The Wreck-it
Review Date: 11 October 2016
Reviewed by:
Storm/Roto Grip staffer John Brockland
Style: Stroker Rev Rate: 280-310
PAP: 5.5" over and 1" up
The WRECKER for me was a fantastic, up the track,
award score producer around the STL. One of my
all-time favorites.
With a relaxed hand position I could get it
to just tumble forward (rather than hook sideways).
That’s a perfect recipe for me on house
shots. I
remember that fresh out of the box in a doubles
tourney, it produced an 8-game set of 2091,
including two 300’s, and left me with no doubt about
it’s place in my arsenal at the time.
The downside of the WRECKER for me was that, except
for a 704 singles set from around 20-board at the
2013 USBC Open Championships, it was not a ball I
could ever get deep into the lane with.
Built around
the same NeutronTM
core as the WRECKER, the WRECK-IT is wrapped with Roto
Grip’s new PsychedTM
Hybrid Reactive coverstock and this
has only enhanced what I saw from the original!
I remember when it was introduced during this
year’s Bowl Expo, Roto Grip staffers Stu Williams and
Anthony Simonsen were interviewed about it.
Stu Williams said that what impressed him most
was the versatility that this new coverstock provides.
For his game he said that at box finish he found
it particularly useful in blending out PBA Tour patterns
when they have become wet/dry.
He said that with some surface adjustments he has
also found himself able to completely open up the lane
with it at times.
Box finish on the WRECK-IT is 3000-grit abralon.
I polished mine because excessive friction here
in STL creates early burn for me with my old age ball
speed.
With this layout and polished surface, I am
getting clean motion through the front, good midlane,
and a very nice, even rolling, never jumpy ball motion
(even off the dry of wet/dry).
During one
recent league set that started with a clean 212 when my
STREET FIGHT was producing flat-ten/solid-nine pin
carry, the WRECK-IT turned things around with a 250, 299
(blower 7-pin) finish.
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