I loved how Packy was talking about how hard it was to bowl on wood while bowling on a pair that had an overlane sign featuring someone who threw an 878 series.
Does my heart good to see one of these on wood every now and then. There are skills you develop on wood that you just can't approximate on synthetics, no matter how they're set up. And this is our history, our roots as a sport. I don't think you gave yourself proper credit for this showing. This was harder than you probably think, especially for someone who doesn't seem to have a lot of background on these conditions. I think that speaks well of your skillset that you were able to post this kind of finish.
This is so true. One of my favorite things about wood lanes, is also one of the worst parts about wood lanes. Like here in Florida, if it's raining before they oil the lanes, if any of the moisture from outside in the air gets into the center, it makes guessing the lanes almost impossible. The oil will have areas that will puddle up in certain parts, and you have to figure out how to avoid those spots on the lane making for a fun shot, that will also piss you off.
I bowled on wood lanes beginning in 1979 and changed to synthetic in 1998. It is like the difference between water skiing on choppy water or glass. Each wood lane is unique making changing lanes more difficult.
I agree. My local lanes have 2 lane sets that are night and day. 15&16 and 7&8. Night and day in league play. Then there's my old home lanes. Lane 4 has a good lean to the left. You could be the world's straightest bowler and hook on that lane. I have to bring plastic and come up the back to try to put it in the sweet spot.
I honestly loved just watching Packy take shot after shot and predicting whether or not the ball would strike. I hope you get some kind of cash for placing third. Great job!
Fun event to watch, no denying that! I wish more PBA events would be contested on wood, just because it’s a challenge that many youngsters like yourself don’t get to experience very often :) Great bowling btw
The house I bowl at actually uses wood lanes, and one of the other ones that’s really close to it, also has wood lanes. I like playing up the middle or the outside.
I use a hammer magenta urethane over seas black hammer and a rico drilled venom shock from motiv bowling. At milwaukie bowl. Home of Dave husted pba hall a famer
@@traviskirk3834 how is Milwaukee bowl? The Pandemic is/was tough on California and Oregon bowling centers. Also, I used to use a blocked weighted black u dot. I miss that ball. 🥲. I had good success with a pin down rapid fire. We have synthetic overlays now.
It's good i love the feel of milwaukie bowl when you throw a ball on the wood lanes the crash of the pins. It is heaven. Now i use motiv all the way all six in my Arsenal are motiv.
My old home center (RIP Van Nest Lanes) was old school wood. I love that house that you bowled in. Very old school. Road trip there may be in order for me.
i love bowling on wood with some heavy fresh oil throw it up the outside and watch it slide right in the pocket, the only downside to wood is once its burnt up its over with lol the house i bowl in has been using the same wood lanes since 1954 and i love um to death
12:30 it looked like Packy noticed how well his ball rolled off that spot and decided to aim there. I could be wrong lol but it was cool to see the wheels turning after that.
Love all the bowling footage! I think I was getting physically exhausted from watching Packy bowl so many games lol... 3rd place not so bad considering you were at the train station early in the video... 😃
I have an old Danger Zone that's amazing on Wood lanes. I have s fully plugged Mike Aulby MVP which was a remake of the danger zone. 2 piece, medium RG, High Flare. Sometimes you have to combat wood with the balls of it's time.
Lol @ the hair styles Packy. My centre in the UK back in the 90s was wood and I loved them. There was an uproar when they ripped them up and put in synthetic
Wood lanes reminds of the good old, old days. I played on lanes that had human pin setters. Every Sunday, they would set up spares for you to practice on. Now I wince every time someone lofts the ball.
@@TheHouseBowling When I say old, old, I'm talking early sixties. My parents got me started when I was in the eighth grade. It was very popular with the working class.
Packy, the Wood is way different lol. You busted my local friend Zachary Tackett from the tourny. I arrived just after yall started the round of 8. Wish i could've gotten there to see you 2 cross. Would've been epic. Good bowling and very nice meeting you.
