Sorry for the silence!
The League was disappointing! Rather, we were disappointing! *takes
a sly look at Dinghua* Muahahahah. Just kidding, big guy.
I'm sure he wants to redeem himself next week. Brendan's going to
play for sure too.
Ok, we got 2 points. We won 1 game, and I won my dude thanks to a
decent final game. Otherwise we were pretty much overrun.
To both Harmy and Vonny:
Ok, now for the Adrenaline, pretty much drilled it up label
leverage. pin just right of the ring finger, CG kicked out 1 inch
from center of grip and bomb in the thumb, with a hole in the PAP.
Ok, supposedly drilled for slightly over medium length with power
backend, but size of backend hook depends StRoNgLy on both head oil
(early/late roll) and carrydown. Hmm.
Well, played yesterday in league. Seemed pretty wet in the middle,
with dryer outsides, oil seemed longer than usual, and the pin deck
was oily!!!!!! SERIOUS, so many sliding pins it was ridiculous. I
left a 5-7-10 combo. Ouch. Ok, due to my ball speed the ball revved
up late most of the time and gave me a 5-7 board backend. Had to
play pretty tight down the middle before trying a down and in (my
least favourite) in the last stanza. Ended up with an indecent 158
avg.
I thought the ball was a dud, until I played today in Katong. What
a difference! Stood way out at 30, flung it over around 19 at the
arrows all the way out to about the 4 board, and it came back
crunching the pocket. Beauty. Just what I wanted to see. If not for
operator error (3 missed single pins) should have gotten more than
my 183 avg over 3.
Analysis thus far. It's a beauty. I always loved Pearls. I love
Ebonite. I love PET flakes, those shiny sparkles you find in the
Afterburner and Matrix TRIMAX, and now on the Adrenaline. Wrap it
up in a low volume particle shell, it did exactly what it was
supposed to do. Glides well to provide length in dry, yet strong
enough to overcome the wet (slow speed or dryer backend needed) and
completely crush the pocket and send the pins low on the
deck.
Thanks for reading so far!
