Carousel Lanes … holy shit, is that a wayback reference. Well done. May as well have gone for the double and mentioned Stardust Lanes (the giant one that used to be by the airport) too.Bowled a 233 at age 13, still remains my all-time high .
Carousel Lanes on Ridge Rd was my stomping grounds. They got a brand new roof put on and went out of business yearsss ago. Now I feel like digging my ball out of the garage somewhere.
So I come into this discussion from a different angle. I bowled a lot as a kid (I grew up in Parma; it was the law that you had to be in at least one league), abandoned it as a teen, and haven’t been inside an alley in probably 15+ years.
Then a couple of months ago, I was searching on YouTube for videos. I work remotely, and sometimes like to have “noise that I can ignore” - something that breaks the silence, but without being overly distracting.
Lo and behold, I came across bowling shows from back in the day (70s, 80s, early 90s). And they were perfect. The main announcer, Chris Schenckel, had a voice that would calm down Valium. I might look up every so often, and it was kind of fun to see all the bowlers I remembered from that era. But it was good background noise.
That led me to today’s bowling. And I love it. It’s like I had been frozen in time, Austin Powers style, for a few decades … and now there’s all these bowlers with crazy outfits (hi Kyle!), and two-handed approaches, and all this new equipment. (When I last bowled, urethane was the hot new thing. Reactive resin wasn’t even a speck in its mama’s eye yet.) Oh, and the announcers. Rob Stone and Randy Pedersen crack me up. It’s almost like a real-life “Best in Show” when they are announcing.
I need to get back to the lanes soon. If I do, and that bug starts biting again, I might be asking for advice on what equipment to get.
And is again. It was just there a few weeks ago.Firestone Tournament of Champions used to be held in Fairlawn.
Yep. Did the pro am there for a couple of years..And is again. It was just there a few weeks ago.
Ok I’m completely out of it. Then again I left my job in Fairlawn the same year the Browns moved to Baltimore so it’s been awhile.And is again. It was just there a few weeks ago.
I'm thinking about the Shock myselfAlthough the fall/winter season is now over, the time to update/ adjust the bowling ball arsenal is NEVER over.
I just added a new Motiv Venom Shock to be an adjustment ball at the one bowling center & had the span shortened on the Radical Squatch Solid & Black Widow Legend. Still need to have the span shortened on the Motiv Jackal Ghost.
If I can afford it in a month or 2 I plan to purchase a Motiv Carbide Tank. Threw it during a demo event in February and I know it will match for what I need.
The Shock has been around for many years (released in early 2014).I'm thinking about the Shock myself
Yea I got a Ripcord Velocity a few months ago that’s been discontinued.The Shock has been around for many years (released in early 2014).
Many ball releases are now gone/ discontinued in a year. When something is around for 9 years, take note & pick one up..