Love wood lanes. I grew up on that. Just keep your hand out of it, let the lane bring it back. Something like Track Heat or 900 Global Afterburner is good there.
Was going to say the same thing. We called it the "dump shot" where I grew up. Back when I threw one-handed, you would just start with your hand out from behind the ball, almost a suitcase delivery. Very little lift on the ball and try to feed it about one arrow over from wherever you laid it down (i.e., if you were targeting 15, run it out to 10). The idea was to get a hook/set look from the ball. If you did it right, the only real question was whether you were going to carry the corners.
Bowling on wood is old school bowling..... old fashioned urethane is the only way to go.... and with that i mean NOT the current generation of "urethane" balls..... .... I grew up on woodlanes...... Love it...
The 2 hander just needed a little more loft on his shots, setting the ball down on wood is why alot of people leave flat 10s or see the ball check up early. I loved bowling on wood lanes, my hometown lanes just switched to New pro anvil a few years ago.
Enjoyed you guys this past week. Didn't get to see much action at Century but was there all weekend volunteering with the Booster Club at Western Branch. New to the channel, looking forward to more videos! We hope to have you back!
Also I hear you packy, there’s a two handed at the house and he struggles on the wood lanes. It’s Logan lanes in Lincoln IL, and Red Wing Bowl in Atlanta IL
Packy, the difference between Wood and Synthetic Lanes is how the lanes Breakdown during bowling. Wood down the lane, lane oil get absorbed into the Wood and hooks more the Back Half of the Lane. On Synthetic, using Reactive balls Dry up the Front part of the lane and lane oil get carried down the lane and the ball does not hook as much.
Hell yeah Packy good bowling man keep it up. I'm not sure where you are in Virginia but one of my favorite bowling alleys was in Stanton Virginia. They were a wood house but they also eventually went to a synthetic Lane unfortunately. Keep up the good bowling and it looks like your mentals were in good order today
I like hooking for spares, there's only 3 lanes you need to be in for most spares. Splits are a different story because you need to be more accurate, but still you can increase your chances by knowing your hook lanes.
Having been semi-pro on wood and nearly going pro about the time the synthetic lanes came along and completely screwed up my game I understand your frustration making the switch. You did well though. I much prefer wood even now.
Great video but I have to admit me and my Youth League mates hated Wood Lanes because Oil gets dry easily and we had low average on those. After that center was burned down, we moved to another center which is our current home center today that had Synthetic Lanes and we bowled so much better.
Best ball for wood lanes in my opinion is a hammer tour hybrid. It’s got enough push down. And it holds all the way. Lay down on 15 out to 1. Works for every pattern it doesn’t matter
I miss wood Lanes. It was so upsetting when the last wood house in my area went to synthetic Lanes. Wood Lanes will make a bowler out of you. It will force you to learn how to adjust and search for oil. You will also learn how to Loft over the gutter cap and find new hand positions to get your balls to work on wood Lanes.
@@TheHouseBowling it's been probably 15 years since I've bowled on Wood lanes unfortunately. They are very hard that's what I liked about them. You have to adjust and move your line just about every shot. I'm a fan of having to use your talent and your skill to bowl not just power and see how many strikes I can throw. I know these wood lanes are hard but I hope you guys appreciate bowling on them because they just aren't around anymore. Before my accident I bowled 4 leagues and tournaments every weekend. I would drive 4 hours for a tournament with a tough shot when my local bowling alley had a tournament with a house shot. I'm not a big fan of the carry contest tournaments. Yeah it's fun throwing a lot of strikes but when all you have to do is throw it right and watch it hook back there's not much talent involved. It's been a lot of fun watching everybody in the house get better and better. All of you guys are starting to kick ass and it's a lot of fun to watch keep it up fellas. And Kyle get well soon bud I miss seeing you on the lanes.
I bowled on wood lanes all the time in many different bowling centers until I quit around 1990. On some oil patterns the lanes were very easy. On some oil patterns the lanes were hard. It depended on how the lanes were oiled and whether the house or tournament director wanted lower scores or higher scores. I preferred the lanes not to be easy. I did prefer oil and did not do well on very dry lanes.
