Ball Review
THE SKINNY ON THE LATEST AND GREATEST
53 Hook 16 Length 17 Breakpoint Shape HAMMER: RED LEGEND
Manufacturer’s Intent: “The Red Legend is a pearl version of the original Legend [August 2014], which was a hybrid,” says Bugsy Kelly. “The Red Legend is a one-color pearl ball that will catch your eye on the shelf and on the lanes as it creates the best length and backend we’ve seen from the Black Widow lineup.”
Core: The famous Gas Mask asymmetric core has an RG of 2.50, a differential of .058 and an intermediate differential of .016. We saw about 4 to 5 inches of flare.
Coverstock: The Red NBT pearl coverstock is sanded at 500 and 1000 grit, then topped off with factory finish. It has a 2.29 RA value and 5200 effec- tive surface grit.
Overview: The pearl version in the Legend series is clean through the fronts but maybe a bit too
clean on the longer patterns. On Stone Street, this ball still allowed us to match up to the break- point to create a strong roll through the pins and strike quite often. We were lined up to hit 13 at the arrows and around the seven- or eight-board at the 46-foot breakpoint. We got a few out to the five- board, and the ball still had enough kick to get back with authority. We were in the same zone with the Bad Ass (October 2014), but that ball would read a hair sooner and put 10 in the pit by keeping the pins lower, while the Red Legend made the pins dance and the 6-pin slap out the 10. On the USBC Doubles/Singles pattern, we played 14 at the arrows out to the 10-board at the 45-foot breakpoint, with hold to the left and some recovery to the right — as long as we stayed up the back of the ball on the fresh. When the pattern opened up, we could move left and throw more normally. This ball was good on
“THIS IS A GOOD BALL FOR ALL TYPES OF BOWLERS — ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LOWER REV RATES ON MEDIUM LANES, AND LOWER SPEED PLAYERS WHEN THE LANES HAVE SOME FRICTION IN THE FRONTS.”
the light house pattern from a deeper angle, around 18 at the arrows to the eight-board at the 46-foot breakpoint with miss left. On this pattern, you could easily see where the Bad Ass read the lane about a foot sooner, even though we were about three boards farther left with our feet. This is a good ball for all types of bowlers — especially those with lower rev rates on medium lanes, and lower speed players when the lanes have some friction in the fronts.
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