5 top weight before drilling, and I added a small axis hole bringing the side weight to zero.
On a heavier medium oil set up the Boost played so well from 18 to 8 producing a powerful punch after making its move around the 45 foot mark, I did however find that my ball speed was the common denominator allowing this aggressive ball to do its work, I had to keep the speed up to around 18-20 M.P.H. With no exaggeration it appears that the boost was designed with an almost cyclone action, the pin fall was different from anything I have seen, the pins would carry in towards the center rather than the outside, or back towards the shaker board. I sent more authoritative messengers across the lane than ever before, I honestly felt like I could have carried 20 pins per roll, the power is astonishing.
I am so glad I read some other reviews before punching this one out, had I have gone to an aggressive drill set up I wouldn’t have been able to keep this ball to the right of the 1-3. When the lanes opened up, moving left was so easy, no problems with turning the corner and finishing hard in the pocket. Now on the other hand when the heads started drying up I had to put it away, and grab another ball, but I bought the Boost for oil not for anything else.
Power Ball Technology, I am impressed Storm, and this comes from a die hard Lane #1 fanatic. Performance at its best.
Thanks,
Michael Anoles AKA Plane Facts
Vx800@core.com
Post by: TONY BILBAO on May 17, 2002, 10:47:18 PM
out a slight bit to the left.this ball is controlable, easy to modify and above all hard hitting. So far after an adjustmnet period of 2 weeks i have shot 3
back to back 700,s I have had no night under 600. If you like power with control this is it.PERIOD !!!!!
Post by: A Maverick on May 19, 2002, 06:52:43 PM
The first was on medium to heavy oil, wood boards, top hat pattern to 38'. I stuck to the 10 board and didn't have to move all night. The Boost rolled very consistently down and in like a freight train. I ended with a a 678 series with only 1 ten pin a miracle for me). The second house which is older synthetic and topped typically a very slick 2:1 tree layout which translates to a nightmare for carry down, I saw no difference in performance. I did have to run it slightly out to in (12 out to the 8 board) but I stayed there all night and ended with a 694. Considering my average is just at 200, you don't have to guess how estactic I am with the thought of Boosting my average with ball.
A Maverick
Post by: Gene J Kanak on May 21, 2002, 08:09:19 AM
This is an update to my earlier post of the Boost. I will keep this one short and sweet. I used the Boost for all 3 games of a pro-am this past weekend, and it worked beautifully! I was playing inside, bellying the ball between second and third arrow (RH), letting it slide out to just inside of first before it came flying back and destroying everything. I only shot 650 scratch, but that was due to an unfortunate pocket 7-10 in the tenth frame of game 3, which forced me to only end up with 183 for that game. Anyhow, I placed 23rd out of 100, which while not great, still was a cash for me. This ball hits like a freight train and can be an excellent ball as long as you know how and when to use it. I now think that this ball is about an 8.5 out of 10, and I am satisfied with my first Storm purchase and optimistic about my future purchases of Storm equipment.
Post by: timlider on May 23, 2002, 05:24:57 PM
Monday's and Thursday's I play in a league on wood lanes. This ball has a good length and a good back-end and wants to keep the rotations up.
Tuesday's I play in a league on Synthetic lanes. This ball has a good length on synthetic and the back-end is a bit much. This is easy to correct by moving over two boards on the approach and use the same target.
I think this ball is good for most lane conditions in the San Diego area. This ball does hook too much in a dry lane condition.
The ball also has a Blue Berry Scent as well.
Post by: mikecbowlz on May 24, 2002, 12:36:35 PM
I got this ball BECAUSE I had already gotten the Blaze, its "companion" ball, and had become totally fond of it. My idea was to get both, with drillings which would complement each other, particularly for "Sport"-type conditions. My example was unusually long-pinned (4-3/4" from CG), so I laid it out with the CG on my PAP and the pin over my ring finger, X-hole on axis. Ball ends up about 1/2-oz. positive with a trace of finger weight.
