Diva Divine

When DV8 announced the Diva Divine, I was very, very excited. For as long as I can remember, I have loved symmetrical core shapes with sanded coverstocks, and this one is my favorite yet. I laid the new Diva Divine out with my standard symmetrical layout: 65 x 4 3/4" x 35. I like this layout because it allows me to do different things with my hand and it still gives me plenty of ball motion. On the lanes with our heavy oil house pattern, the Diva Divine showed a heavy midlane roll through the flood in the middle of the lane and a smooth, predictable, and continuous backend move. As the lanes break down in my center, they tend to get very wet/dry. With the predictable shape the Diva Divine made, I was able to stay in the same area of the lane and did not see the traditional wet/dry breakdown. On Sport and Challenge Patterns, the Diva Divine excelled on medium length and shorter patterns. The midlane read keeps the ball in play and easy to adjust off of, and the smoother, continuous backend controlled the strong backends. Comparing to other balls in the line, the Diva Divine has the most midlane of all the DV8 symmetrical balls. The Rude Dude was a touch cleaner with the same smoother backend. The Diva Pearl was much, much cleaner and had a much, much sharper move in the backend. The Diva Divine is a great addition to anyone's arsenal. I can see this ball working for all styles of play, and in EVERYONE'S comfort zone.