2009 PBA Geico Plastic Ball Championship - Chris Barnes Vs. Pete Weber (Part 1)

kinda true i can hook a house ball 15 boards well i guess that is ur point though

agreed about the new equip. but some websites see the so called $200+ balls for $120 so u cant complain bout price how ever u can about proshops charging u $80 to drill one (thats y i learned to drill my own) plus the PBA &USBC both allow old bowling balls danny wiseman used a manhetten rubber last year

I also started on plastic and rubber bowling balls and it was alot of fun to chase the hook on the lane. My highest 3 game sanctioned series with a 80 hardness plastic ball was 866. The idea of having an open shoulder armswing back then was crazy.

Unfortunately, the equipment mfg dictate what happens in sporting events unless the governing body of the sport puts limits on the effect of technology. The PBA and the USBC are now the whores of the ball mfgs and that is not going to change until bowlers get tired of shelling out $200+ for equipment that is as brittle as china. The so-called limits the PBA and USBC have on equipment are minor at best. If you really want to do a tournament old school, then do it on burnt-up wood lanes.

Being a bowler who started with rubber and plastic...great idea. I remember averaging 215 with a Yellow Dot. Kids today do not believe that us old timers used to use White Dots as our dry lane strike ball...there was no such thing as a spare ball. My first 300 was with a Yellow Dot. I have yet to throw a 300 with reactive resin.

Pete had a problem with a fan's cellphone. You can only push technology back so far.

that's the only shirt he has

The framerate isn't very consistent, but otherwise pretty good.

But you have to admit that they're interesting to say the least. Gets away from the repetition of the sport patterns and it lets the commentators give some insight on how these tourneys are different and emphasizes the skills of the bowlers, you know what I mean?

This is a great gimmick by PBA. It will not only show that this sport an athlete needs skills to play. Enough with the juiced up balls of today. The sport has been commercialised to the point you litterally buy the hook of the ball out of the box