I was initially somewhat disappointed, on "house" conditions (read: WALL), because the Boost seemed considerably WEAKER than the Blaze, both in overall hook and hit. The literature and numbers indicated I should have expected the opposite. But on this condition, with both balls in out-of-box condition, the Boost went further down-lane, finished more weakly, and did not hit as expected. In fact, it was a guaranteed weak-10, sometimes an 8-10. So, I hit the Boost with #800 wet-sanding in 2 directions and ran back to the lanes.
That did it.
With this relatively-small change in surface, the Boost performed EXACTLY as expected. It hooked earlier, and a bit more, but in the same sort of controlled arc that the Blaze produces- and it HIT like the Blaze, too, which is to say, HARD. And the two seem perfectly complimentary-- when I line up with the Boost, it's about a 3-4 board move RIGHT to use the Blaze on the same trajectory. On longer oil patterns, when the Boost starts to grab early, the Blaze drops me right back to flush, with little or no adjustment. Perfect.
So, I'd say the Boost is a 7, since it does require "tweaking" to get the performance it claims, at least for someone as "rotationally-challenged" as I. But if you tweak it, it performs beautifully- and you would have real trouble doing half as well for this price!
M. Carroll
Post by: jerryc on June 17, 2002, 07:28:10 PM
right hand,cg below the ring finger oin in the palm and balance hole 3 inches to the right and 3/4 inch up from the ring finger,this ball goes loooooong and turns wow
i give it a 9.5 out of 10
Post by: stl826 on June 25, 2002, 02:30:11 PM
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Post by: REVOLUTIONS PS on August 11, 2002, 07:53:31 PM
Our tester was the same player we have referred to in most of our other reviews. A stroker style who averages about 17 mph and between 19 and 21 revolutions. We were bowling in our home house, AMF synthetic lanes conditioned using the Kegel Elite machine. We bowled on two of the more common house patterns, the only difference being that one had more oil in the center of the lane. Both patterns included dry back ends.
The promotional material that the Boost comes with indicates that it is medium to heavy oil ball. We weren't able to test it on any lane with what we would consider ‘heavy' or long oil nor were we able to test it on very much carry-down. What the Boost did for us was handle the fresh back ends with control that we rarely have seen before. The drill pattern was surely a part of this but the Boost's back end reaction was so smooth and predictable it tamed the dry back ends with ease. The carry was also somewhat surprising, although Storm equipment is known for it's exceptional hitting power we weren't expecting this kind of power at this price point. We were using a Storm Trauma on lanes near by and the Boost carried as well as the Trauma did all day.
We were getting a bit more flare than we were expecting from this layout, nearly four inches but that didn't seem to hurt the balls controllability, we never had any ball over react in the back end-even on shots that we threw out into the dry. The Boost was sensitive to front end break down but no more so than most. That front end sensitivity would also be a product of the pattern we used, surely a longer pin to p.a.p. distance would create more length. We are curious as to what the back end reaction would be like on a longer pin to p.a.p. distace on this ball and when we drill one, we will post a second review. Overall, the Boost is another ball that we have really liked especially for the money. If you are a Storm fan or just need a ball that will carry the pins at a price that won't break the bank, this one is worth a good long look.
If you have any questions regarding this or any other of our reviews, e-mail us at: proshop@bowlero.com
Post by: Pbowler45 on August 24, 2002, 04:33:53 PM
. After the first four weeks of the league four or five others had the ball and scored very well with it. This ball even scored for me when the lanes had very little oil and super backends. Just added speed and kept throwing it. This ball is one of the best balls I have seen ever.
Post by: paulvoelker1957 on August 29, 2002, 10:00:15 AM
I'll start by saying this is the first Storm product I'ved ever used. I've been a Hammer fan for the better part of 20 years. I never complained about Hammer and was always competitive using a wide variety of Hammers. My problem has always been the lack of mistake room I had. Hammers din't open the lanes up enough for me. When bowlers far less skilled or experienced scored well making huge mistakes and I had to make spares just hit my average I would get upset.