Yes, I quit in 1988, determining the same thing you observed in 1990. They put out a particular shot, and selected only a few to inform them where it was.
The place I just started bowling at here in salem oregon has original wood lanes and I've been bowling my best games on them, but of course your oil pattern here is probably way harder
I'm just a typical house bowler but I prefer wood lanes. My house I grew up bowling in and have averaged 223 the last 4 years, on a house shot, is wood. Not sure if the left side would be good or bad with old wood lanes. lol. Good bowling guys.
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Packy what's your opinion on a DV8 Tactic Control? The third time I've asked.
@@tim7of717 purple hammer is better! My tactic control shined up a little bit too fast when I put surface on it!!
I found a red Hammer from 1986 at an alley in Princeton Ky bought it for 15 dollars and it loves wood.
I loved how Packy was talking about how hard it was to bowl on wood while bowling on a pair that had an overlane sign featuring someone who threw an 878 series.
🤣🤣🙌
There's an old house that is still around my area with an 899 sign. Hope this house gets a remodel, soon. Love the wood lanes there.
Well I'm pretty sure that guy bowled that 878 on a house shot and Packy is not bowling on a house shot so that should explain it
Does my heart good to see one of these on wood every now and then. There are skills you develop on wood that you just can't approximate on synthetics, no matter how they're set up. And this is our history, our roots as a sport. I don't think you gave yourself proper credit for this showing. This was harder than you probably think, especially for someone who doesn't seem to have a lot of background on these conditions. I think that speaks well of your skillset that you were able to post this kind of finish.
This is so true. One of my favorite things about wood lanes, is also one of the worst parts about wood lanes. Like here in Florida, if it's raining before they oil the lanes, if any of the moisture from outside in the air gets into the center, it makes guessing the lanes almost impossible. The oil will have areas that will puddle up in certain parts, and you have to figure out how to avoid those spots on the lane making for a fun shot, that will also piss you off.
I absolutely love wood lanes. Of course sometimes maintenance has become an issue, wood over synthetic every time.
Love seeing the retro A-2s running at 'A' speed and the Gold Crown two-lane masking units.
I didn't think you guys were bowling at Century, but can't wait to see yall tomorrow (Friday) at Western Branch Chesapeake!
Century Lanes Baby!!!!!!! Hampton, Virginia
I bowled on wood lanes beginning in 1979 and changed to synthetic in 1998. It is like the difference between water skiing on choppy water or glass. Each wood lane is unique making changing lanes more difficult.
It’s tough!!!
I agree. My local lanes have 2 lane sets that are night and day. 15&16 and 7&8. Night and day in league play.
Then there's my old home lanes. Lane 4 has a good lean to the left. You could be the world's straightest bowler and hook on that lane. I have to bring plastic and come up the back to try to put it in the sweet spot.
I honestly loved just watching Packy take shot after shot and predicting whether or not the ball would strike. I hope you get some kind of cash for placing third. Great job!
19:00 how dare you just pop onto the screen with that goofy man bun out of nowhere. Made me spit up my drink in laughter.
Awesome to see Brian Robinson make an appearance on one of the videos. B-Rob you still my favorite
Fun event to watch, no denying that! I wish more PBA events would be contested on wood, just because it’s a challenge that many youngsters like yourself don’t get to experience very often :) Great bowling btw
The house I bowl at actually uses wood lanes, and one of the other ones that’s really close to it, also has wood lanes. I like playing up the middle or the outside.
wood is Great! It involves talent!
8:13 great editing Packy. You really outdone yourself 😂
I remember the day before synthetic lanes. It seemed everyone played straighter and relied on some hold. Hum...
Ahh the good ol days. 👍🏻
That spare @17:38!!! Nice pickup!!!
Used to bowl on wood in the early 2010’s and I loved used a original blue hammer on them.
