Lower VAL Angles Under 40

Coverstock:  500/1500/3000 Sanded 

      Factory: 500/1500 Sanded

Perfect Scale:  234.9

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Pin Out:  2-3/4"

Breakpoint Shape:  Aggressive Overall Hook

Personal Ball Reaction:  Great Length and backend for straighter angles on heavier fronts.  Heavy continuation and roll from playing straighter.  Has no trouble opening angles as the pattern breaks down but gets more sensitive to speed and hand position as angles open up.  Ball will start to burn as lanes dry up.  Better carry when you can maintain length and sharper response.

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  4/1/24

Games on Ball:  29

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  

Perfect Scale:  234.9

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  

Breakpoint Shape:  Strong Mid-lane and Continuous Backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:

Games on Ball:  

Coverstock:  Factory 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  3-3/8"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Perfect Scale: 233.1

Breakpoint Shape:   Skid/Flip

Personal Ball Reaction:  More roll than skid flip.  Large sweeping arc good for opening angles but becomes more sensitive to speed and hand.   Bigger responding ball good for heavy oil into friction.  Missing inside will result in skidding past break point. 

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:

Games on Balls: 41

Coverstock:  500/3000 Sanded

      Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  2-5/8"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Left

Perfect Scale:  231.1

Breakpoint Shape:  Length With Flip

Personal Ball Reaction:  Too unpredictable unless with extremely fresh backends out of the box.  After resurfacing, the ball became much more controllable, predictable and continuous.

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  11/27/24 (9 games)

Games on Ball:  20

Conversion:  3.38" = 3-3/8"

Coverstock:  500/1000/3000 Sanded

      Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  2-7/8"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Left

Perfect Scale:  229.9

Breakpoint Shape:  Extreme Mid-Lane & Backend

Detoxed: 10/8/2023 (24 games)

Resurfaced:  10/8/2023 (24 games)

Games on Ball:  47

Conversion:  4.56" = 4-9/16"

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/2000 Sanded

Pin Out:  4"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Perfect Scale: 228.8

Breakpoint Shape:  Aggressive Backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  Black Widow 2.0 on Steroids.  Great shape and continuation through medium oil.   Allows you to move left and open angles as pattern breaks down.  Will recover more than the 2.0 from a miss right.  Best for slow rolling through the heads and mid-lane letting the cover grab and continue through the pins.

Detoxed:  8/11/25

Resurfaced: 06/23/24 - 8/11/25 (26 Games)

Games on Ball:  29

Conversion:  3.38" = 3-3/8"

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  3-1/8"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Perfect Scale:  228.2

Breakpoint Shape:  Extreme Mid-Lane & Backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  Must get to friction if throwing with speed.  Continuous sweeping arc and "rolley" backend but start it in oil.  Good for opening up angles into friction.  Does not seem to over react unless you completely miss release angle or launch speed.

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:

Games on Ball:  10

Coverstock:  500/1000/3000 Sanded

      Factory:  500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  2-7/16"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Left

Perfect Scale:  227.9

Breakpoint Shape:  Length with Aggressive Backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  Friction Sensitive.  Very Clean through heavy head oil then strong backend transition.  If continuation is not available corner pins become an issue.  As the ball ages it has become earlier.

Detoxed:  3/8/24 (36 games)

Resurfaced:  3/8/24 (36 games)

Games on Ball:  50

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out: 3.25"

Perfect Scale:  225.9

Breakpoint Shape:  Big Backend & Recovery

Personal Ball Reaction:  Long and Strong.  Good for opening angles and sending the ball to friction.  Will slide if missed inside but recovers if missed with correct angle.

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  

Games on Ball:  9

Coverstock:  4K Fast/3000 Sanded

      Factory:  500/1000/2000 Sanded

Pin Out:  3 -7/16"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Left

Perfect Scale:  224.9

Breakpoint Shape:  Aggressive Backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  Black Widow Tour.  This is a Tour Version of a Black Widow.  Slower Backend, more controllable on dryer backend conditions.  More sensitive to speed and hand position.  Good continuation if the lane is providing the backend angle.  Likes open angles through oil to friction. Needs friction to shape!  Ball likes to roll heavy to generate carry.  Will roll forward instead of over react.  

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  06/27/23

Games on Ball:  44

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1500 Sanded

Pin Out:  3-11/16"

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Perfect Scale:  222.6

Breakpoint Shape:  Strong mid-lane and backend

Personal Ball Reaction:  Stand left throw right, ball reacts well off friction but will run out of energy when moving left.  Good continuation as long as lane is providing the backend movement.  The low differential provides a good snapping reaction off friction for a solid surface ball.

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:

Games on Ball: 11

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/1500/ Factory Compound

Pin Out: 4"

Perfect Scale:  213.1

Breakpoint Shape:  Skid/Flip

Personal Ball Reaction:  Smooth continuous back end.  Easy Length and great continuation through the pins.  More arch than skid/flip

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  

Games on Ball:  19

Coverstock: Factory:  500/1000/2000 Sanded

Pin Out:  3-3/4"

Perfect Scale:  180.5

Breakpoint Shape:  Controllable

Personal Ball Reaction:  Smooth and continuous if the lane is giving you the control.  Gets weaker as you open up angles.  Better on heavier heads and sending it to fiction playing more down and in.  

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:

Games on Ball:  25

Coverstock:  Factory: 500/1000/2000 Siaair / Factory Compound / Factory Polish

Pin Out: 

Perfect Scale:  155.9

Mass Bias Shift of (CG):  Right

Breakpoint Shape: Angular for Dry Lanes

Personal Ball Reaction:  

Detoxed:

Resurfaced:  

Games on Ball:  1

Coverstock: 500/3000 Sanded 

      Factory: 500/1000/2000/ Factory Compound

Pin Out:  2-3/4"

Perfect Scale:  154.3

Breakpoint Shape:  Length w/ Strong Backend 

Personal Ball Reaction:  Slow backend, difficult to carry with before resurfacing.  Sensitive to friction, speed and hand position.   After resurfacing this ball has become much more controlled and extremely heavy rolling.   Better for playing straighter angles and susceptible to carry down causing moves to the right.   If kept in head oil the ball will tend to not over react an stay very repetitive and controllable.

 Detoxed:  

Resurfaced:  11/27/24

Games on Ball: 12