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G'Day Bowling Fans! This is a review of the Yeti from Radical Bowling Technologies. This ball has a really interesting Mo Pinel designed offset symmetrical core matched with a nice pearl cover giving it a unique motion. (Smooth with big impact.) In this review, I spend a few minutes...

G'Day Bowling Fans! In a new video review, I take a look at The Look by 900 Global. To give you a better understanding of the ball (and bowling balls in general), I discuss the core and cover combination for a minute or two up front, then take it to the lanes. Using different releases and...

Cracker of a ball John - Uses what Mo Pinel describes as "the grandchildren of the Hammer 3D Offset Core" very heavy rolling, strong motion.

I played the Fall Tour in 1992. I met some great people, had a pretty good time. But I discovered something I'd never understood in it's full magnitude. I love being at home. And there's nowhere you can realise this quite so much as when you're away for months on end. When the guys on tour...

Nice one Jemmo! Well done. Cheers, Jason

Well done Sam! He gets better every time I see him bowl. Admittedly, it's usually months, so you'd hope to see improvement with Eric Jang helping out! :) But seriously, good to see all your hard work and application of that fine coaching paying off. Keep it up mate! Cheers, Jason

P.s. Radical Yeti (sounds like a college band but rolls really sweet) review coming soon... Thought I'd let you know before I got buried under a mountain of "BOS" posts... :)

Jeez, I smiled seeing Garry Williams there. What a great fellow! And a really good dancer! :) He used to claim the World Cup spot was his every year as he was the only real Australian in the field!

G'Day Bowling Fans! I’m very pleased to announce the release of my first ever video review. And the ball is definitely a winner! Imagine a stronger Hammer 3D Offset core wrapped in a strong solid cover and you’re getting the picture. Very strong, very predictable and surprisingly versatile...

Everyone I can name has been named. (I was eleven and didn't even bowl at the time though!) But check out how fit everyone looks!

Finally! If another achievement in bowling this year makes me this happy, I'm not quite sure what it will be. Congratulations mate. Through hard work, thinking well and quite frankly, throwing it so well for so long, this just had to happen. You've been knocking on this particular door for a...

Yes, there is. His name is Ken McLachlan and I've mentioned him and his contact details in many reviews now. He does a lot to support bowling in this country and is worth supporting in return. kmbs@internode.net Carl, you really should declare your vested interest as the "C" in AC. Makes you...

Thanks Brenton. That's how I'd do it, if I were in a bowl! Oh no!, Not more bloody externally induced hook! Can't these people just stop grabbing the hell out of the ball and let their thumb release while their fingers catch the falling sphere? :) .

Hi Mitchell, There are a few funny stories about home made ball spinners, most of which were lucky not to have ended in electrocution or grievous injury! I have seen a couple of good ones though, all made out of washing machines. Not exactly compact or convenient, but reasonably functional...

A quick update on this ball. Chris Thomas sent me a text saying "Freight Train + House Shot = 734" (I replied Wow! Nice work!) He's loving the polished ball on the house shot at Belconnen, so I took mine down to Bathurst today on the house china. I was pleased to send him a text saying "Freight...

Just watch out anyone with any kind of hand at the bottom of the swing. I think the odds of someone with a strong release not flaring over this hole are close to zero. You don't want to drill yourself a pumpkin.

A vignette to begin... In the late 1980's I used to bowl and hang around in the pro shop of the wonderful, dingy Rockdale Bowl with the venerable Stuart Erwin. We had a gang of friends who would drop in on Friday nights if they had no other plans. It was good fun. Back then, new bowling balls...

And the results speak for themselves! James McGinty and I were having a chuckle about it yesterday. Nice work mate.

Must be a hedge position. Personally, I reckon he's good to make it in one go.

Good points James. Clashing dates are painful for numbers. I spent hours sorting out a date with the good folks of Bathurst for the Pit Stop. But it's not just up to the State Training Squads to organise some fair lane conditions from time to time. Sam and Cow blew it away. I mean really, blew...

Update: Ken McLachlan tells me that his Torrid hooks quite a bit at Orange. They have more friction than Bathurst, so on a recent trip to Canberra, I took it back to the dusty plains, I mean lanes (no I don't) at Belconnen, which apparently is an aboriginal word meaning "big friction". Just...

Sometimes the pattern matches up well to the house. Middle Road at Belconnen plays like Rockdale in the 80's. And that was pretty easy. :) Michael, one day you're going to own up to "throwing it ok today..." I suspect you'll be about 700 ahead of second when that happens! Cheers, Jason

Yeah, only four guys averaged more than 230. Definitely tougher than it should have been! (Slams forehead into desk repeatedly...) I think the conflicts are a bigger problem. Then again, maybe there's legs to both stories. Two ditch-bashing, back-slapping, don't-move-your-feet, "look at my big...

OK, I haven't thrown one of these because with my rev rate, I doubt I'm ever going to need a ball like this. The consensus of comments about it is strongly slanted towards the "This is the biggest hooking ball I've ever owned!" My favourite comment to date is from a QLD player of repute who...

A little extra note - In a practice session on Saturday, I noticed that this ball seems to rev up faster off the hand than some of my other gear. Combined with the length and strength of the cover, this ball is looking great when the lanes break down. Like most pearl balls, it's a little too...