I extract the oil from my balls by covering up the holes, dip them in hot tap water with dish detergent in the water for 20 minutes and repeat two or three more times depending on how much oil the ball has. Then I put the ball in straight tap water for a rinse then I resurface my ball with Avalon pads from the lowest number worked back up to standard grit number. Then I add polish to the balls like they came out of the factory. I have a ball spinner. So, bowling balls do last a very long time if you know how to properly take care of them. Once I did a complete resurface, my balls performed liked they were new again.
I can dispute your assumption on cracking. I had 3 balls all stored in my closet on a carpeted floor. Climate controlled room, 2 of them cracked. I have others stored in a garage that endure massive fluctuations in temperature from 90= degrees to below freezing that have not cracked.
I pointed out is wrong is Ryan Shafer and Pete Weber throwing 18 strikes in a row, Anthony Simonsen threw 19 strikes in a row, 270 against Prather and 285 against Belmo.
I am from the UK, (and I actually bowed a tournament last month where I saw the guy with this channel on his jersey). But everything bowling related is times 2 the price. Spare ball with drillings are around £120 ($155) so you can imagine how high performance balls can be £200-£300 ($258 - $387)
Prices have gone up and on average i pay at least 350 usd for a performance ball. If the pso drills a ball that hasn't been purchased in their shop, that's about 100 usd. Since I am in scandinavia, everything is more expensive. The catch 22 of bowling is that you need money to make money. If you don't have money to spend on balls then you are at a disadvantage. Balls do wear out way too quick. 50-100 games seems to be the spot where they start to lose the oomph but on the hk22 conspiracy it was around 10 games. Friction, oil absorbtion etc contribute to loss of performance and abralon can only do so much. Recently there was a change in the national league patterns for the lower divisions so that the average bowler won't need 8-9 balls for every league match. Next year there will most likely be a urethane rule on the EBT and some other tournaments have chosen to adopt that rule. Will the average house shot hero notice or need to replace? probably not. It all depends on your ambition (and your wallet) Other than some slight bridge cracking, I haven't had a single ball crack to the point of being unusable, so a big part of that is having your pso round off the edges when drilling. A soft edge is stronger than a sharp one. I'd say that TRL is more correct than you are. Calling it a scam? Maybe not.. more of an annoyance.
I felt like his video was mainly targeting those bowling a moderate amount, not for the average ebt or pba semi pro. There are many ways to help ball performance (at least in the us), such as a full resurface or oil extractions (the Jayhawk extraction machine is fantastic for these). From my experience (and others in my area), balls last years of decent use (used my phase II for years atp with little performance drop? Yes, new balls will have their highest performance possible but for many, extractions and resurfaced balls can easily win local regional and pro tournaments.
I know in Scandinavia pro shops are few and far between but unless you’re only ordering balls from overseas where they are more expensive you’re getting scammed
I'm not a fan of the Right Lane because this guy is so negative about everything bowling like bowling hurt him somehow. I have probably watched a dozen of his videos the last 18mos and I don't think I have made it through but 1 or 2 all the way because I don't agree with his "Eor" take on everything. I think there are some videos he has with some bowling sunshine in them....but I don't have the energy to find them. If he put this much effort into other sports he might have something here..
in the uk (where he is from) new bowling balls are in fact all around the 200£ without drilling. not counting low budget balls. before you make comments/an entire video at least do some research lol.
Yeah, wasn't really thinking about Europe when writing the script of the video, more thinking along the lines of the American ball market, it felt like total hyperbole when he said it but in hindsight it was only to a light extent.
@@OneHandedBowlingeven as a bowler in America a brand new ball plus drilling set me back $200+. It’s definitely expensive as hell unless you’re just getting a spare ball but even that’s $100+ when you add drilling services (unless my pso is scamming me lol)
@@User-wl7nx most pso's i've had have charged like 50-75 for a drilling so idk, its expensive ofc but he makes it out that for the average bowler they are spending thousands a month or smth crazy.
@ Yeah at the beginner and intermediate levels it’s not too bad. My saving grace was that my pso offered used balls for insanely cheap to the point you were really only paying for drilling. So most of my balls were about fifty bucks a piece. If I got them all brand new it would’ve ran me about $1k for the balls alone. That doesn’t even include the cost of gear (like bags to hold the balls) as you get better, the maintenance of the balls, and other miscellaneous pro shop expenses (I’m a full time college student so that’s a lot for me). The longevity of my balls has been good so far. So I’m just trying to take good care of what I got but I couldn’t imagine buying all those balls brand new. Then again there’s the cost of the games themselves (at least $100 a month for me) which makes a casual bowler like myself reluctant to invest in new balls
I extract the oil from my balls by covering up the holes, dip them in hot tap water with dish detergent in the water for 20 minutes and repeat two or three more times depending on how much oil the ball has. Then I put the ball in straight tap water for a rinse then I resurface my ball with Avalon pads from the lowest number worked back up to standard grit number. Then I add polish to the balls like they came out of the factory. I have a ball spinner. So, bowling balls do last a very long time if you know how to properly take care of them.
