Ball Review RADICAL:
Grease Monkey Hook 50 • Length 16 • Breakpoint Shape 16
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Intent: Radical’s Mo Pinel noted that the Grease Monkey is designed to control the wet/dry condition of a typ- ical house shot. It uses “finger scoop” technology to make predicting ball motion an easier task. Combined with its unique cover, it brings a whole new motion to Radical. Core: The “finger scoop” symmetri- cal core provides an RG of 2.54, with a differential of .048. We got 4 inches of flare with our layout on this core. Coverstock: The black/purple/ silver hybrid cover is finished with a 500 Siaair Micro Pad and polished with Royal Compound, then Royal Shine, to provide a very clean push through the front part of the lane. Overview: The Grease Monkey is a versatile ball, especially on both of our house patterns — the low volume and Stone Street. I was able to line up with it pretty easily on Viper as well, playing around the track area. It gave me more pop down the lane than I expected, and I was able to move inside as the lane broke down without losing any hitting power. The Grease Monkey is good ball for all styles of bowlers. It needed to see friction down the lane to make it move, but when it did, it rolled hard through the pins. It wasn’t enough ball on the heavier/lon- ger patterns, because it pushed too far down the lane.
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RADICAL:
Reax 2 Pearl Hook 53 • Length 16 • Breakpoint Shape 17 //////////////////////////////////// //////////
Intent: This is the pearl formulation and a complement to the Reax Version 2 (November 2013), providing additional length with more back-end reaction than its predecessor. Core: The asymmetrical finger scoop technology core has an RG of 2.508, with a differential of .048, and gave us a flare of 5 inches. This creates more of an entry angle than demonstrated by the Version 2. Coverstock: The dark violet/light violet Reax2 Pearl is finished with a 500 Siaair Micro Pad, then polished with royal compound and finished with Royal Shine polish. Overview: On the lighter house
pattern, the Reax2 Pearl allowed me to get inside and open up the lane. It truly was stronger in the midlane than the Grease Monkey, and also a little earlier. When the lanes started to break down and hook, I was able to move farther in, and the ball still maintained its energy through the pins. On the Viper pattern, I could start more up the lanes around the second arrow, and moved in easily as the pattern broke down. Being a pearl, this ball still gave me a very predictable motion off the breakpoint when it made its move in the friction of the lane.
ROTO GRIP:
Asylum Hook 53 • Length 14 • Breakpoint Shape 14 //////////////////////////////////// //////////
Intent: The Asylum is the hybrid that fits between the Disturbed (February 2013) and Deranged (September 2013) of the HP3 line from Roto Grip. Core: The Middle Roll 70 core has an RG of 2.50 and differential of .043. It created 5 inches of flare with our layout.
Coverstock: The green and blood red 63 MH Hybrid reactive is finished with 3000 grit out of the box. This gives you more length than the Disturbed.
Overview: The Asylum is a very versatile bowling ball with its 3000 grit hybrid coverstock. It doesn’t want to start too soon. Instead, it saves its energy for the midlane. I was able to get lined up on Stone Street, Viper and Dead Man’s Curve by using multiple angles on all patterns. The ball is designed for medium to heavy oil, and you can rough up the surface for heavier or longer patterns. It fits in between the Deranged and Disturbed nicely. When the Deranged was having trouble with carrydown, the Asylum rolled up nicely to the pocket. The Asylum was about 4 more boards than the Deranged, and was 10 left of the Uproar.
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