The Boost I bought has a pin 3.5 out with 3.2 top weight. I used the strongest reaction layout Storm provided, placing my pap 4.25 inches from the pin. This gave me 2.25 ounces of side weight and 3/4 finger weight befroe drilling. After drilling my finger wieght increased to 7/8 of an ounce and my weight hole was drilled on vertivle axis line on midline not in my pap which is about 1/2 inch lower. I used an 1 1/8 inch drill bit and drilled 3 inches deep. The final side weight is 3/4 of an ounce. I don't usually use this aggresive drilling but I need something for heavy oil and carry down.
I got 3 games of practice in, playing in around the 20 board crossing out to 6 and back to the pocket on a very dry lane condition and the Boost got through the heads well and recovered nicely with a very heavy and even arcing roll. If I missed inside I crossed over because of the dry lanes but if I missed outside the ball was stable enough to recover without over reacting.
The next day I had my last summer league match and I was excited knowing I would have fresh oil and clean back end. In practice I didn't hit the head pin once and the biggest baby in the league said the Boost was to much ball for me. The lane condition that night was the "great cry baby wall" with 60 units from 15 to 15, about 20 units by the time you got 10 and then it droped off to 3 units from 5 to the gutter. The length of oil was out around 42 feet with squeaky clean backends.
I played around 15 with my break point around 7 and down the lane 52 feet. The Boost reacted evenly with tremendous roll and predictabilty. My first game was 300 followed by 246 and dropped off to 222. So much for being to much ball. My series would have been higher if I didn't have 2 big split and miss 2-10 pins and chopped a 3-6-9-10. The 2 splits were shots 6 board left of my target, the chop was 3 boards left and the 10 pins I left were on shots I over turned and threw to hard. All, not the ball's or the lane condition's fault.
I bowled in my fall league start just 8 days latter and shot 300-224-212. The reason for the drop off again was operated related and not adjusting quick enough on the changing lane conditions. Even when I made a mistake in targeting or speed the Boost was predictable and hard hitting. This ball has opened up the lanes for me and I expect a good season. I bought a second Boost and I will drill it with Storm's dry lane reaction layout which should improve my 2nd and 3rd game scores, less brain cramp shots.
The final chapter on this ball is:
1. Even rolling
2. Heavy end over end roll
3. Predictable break point
4. User friendly
5. Affordable
6. The hardest hitting ball I ever used
7. Good enough to buy 2
Post by: YeahHossNV on September 01, 2002, 02:56:36 PM
Post by: Jason R Stacy on September 10, 2002, 02:26:29 PM
214,213.And no tenpins at all.Will write another review tommorrw after my tuesday night league.Post by: bowlman23 on September 16, 2002, 12:07:04 AM
Post by: CaughtbySTORM on October 01, 2002, 12:57:43 PM
Post by: BrianN on October 06, 2002, 10:21:11 AM
This is a post-mortem review. I tried hard, but failed to find any particular merit to this ball. I could never make it work on any of my 3 completely distinct shots, so I've already traded it away. It was a huge disappointment.
The positives: The Boost is reasonably smooth, with decent carry and the backend behavior was very responsive to my release. The backend was decently mellow, a good compromise between flippy resins and early rolling particles.
The negatives: My first criticism of the ball is that Storm falsely markets it as a big oiler. Their reaction chart indicates that it's for Long Medium, Medium Heavy and Short Heavy conditions. I bought it for a medium length (38') heavy (65 units, 8 outside) shot and it wasn't enough ball by a handful.
We took the surface down to 600, brought it back with Track Magic and tried again. Even after that, it's still not as strong as a Spirit, and not half the ball as far as breakpoint consistency, controllability and hit. I can't use a Spirit on this shot either.