Once I did a complete resurface, my balls performed liked they were new again.
I can dispute your assumption on cracking. I had 3 balls all stored in my closet on a carpeted floor. Climate controlled room, 2 of them cracked. I have others stored in a garage that endure massive fluctuations in temperature from 90= degrees to below freezing that have not cracked.
The fucking griddy on tv is wild
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I pointed out is wrong is Ryan Shafer and Pete Weber throwing 18 strikes in a row, Anthony Simonsen threw 19 strikes in a row, 270 against Prather and 285 against Belmo.
I am from the UK, (and I actually bowed a tournament last month where I saw the guy with this channel on his jersey). But everything bowling related is times 2 the price. Spare ball with drillings are around £120 ($155) so you can imagine how high performance balls can be £200-£300 ($258 - $387)
Urethane balls do not get softer over time. Go watch the "Perception Vs. Reality" episode(s) on the reports when they came out.
Prices have gone up and on average i pay at least 350 usd for a performance ball. If the pso drills a ball that hasn't been purchased in their shop, that's about 100 usd. Since I am in scandinavia, everything is more expensive.
The catch 22 of bowling is that you need money to make money. If you don't have money to spend on balls then you are at a disadvantage. Balls do wear out way too quick. 50-100 games seems to be the spot where they start to lose the oomph but on the hk22 conspiracy it was around 10 games. Friction, oil absorbtion etc contribute to loss of performance and abralon can only do so much.
Recently there was a change in the national league patterns for the lower divisions so that the average bowler won't need 8-9 balls for every league match.
Next year there will most likely be a urethane rule on the EBT and some other tournaments have chosen to adopt that rule.
Will the average house shot hero notice or need to replace? probably not. It all depends on your ambition (and your wallet)
Other than some slight bridge cracking, I haven't had a single ball crack to the point of being unusable, so a big part of that is having your pso round off the edges when drilling. A soft edge is stronger than a sharp one.
I'd say that TRL is more correct than you are.
Calling it a scam? Maybe not.. more of an annoyance.
I felt like his video was mainly targeting those bowling a moderate amount, not for the average ebt or pba semi pro. There are many ways to help ball performance (at least in the us), such as a full resurface or oil extractions (the Jayhawk extraction machine is fantastic for these). From my experience (and others in my area), balls last years of decent use (used my phase II for years atp with little performance drop? Yes, new balls will have their highest performance possible but for many, extractions and resurfaced balls can easily win local regional and pro tournaments.
I know in Scandinavia pro shops are few and far between but unless you’re only ordering balls from overseas where they are more expensive you’re getting scammed
@@blueslidey pricing around here more resembles a cartel
I'm not a fan of the Right Lane because this guy is so negative about everything bowling like bowling hurt him somehow. I have probably watched a dozen of his videos the last 18mos and I don't think I have made it through but 1 or 2 all the way because I don't agree with his "Eor" take on everything. I think there are some videos he has with some bowling sunshine in them....but I don't have the energy to find them. If he put this much effort into other sports he might have something here..
in the uk (where he is from) new bowling balls are in fact all around the 200£ without drilling.
not counting low budget balls.
before you make comments/an entire video at least do some research lol.
Yeah, wasn't really thinking about Europe when writing the script of the video, more thinking along the lines of the American ball market, it felt like total hyperbole when he said it but in hindsight it was only to a light extent.
A couple is 2, most balls are around 200 after driling you literally say they cost 150 to 250 after drilling. What are you talking about?😂
@@OneHandedBowlingeven as a bowler in America a brand new ball plus drilling set me back $200+. It’s definitely expensive as hell unless you’re just getting a spare ball but even that’s $100+ when you add drilling services (unless my pso is scamming me lol)
@@User-wl7nx most pso's i've had have charged like 50-75 for a drilling so idk, its expensive ofc but he makes it out that for the average bowler they are spending thousands a month or smth crazy.
@ Yeah at the beginner and intermediate levels it’s not too bad. My saving grace was that my pso offered used balls for insanely cheap to the point you were really only paying for drilling. So most of my balls were about fifty bucks a piece. If I got them all brand new it would’ve ran me about $1k for the balls alone. That doesn’t even include the cost of gear (like bags to hold the balls) as you get better, the maintenance of the balls, and other miscellaneous pro shop expenses (I’m a full time college student so that’s a lot for me). The longevity of my balls has been good so far. So I’m just trying to take good care of what I got but I couldn’t imagine buying all those balls brand new. Then again there’s the cost of the games themselves (at least $100 a month for me) which makes a casual bowler like myself reluctant to invest in new balls
I find correcting his mistakes very laughable. Your two handed video has several facts that were straight up wrong