I use a hammer magenta urethane over seas black hammer and a rico drilled venom shock from motiv bowling. At milwaukie bowl. Home of Dave husted pba hall a famer
@@traviskirk3834 how is Milwaukee bowl? The Pandemic is/was tough on California and Oregon bowling centers. Also, I used to use a blocked weighted black u dot. I miss that ball. 🥲. I had good success with a pin down rapid fire.
We have synthetic overlays now.
It's good i love the feel of milwaukie bowl when you throw a ball on the wood lanes the crash of the pins. It is heaven. Now i use motiv all the way all six in my Arsenal are motiv.
My old home center (RIP Van Nest Lanes) was old school wood. I love that house that you bowled in. Very old school. Road trip there may be in order for me.
i love bowling on wood with some heavy fresh oil throw it up the outside and watch it slide right in the pocket, the only downside to wood is once its burnt up its over with lol
the house i bowl in has been using the same wood lanes since 1954 and i love um to death
12:30 it looked like Packy noticed how well his ball rolled off that spot and decided to aim there. I could be wrong lol but it was cool to see the wheels turning after that.
Good god. An 878 series? That's awesome Mr. Smith.
Good to see you guys in Virginia! Looking forward to meeting yall in my home town of Chesapeake this weekend.
u live in chesapeake? me too bro
The memories of bowling on wood 😢
Love all the bowling footage! I think I was getting physically exhausted from watching Packy bowl so many games lol... 3rd place not so bad considering you were at the train station early in the video... 😃
Was really cool getting to bowl with yall and cross with Prather. Love the vids!
I have an old Danger Zone that's amazing on Wood lanes. I have s fully plugged Mike Aulby MVP which was a remake of the danger zone. 2 piece, medium RG, High Flare.
Sometimes you have to combat wood with the balls of it's time.
Lol @ the hair styles Packy. My centre in the UK back in the 90s was wood and I loved them. There was an uproar when they ripped them up and put in synthetic
Got to bowl against Coffey back in high school. Awesome bowler and a great guy!
Congrats Packy!
Keep pushing!
I love wood lanes. I wish all of them were still wood. It would put a lot of the fun back in the game.
Packy be happy To bowl you on wood. Senior vs junior. Let's do it!
I have been bowling there for 5 years now. Love the change up. Really hope you guys enjoyed it, hopefully you guys will be back next year.
If it’s right before another summer tour stop!!
Those are some beautiful lanes!
Have you ever bowled on wood?
@@TheHouseBowling I have and I actually prefer it to synthetic.
Wood lanes reminds of the good old, old days. I played on lanes that had human pin setters. Every Sunday, they would set up spares for you to practice on. Now I wince every time someone lofts the ball.
When is the last time you got to bowl on wood!?
@@TheHouseBowling When I say old, old, I'm talking early sixties. My parents got me started when I was in the eighth grade. It was very popular with the working class.
Need more tournaments on wood lanes.
Bring back the plastic ball PBA tournament! On wood lanes!
Packy, the Wood is way different lol. You busted my local friend Zachary Tackett from the tourny. I arrived just after yall started the round of 8. Wish i could've gotten there to see you 2 cross. Would've been epic. Good bowling and very nice meeting you.
Yoooo totally forgot you would probably be filming, I get all my equipment drilled at Century! Don't bowl often there tho, great house!
"it's never you always the ball" 🤣🤣🤣
A saying I always repeat to myself!
Love wood lanes. I grew up on that. Just keep your hand out of it, let the lane bring it back. Something like Track Heat or 900 Global Afterburner is good there.
Shiny??
@@TheHouseBowling Light shine. Weak layout.
Was going to say the same thing. We called it the "dump shot" where I grew up. Back when I threw one-handed, you would just start with your hand out from behind the ball, almost a suitcase delivery. Very little lift on the ball and try to feed it about one arrow over from wherever you laid it down (i.e., if you were targeting 15, run it out to 10). The idea was to get a hook/set look from the ball. If you did it right, the only real question was whether you were going to carry the corners.