Frankly, I don't understand what I could use Boost for. If I had a very clean, forgiving light to light-medium league shot on wood (i.e., not too much carrydown) without too much oil in the heads, it might be a second choice behind my 3-piece. Here, by 'light', I'm talking about 30 - 35 units.
People talk about Columbia coverstocks being squirty - whenever I put Boost on wet heads, this coverstock always made the breakpoint an adventure.
I can't give it more than a 7, composed of the following:
Control: 7. Good backend behavior not outweighed by squirtiness.
Versatility: 6. Not a clue what this thing was intended for. I couldn't find any use for it on 3 vastly different shots.
Carry: 8. Decent hitting ball. I have 3-pieces that are better, though.
Post by: A Maverick on October 20, 2002, 12:11:08 PM
Now that I have quite a few games on this ball, I wanted to refresh my review for this ball. I'm going to buy another one and keep it in the closet to replace the existing whenever, if ever, it tracks out. I have this ball in the standard Storm #3 drilling. It took about 15 games to break it in and I've rolled at least 200 games with it so far. I have done nothing to the cover stock since I bought it except one time I put it in a polisher when it was getting to strong of a early roll and I clean it every night. I use it on four different leagues and it is now the only ball I use for all conditions except very heavy oil with short backends. On these rare occasions, I break out my Response. Finally, I don't need a cart to carry enough balls to handle different oil conditions. I even use it consistently for 10 tens.
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Post by: StrikeMonster on November 27, 2002, 09:54:44 AM
The pin is 2" and under ring finger with CG under my palm.
I love this ball, another great one from Storm
Post by: GB300 on December 01, 2002, 08:59:26 AM
My specs: tweener, 15-17 mph, average revs, 16lb. equiptment ,205 average.
I have my Boost drilled for length with a hard hooking back end. The surface out of the box caused a little too much skid and not enough carry. Hitting the ball with a green scotch brite pad did the trick. A very good performer in med/heavy conditions. I've had my Boost for a couple of months now and the only other thing that even comes close to this ball in terms of hitting power is my El Nino Gold. However, know when to put it away. This ball does need some oil in the heads. I expect to see my average rise at least 15 pins with this ball in my arsenal. A very good ball from Storm.
Post by: Pharmteam on January 06, 2003, 11:41:06 AM
Post by: Birdyman on January 09, 2003, 09:54:35 AM
My stats:
RH, 16-17 mph tweener, above average revs, 70 degree hand position at release (angle of rotation?)
Current avg: 188 (and rising)
Lifelong bowler, but just started back 2 years ago after a 10 year absence.
House condition: wood, wet/dry 10 to 10 oil (flood in middle, dry outside)
My specs:
15 lb, 2-3" pin
Leverage drilling (#2 Storm layout)
Pin at 4 'o clock position below ring finger
Balance hole drilled
This ball was punched by the pros at the world famous Creekside Lanes in Winston-Salem, NC (great group of guys). I've had it for about two months now. I had rolled 16 lb equipment prior to this, but dropped to 15 in an attempt to gain consistency and reduce the wear and tear on an aging body.
I normally throw my shot over the 3rd arrow, out to about 9 or 10, to finish in the pocket. First game out of the box with this ball on that line was a 268. The ball simply glided out to the breakpoint and roared back in. It has an aggressive but predictable move back with a bruising carry. But in subsequent weeks and games, I noticed when I missed this line to the inside, the ball would not finish as strong, leaving a lot of 10 pins. So lately, I've been hitting a line between the 2nd and 3rd arrow, out to 5, and back in. Big difference! This ball, for me, wants to be swung wide (outside the oil) so that it can grab the dry boards and finish with a strong roll at a good angle. I would put the Boost's movement shape squarely between an arc and an angle. In other words, it goes relatively straight to the breakpoint with a sharp turn to the pocket, but the movement is continuous. The movement is consistent and predictable. Even when I send it out past 5, it always manages to come back. And on the occasions where it hits the pocket low, the Boost's hitting power clears the deck with a strong shakeup of the pins.
