Anaconda

Based on my speed and rev rate, I expected the Brunswick Anaconda to match up well for me because of the polished coverstock. I seem to throw polished bowling balls better because that helps me get the ball further down the lane. This bowling ball was very smooth, controllable, and the color combination worked well for my eyes to see the motion.

You can see in the bowling ball reaction video that I had a lot of area at the break point. If you watch the video, you can see me swing it out to about board 7 on one shot and tug it to only about 13 on another, and both gave me great looks into the pocket.

The biggest snake brings the BIGGEST hook yet! Take the lanes and your opponents and squeeze the life out of them!



Activator Plus Coverstock
The Anaconda is the first ball with Activator Plus coverstock available at the Advanced Performance price point. Activator Plus is a more aggressive version of the original Activator coverstock formulation that maintains the durability and longevity of ball reaction that are characteristic of the Activator coverstock family. The rough-buff, pearlized version of Activator Plus coverstock used on the Anaconda creates more traction in the oil, increasing the ball's mid-lane and back-end hooking action, while still being clean through the front-end.

Ultra Low RG Inferno Core
The Anaconda uses an updated version of the Original Inferno core. The Ultra Low RG Inferno core revs quickly providing mid-lane traction control with a strong predictable back-end motion.

Ball Motion
With its Rough Buff finish, the Anaconda will rev quickly in the mid-lane with a strong continuous back-end reaction that matches up on medium to medium-oily lane conditions for a wide range of bowling styles.

Reaction Setup
The Anaconda can be drilled using the standard drilling techniques developed for symmetric bowling balls.

Lightweight Engineering
The unique core shape of each Brunswick ball is used for weights from 14 to 16 pounds. This approach to lightweight ball engineering provides bowlers with consistent ball reaction characteristics across this weight range. The same drilling instructions can be used for 12- and 13-pound balls. This is because Brunswick uses a generic core shape with an RG differential that is close enough to the 14-16 pound shape.

The Brunswick Anaconda is currently selling for $105.99 and rates a 182.7 on the bowlingball.com Perfect Scale™.

I threw the new Brunswick Slingshot Silver/Black last night and think I found my new favorite bowling ball. I will get a chance to try it out in league a little more before I make such a grandiose statement.

This bowling ball goes very long, which I tend to like with my lower ball speed. But it still hits like a truck. I know it has the old Danger Zone coverstock, which doesn’t mean a ton to me, but that used to be a bowling ball that people absolutely had to have when it came out.

The Brunswick Slingshot comes in 5 different colors.

Slingshot Silver/Black

Slingshot Red/Silver

Slingshot Gold/Blue

Slingshot Merlot/Gold

Slingshot Lavender/Lime

Curve

This hot mamma is a beauty with all new skin and bones. The skin is a heart pumping Pure Explosion 9.5 on the Richter scale. This curvatious body is built with a strong bone structure deep within that bulges out to one side. As you roll this ball over, all you can see is the enormous backend this beauty has.

Simply put, this ball hooks the most.

P.S. Remember... Nothing cuts through pins better than a Saw!!

Currently selling for $159.99.

I can not believe this happened so close to my house.  Not that I think that we are immune to hate crimes, it just hits home harder when it is closer for some reason.  I think it’s the fact that you aren’t so removed by distance.

I saw this and just have to say that I don’t understand people.  I get so ashamed that people like this exist. 

Watch the video below and then read the story at http://eqfl.blogspot.com/2009/12/three-years-ago-our-son-ryan-was.html.

Continuing on their recent series of snake bowling balls, Brunswick has just announced the Brunswick Diamondback.

This Advanced Performance series of balls has been a great seller for Brunswick.  Again, the information was just made available yesterday, I will put some more out as soon as I can.

Diamondback

Strike at will with Brunswick’s new Diamondback!  The Brunswick Diamondback registers a 189.8 on the bowlingball.com Perfect Scale™ and is current $109.99.

Coverstock
Activator Solid Coverstock: The Diamondback™ is the first ball with Activator Solid coverstock available at the Advanced Performance price point. The original Activator coverstock used on the Diamondback is a proven formula that provides strong downlane recovery, longevity of ball reaction, and unprecedented durability with superior resistance to cracking.

Core

Low RG Rocket Core:
The Diamondback uses the proven Brunswick multi-sided Rocket™ core system, providing a low RG core that when combined with the original Activator coverstock produces a ball reaction that is unmatched at the Advanced Performance price point. Clean through the front with an aggressive move at the breakpoint, the Diamondback gives amazing bang for the buck. There isn’t another ball in this class that’s even close.

Reaction Characteristics

Ball Motion:
With its 2,000 Siaair Micro Pad finish, the Diamondback will provide good length with a strong continuous backend reaction that matches up on medium to oily lane conditions for a wide range of bowling styles.

Reaction Setup:
The Diamondback can be drilled using the standard drilling techniques developed for symmetric bowling balls.

Now you can hold the Ace up your sleeve with the new Brunswick Wild Card!

This bowling ball is set to release in November.  The information was just release about this new bowling ball today.  As soon as more is available, I will be sure to put it out there.

Wild Card

I had a typically boy upbringing, not saying it was right, but I was told big boys don’t cry.  To this day, it takes a lot for me to show emotion (to my wife’s dismay).  This is a preamble to what happened at the end of my vacation.

My parents divorced when I was seven or eight and my mother felt the need to move us to Florida.  I understand that it was because she had family in Florida that could help her and us three kids.  It wouldn’t be until many many many years later that I realized that my father had no idea that was coming.  He never mentioned it when we would visit and he never spoke ill of my mother.  Quite the contrary on the other hand.

During my trip to see him in August 2009, we were sitting in his living room when he said I have something I want to give you and if I don’t do it now I will forget.  I had no clue what it could be.  He stood up and started rummaging through a little cabinet and pulled out a very old photo album.  He scanned through it and found an old photo from a photo booth of him and my mom.  I am pretty sure my mom destroyed any pictures she may have had of him, so this was very precious to me and a very welcomed surprise.  We then looked through some of the other photos of him at a very tough time.  He was in Vietnam and of course looked much different than he does today.

On the day I got home from vacation, I called to let him know I arrived safely and to thank him again for the picture.  We had a great talk and at the end he told me he was proud of me.  I think that may be the first time I have heard that from him.  We hung up moments later and I sat on the couch very happy with tears in my eyes.  I sat with it for a couple of minutes and then got up to do some chores in the kitchen.

I continued to think about it and had more tears come to me.  At that time my wife had come out of the bedroom, and I just couldn’t hold them back.  I was full out crying, she was terrified that something horrible had happened, and I was trying to tell her everything was ok, but I just couldn’t get the words out.  She hugged me for a minute or so until I could mutter the words, “He told me he was proud of me…”

Thank you dad! 

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