Love that the establishment has character unlike the modern places!
Nice hairdo at the end of the vid Packy, lol. See you this weekend, maybe tomorrow! 😀
Looking forward to it!
wood ...way better....takes talent!
Patrick is getting really good ... like really good
I believe I spied Brian "B-Rob" Robinson in those top 16 shots!
You might have yes 👀
Bowling on wood is old school bowling..... old fashioned urethane is the only way to go.... and with that i mean NOT the current generation of "urethane" balls..... .... I grew up on woodlanes......
Love it...
The 2 hander just needed a little more loft on his shots, setting the ball down on wood is why alot of people leave flat 10s or see the ball check up early. I loved bowling on wood lanes, my hometown lanes just switched to New pro anvil a few years ago.
I like that there's more highlights of them bowling recently
Enjoyed you guys this past week. Didn't get to see much action at Century but was there all weekend volunteering with the Booster Club at Western Branch.
New to the channel, looking forward to more videos!
We hope to have you back!
Would you have considered trying the Spy on this type of lane condition? Given some were using normal plastic
I might have but the black hammer looked really good for me most of the tournament!
Also I hear you packy, there’s a two handed at the house and he struggles on the wood lanes. It’s Logan lanes in Lincoln IL, and Red Wing Bowl in Atlanta IL
woah i’m only ab 40 min from lincoln might have to go try out some wood lanes for fun sometime
Hi Kris!
I grew up on wood lanes. Loved them.
These are my home lanes. Just got back into bowling this year. But as a kid I lived at this bowling ally
Packy, the difference between Wood and Synthetic Lanes is how the lanes Breakdown during bowling. Wood down the lane, lane oil get absorbed into the Wood and hooks more the Back Half of the Lane. On Synthetic, using Reactive balls Dry up the Front part of the lane and lane oil get carried down the lane and the ball does not hook as much.
My home house for 10 years was wood.(I'm 16 now) and I noticed a huge change and couldn't bowl on synthetic once I made the change and it closed down.
Hell yeah Packy good bowling man keep it up. I'm not sure where you are in Virginia but one of my favorite bowling alleys was in Stanton Virginia. They were a wood house but they also eventually went to a synthetic Lane unfortunately. Keep up the good bowling and it looks like your mentals were in good order today
Bowling was more fun and more popular when bowling was more difficult!!👍
and can get very frustrating sometimes
I like hooking for spares, there's only 3 lanes you need to be in for most spares. Splits are a different story because you need to be more accurate, but still you can increase your chances by knowing your hook lanes.
Hey there. Is that Century Lanes in Hampton, Virginia I'm seeing?😀 I used to bowl well at that center.😀
Averaged about 195 on wood for the last 6 years here in the stl area. Makes me feel a lot better that's for sure😂
I love watching your ball go down the lanes... We leave similar misses.
Packy on it this week. 👍Bro. Great bowling. Making it look easy.
Wood lanes are great when the alleys take care of them.
Glad to see I'm not the only two hander that struggles at Century. The lanes are tough there for sure.
Love the music at the end
used to go to a really old alley with wood lanes, super old school and really something every bowler should experience at least once in their career
Hi Packy , nice to see a fellow brit bowling well, Mr Teece or as most of us know him over here ....Biscuit .... from the airport bowl lol
Ritchie is an awesome guy!! Love hanging out with him!
Having been semi-pro on wood and nearly going pro about the time the synthetic lanes came along and completely screwed up my game I understand your frustration making the switch. You did well though. I much prefer wood even now.
Plastic is definitely the strat at Century 😂
7:08 old B Rob, lol.
Happy to announce that I got my first purple hammer yesterday!
and that you love it?
Great video but I have to admit me and my Youth League mates hated Wood Lanes because Oil gets dry easily and we had low average on those. After that center was burned down, we moved to another center which is our current home center today that had Synthetic Lanes and we bowled so much better.
this is my 7th time seeing you on the bowling related videos lol
Missed you guys in Hampton. Looking forward to seeing you all in Chesapeake
My neck of the woods I have bowled at that alley multiple times
Packy-loo-who at the end was pretty awesome.