This is, by far, the best ball I've owned and is an excellent performance vs. price piece of equipment. The Boost and a Blue Dot are the only two balls in my arsenal right now. It's not a flood ball, but as long as you've got some dry boards outside, just give it room and it will get the job done!
Post by: Scooby1986 on January 16, 2003, 06:27:02 PM
Post by: PhillyBowl on January 23, 2003, 11:57:34 PM
This is a very conditional ball, and I do not feel that any bowler can use. In my opinion, it is only good for a player that has very few revs, or an advanced player that knows how to change quickly with it. I have seen several players use this ball, and many of them become frustrated with it when it begins to give them its attitude.
In my experience, the ball has been hot and cold. I'll go out and shoot 780 series with it some weeks, and come back the next night and struggle to shoot 600 unless I change ball. For the most part, I am bowling on a rather easy and high scoring condition. The Boost will sometimes get down the lane and STOP in front of the pins!! It smiles at me, flicks me the finger, and leaves 9 pins all night. Then there are other nights that it keeps to itself, and carrys everything the garbage man didn't take with him that day from the street.
Now granted I am no Pro - and I do not do the same thing every shot. So some of my experiences are due to ME - but overall the ball is sometimes very unpredictable. I would only recommend this ball to someone who has very few revs, or someone who can change their hand position, speed, and entry angle very quickly and effectively. For the 190 - 210 range bowler, you probably wont like this ball.
Dont get me worng though - STORM has made another jewel. The hitting power alone of this ball far supercedes almost any other ball I have thrown. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give the BOOST an 8.
Post by: ball boy on February 20, 2003, 10:32:34 AM
Best goto ball I've ever seen! Great job Storm!
Post by: atomized on February 20, 2003, 01:07:37 PM
Storm you did it again!!
Post by: Jonte on May 11, 2003, 02:06:52 PM
I drilled this ball with the pin right under the ring finger and the cg 70 degrees just under the center of the span. No X-tra hole was needed and i haven´t changed the surface.
This is a rather forgiving ball, but i need to have pretty much backends to throw it against.
When there is too much oil carried down the ends, it never hooks. If I straight it up, it still wont carry.
But, when the lanes are there, I love this ball.
As long as there is a couple of dry boards to the right, it hooks great, and carries all the way.
Drilled an other one with the pin 1,5 inch from pap 90 degree...
Wonderful ball, but it needs wet dry conditions. Otherwise it just jerk out !!
Post by: jj420 on May 12, 2003, 02:57:29 PM
I guess I should tell you something myself:
Ball speed: 17-18 mph
Rev Rate: above average - high
Axis of Rotation: 50 degrees
Purchased this with the intent on using this on a medium to medium heavy condition. Out of the box, this baby wasnt even close! Too skid flippy!
I was already to 'trash' this ball, but with some coverstock tweaking I think I've found the ball for the condition I've been looking for... I took the green scotchbrite pad to it...and now it works like a charm! It reads the breakpoint well with a strong arcing reaction. This ball in my arsenal is usually the first ball out of my bag to get a good read on the lanes. The carry is great, but with 'flying backends', its angle to the pocket gets a little sharp with tendencies to leave quite a few 9 pins. But otherwise, the ball is a tournament arsenal ball.
I've used the ball generally on typical house shots whether it be your basic Christmas tree layout to your typical tophat and the ball seems to do okay. It strength in my opinion lies in the range of the flatter conditions to today tougher sport conditions, keep in mind that this has a particle coverstock.
My drill pattern by the way on this ball is as follows:
Pin is 1" under my middle finger with the cg kicked out about 1" from my center of grip. This drilling I find seems to get the ball rolling a little earlier in the middle with a strong arc reaction. No weight hole.
