When we team up with our urethane supplier, BASF, the game catches on fire. Well, we’ve ignited the lanes again with our new Spirit II. You’re game for this high-performance, polished pearl of a ball that won’t polish off your budget. When the two peice performance core and the reactive particle coverstock light up in medium oil, sparks fly. So turn up the heat. Enjoy the fireworks.

Ball Specifications

Core Technology: Proven light bulb shape core with top flip block

Core Technology Benefits: Creates dynamic ball properties generating track flare to increase friction with the lane.

Coverstock: Particle

Coverstock Benefit: We teamed up with our urethane supplier BASF again to bring you a great coverstock at a great value.

Hardness: 75-78

ABC/WIBC Approved: Yes

Track Flare: 4-5

Color: Burgundy with Hot Pink Engraving

Sanding Process: 600 grit cross hatch

Polish Name: 2000 Degree Polish

Spirit II core

Hook Rating
Overall Hook:	36
Hook Oil:	13
Hook Dry:	23

Dynamic Properties
Available Weights	Radius of Gyration (Rg.)	Rg. Differential
16 lb.	2.514	0.043
15 lb.	2.567	0.038
14 lb.	2.663	0.029

Line	Spirit
Color	Burgandy
Coverstock	Reactive
Core	2-piece
RG	2.514
Differential	0.043
Intermediate Diff	n/a
Factory finish	Polished
Weights	10 thru 16lbs
Cleared USBC	Yes

2 Reviews

bowler57

Posted by bowler57 on Oct 28th 2003

I had the original Spirit and it paid for itself after the first week! This one took an extra week. It took me 2 weeks to figure I can't throw this ball like the original. But ever since, it has more than paid for itself! If someone has a problem with this ball, it's the bowler, not the ball. This ball does exactly what it's supposed to do, go long and snap hard on drier conditions. This is definitely not an oil ball and if you try to use it in oil you'll get nothing but skid and no back-end unless you put tons of hand behind it. I bowl in 3 leagues and can use it in the 2 that have that easy house block shot. You know the one, only oil between the 10 boards. But since I've learned that I need to shoot 28 to 17 and let roll out to 6 or 7, it's been nothing but strikes or single spares! But this ball is more versatile than I thought! I tried my normal shot with this ball last night, and hit everything light during warm up. I thought I could force the ball to work anyway. After opens in
Jeff Mop

Posted by Jeff Mop on Aug 29th 2003

I didn't really know what to expect from this release, as I had never thrown the original Spirit (heard good things about it, though). From the look of the core and the location on the aggressiveness scale, I was thinking that this ball migh be somewhere a bit less than the pearl Cuda/C but more than the Jade Piranha/C, so I drilled it up with a basic finger positive layout (pin next to ring finger, CG under ring finger - 3/4 side weight, 1/4 finger weight). This puts the pin at about 4 1/2 from my PAP and the CG about 5 1/4. To say that I was pleasantly surprised is an understatement. In fact, I would not be exaggerating to say this ball is the sleeper ball of the year. I can't imagine any style bowler that wouldn't be able to fit this ball into their arsenal. The ball is nice and smooth through the heads, gets down the lanes with ease, even as the heads start to dry up, and turns the corner well and hits real nice. Unless the backends are flooded with carrydown or you drill