I enjoyed this..being i bowled on Wood and averaged 210 for 15 years..but it was a house shot..u
I bowl league there , that’s my home lanes , I’m proud that we are a PBA stop
Best ball for wood lanes in my opinion is a hammer tour hybrid. It’s got enough push down. And it holds all the way. Lay down on 15 out to 1. Works for every pattern it doesn’t matter
Old Black hammer and the blue nail were my go to's in the day for wood. Gave up the game when they went to all of the reactive crap
I’ve always felt like wood lanes are really difficult for high rev rates
Great job
This being my home house for jr gold. I can say it makes for som interesting sports shots. Love century lanes though
Was Richie Teece throwing the storm clear electric blue plastic ball?
I miss wood Lanes. It was so upsetting when the last wood house in my area went to synthetic Lanes. Wood Lanes will make a bowler out of you. It will force you to learn how to adjust and search for oil. You will also learn how to Loft over the gutter cap and find new hand positions to get your balls to work on wood Lanes.
Whens the last time you got to bowl on them?
If you are lofting the gutter cap on wood, expect to get evicted by the owner, and get death threats from lefties.
Wood lanes dent.
@@TheHouseBowling it's been probably 15 years since I've bowled on Wood lanes unfortunately. They are very hard that's what I liked about them. You have to adjust and move your line just about every shot. I'm a fan of having to use your talent and your skill to bowl not just power and see how many strikes I can throw. I know these wood lanes are hard but I hope you guys appreciate bowling on them because they just aren't around anymore. Before my accident I bowled 4 leagues and tournaments every weekend. I would drive 4 hours for a tournament with a tough shot when my local bowling alley had a tournament with a house shot. I'm not a big fan of the carry contest tournaments. Yeah it's fun throwing a lot of strikes but when all you have to do is throw it right and watch it hook back there's not much talent involved. It's been a lot of fun watching everybody in the house get better and better. All of you guys are starting to kick ass and it's a lot of fun to watch keep it up fellas. And Kyle get well soon bud I miss seeing you on the lanes.
I love wood lanes. So much better than synthetic!
I bowled on wood lanes all the time in many different bowling centers until I quit around 1990. On some oil patterns the lanes were very easy. On some oil patterns the lanes were hard. It depended on how the lanes were oiled and whether the house or tournament director wanted lower scores or higher scores. I preferred the lanes not to be easy. I did prefer oil and did not do well on very dry lanes.
Yes, I quit in 1988, determining the same thing you observed in 1990. They put out a particular shot, and selected only a few to inform them where it was.
my home center is wood. we had like five honor scores across all leagues last season :)
Memories of the old columbia yellow dot from the quarter board ...lol #slorollinit
I love bowling on wood avg 226
Coffey's got that Wolverine look goin'.
The place I just started bowling at here in salem oregon has original wood lanes and I've been bowling my best games on them, but of course your oil pattern here is probably way harder
Wood lanes are tough!!!
I throw plactic normally. That is how little oil they use for our leagues. 20board at arrows, 8 board at break.
Now you know HOW I FEEL I can only go Brooklyn for that reason
Torn up heads from 10 to 25... ah, the good old days.
I'm just a typical house bowler but I prefer wood lanes. My house I grew up bowling in and have averaged 223 the last 4 years, on a house shot, is wood. Not sure if the left side would be good or bad with old wood lanes. lol. Good bowling guys.
My one weekly league is at a center that has wood lanes. Definitely has a unique feel
Actually, watching this shows how good the bowlers were in the day. Putting up 300 games and 800 series on wood with old-school bowling balls.
Lol did you show the shot you carried in the 8th of game 3 against Tackett? That was a 💎 for sure
I never knew there was anything other than wood lanes.
Most houses have switched to synthetic lanes. They try to make it look like wood but if you look closely you can tell its a manufactured product.