To sum things up, in my opinion is ball is awesome! With the exception that the coverstock may be tweaked to compliment its purpose in your game. It carries great and reads the midlane very well.
Post by: Re-Evolution on May 27, 2003, 01:04:31 PM
RH
stroker/tweener
15-17MPH
30°-45° axis rotation
low axis tilt
medium revs
Specs:
15#
3" pin
3.25oz top weight
pin over ring at 12:30
CG 1/2 inch right of center
1200 sanded
I use this as my med to med/dry ball, in out of box condition I didn't care for this ball as it seemed to be too speed sensitive, after playing with the coverstock this ball works very well for me. I have use it on everything from med 40' with clean backends to med/dry 40' with going away heads and fair backends. I have tried to use it on heavier conditions but it won't work for me with this very mellow drill pattern.
This ball goes very long and has a quit angular break point for me, hits the pocket with great power keeping the pins very low and looking like they are in a Tornado Storm (pun intended), I can also flatten it out and throw it straight as an arrow for spares which makes it a great all around ball for most house patterns especially if a person only wants to carry only 1 ball, as I did for 1 season and I averaged in the 190s between 2 houses both med load 40' christmas tree pattern 1 wood 1 synthetic.
How I rate it:
Length - 9
Backend - 7
Hit - 9
Overall - 9
Post by: Hellbound on June 19, 2003, 04:50:57 AM
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Post by: tonykcgee on January 13, 2005, 03:41:28 PM
He drilled this ball up and grew mullets
This ball cracked some pins
He grabbed his two chins
And thought "A backer I need and McNuggets"
Pin Under Ring 45 degree drill, light polish with 600 grit sand.
Ball has a controlled semi aggressive arc. Carry is wonderfully arm loosening, which means its good. The amount of hook has dwindled but the carry is still "stay in the bag" fresh.
Cadmium particle hmmm, what is that? Why don't they use it anymore. Is it like the methane pockets in the Bermuda Triangle? Do I make any sense? Should I increase my medical plan coverage? HAHA..HAHA..HAHA..HUH? HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAA <COUGH cough> I feel better now.
Good ball, hits like a truck.
Post by: lazerzonechamp5 on January 17, 2005, 12:48:49 AM
Typical Conditions: Variety of Shots
Type of Lane: Combination
What part of the lane did you play? Third Arrow
Did the ball track out? Normal
Weight of bowling ball: 14
Surface of bowling ball: Factory/Box
What grit was the surface of the ball? 800
Likes: The ball has a mean hook. i have had this ball for a while now and still wroks like new. when u through it right it almost turns left and kills the pocket. i have had this ball through thick and thin and it has always come through for me
Dislikes: i dislike te color of the ball, any picture that you see online or in any shop the ball is a bright blue that mixes into a pinkish purple. but the ball i got is a dull, barley notaciable color that looks dark purple and black
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Drink with your family, Drink with your Friends
Post by: Kuckutz on March 05, 2005, 04:21:02 PM
All in all, I recommend the Eraser Boost as a rather aggressive ball for medium to heavy oil patterns.
Post by: tfav44 on December 06, 2007, 03:08:06 PM
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tfav44
eraser boost
hot rod super sport pearl
a bad night of bowling is better than a good night at work
Post by: brunswick93 on March 08, 2008, 10:49:36 PM
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I took this ball from my dad hen he wasn't using it and got it drilled for me and wow. This ball is an absolute great ball. On any condition so far it has been awesome. It goes down long and then snaps and its ten in the pit. If I miss in with this ball, it has a great amount of hold, and still hits the pocket without over hooking and if I miss out, it will recover and come back in heavy and sometimes leave 9's or 10's. If you can get your hands on one of these balls, I suggest you do because it is a great ball and you will be happy with it.
HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THIS BALL AND MY OTHERS.
http://www.putfile.com/album/182130