I'm a duckpin bowler. I did not fully appreciate how much duckpin lane pin decks contributed to pin action and scoring until watching this video. Duckpin pin decks are a smooth all-metal plate. The kickback panels on either side are lined with thick gum rubber. The result is incredible bouncing and sliding duckpin pins not present in this video.
And rules state that the pin deck can be lowered I believe to 1/2" so as the ball can hit the center of gravity of the pin better. I used to bowl in a non-sanctioned house in Tappahannock, VA back in the 90s called Printer's Alley. The pin decks were flush with the lane. After acquiring Sherman bowling machine equipment and pin decks from Plaza Bowl in Richmond Virginia when they closed briefly in the late 90s, I installed them and dropped the pin decks to the spec minimum 1/2". We also had crappy rubber kickpads as well. After installing them and making the minimum distance between kickpads meet specs the averages went up 15 pins. Good times. Unfortunately Printer's alley no longer exists as well as Plaza Bowl.
I would volunteer to be a Pinboy too, as a Filipino coming from a country where Duckpin Bowling still uses Pinboys instead of the Sherman Automatic Pinsetters
I took my 10 pin balls to the 5 pin alley. I asked if I could throw one down the alley. The mechanic said I could only do it one time, I took it more as an imposing threat, so I never did.
That looks like fun !!! 🤣.. A bunch of my bowling buddies and I play until wee hours every Friday night after leagues. We love playing goofy games and doing goofy stuff. This would be an excellent game for us to play if we could get a rack of duck pins setup.
I saw a lot of bad racks 🤣 have u done candlepins yet? Candlepin bowlers are crazy man. Looks like skeeball if they were trying to destroy the skeeball machine lol. Still not walking great yet but, Effect is def happening for me 100% great vid as always ☺️
@vintagesupermarkets5210 Nah, our 5-Pin machines were PBS string machines. But the pin decks had 10 round spots for 10 pin and squares for where the 5 pins were supposed to go. We just brought 5 extra pins and spread the 5 on strings out and set them for each other using the round spots. We never played a full game or kept score, but my co-worker Scott came close to getting a strike (solid 8 Pin on his best shot) but I was the only one to actually get a strike. It was like playing 10 pin with a light ball. Stupid amount of deflection thanks to the rubber bands on 5 pins.
you say a real bowling ball, i bowl candlepin and a real bowling ball to me is a 2lb 7oz. and a real bowling ball to a duckpin bowler is their 3lb ball. i always did want to try a tenpin ball vs candlepins though but i think it would really mess up the pinsetter and ball return machine. i can see it looks like you are setting the pins up on a tenpin lane, the comparison is interesting.
The answer is no. The pins knocked down must be cleared. The only bowling in which the pins that were knocked down stay on the lane is candlepins. There is also a distance of 1 foot between the center of each pin. Thanks for trying it.
@@brunsnickGarland Manufacturing in Saco, ME for new pins. RUclips hates links…I hope it helps if I say their info can be found on the “ICBA” (candlepin proprietor association)’s page. 🙂 ~Greg G @Bowler4Ever ‘s idea is great too!
Hey BrunsNick, honest question for ya. Why do you have one fingertip and one conventional finger grip on your balls? Very unique and I've always been curious. Thank you.
Combined all three rules. Leave deadwood from candlepins. Only two balls per frame from regular ten pin bowling. (The others use 3.) Pins from duckpins.
@@stompingpeak2043 5 pin probably also differs as much as candlepin but in different ways. Candlepin - play the deadwood, up to 3 balls/frame, call games strings. 5 pin - up to 3 balls/frame, half the pins, higher max score of 450.
I wish they could make tenpin pins or of the same material they make duckpins out of! You may not know it, but duckpins literally never have to be replaced!
Duckpin bowler here. After about 5 years of regular league and open play bowling, you’re gonna want to replace them. They will get beat to death, and eventually will wear out
What company did you get the pins from? They do not look like they came from American Products in Rhode Island. Looks like they had a hole in the top from a string machine and the bottoms look a little different. Also, I would like to see you bowl with an actual duckpin ball. No drop from lane to deck, deep gutters, and no rubber sideboards. You would be lucky to hit 120. BTW awesome shot on the 4 -10 in the first frame.
@@brunsnick why don't Brunswick try and expand the regional 5 pin, duckpin, rubberband duckpin and candlestick versions of the sport into new markets? I'd love to see the Canadian-only version of the game get exported to the States and other nations.
Have to admit I always wondered what this would be like. Very well might be one of the coolest videos yet. Does this mean you will do the opposite and use normal pins with a duckpin ball? Somehow I dont think it would go over as well as this one did. LOL!
Sort of: lower New England (CT and RI), down through the coast to MD, VA, PA… and also the Philippines, somehow! 😮 MA has two duckpin centers too, yet it’s the birthplace of candlepin. Candlepin is currently an upper New England and Eastern Canada (NB and NS) sport. 🙂 ~Greg G
First, I love the video. But as someone who lives in an area where Ducks are alive and well. The video title is pretty insulting, saying a REAL BOWLING BALL. 10 Pins is a much easier game than ducks will ever be and it just shits on a different side of the sport. Love your content but the title is in very poor taste.
I have actually done that. We do 5 pin here which uses the same balls and some have convertible pin setters. I did manage to muster one strike and a couple of spares on tenpin with my Softroll balls. Can't remember if I made 100 or not! It was like 10 years or so ago. But if I did make 100 it wasn't much over 100.
@@brunsnick When I worked on the lanes, I always found 1 and 16 (last lane) easier just because I didn't have to actually kneel down, I just slid in from the walkways on the sides.
@@brunsnick There used to be a duckpin bowling center in Milwaukee about 30-35 years ago. There also used to be one near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as well. One person even opened up a duckpin bowling center in Florida, but I think that it also is no longer around.
@@brunsnick I was never able to go to either of those places back then. I used to be on the pro duckpin tour from the late 1980s to the early 2000s and the farthest south that we went to was in Richmond, Virginia. We used to have a tournament once a month between Memorial Day weekend until November, alternating between a stop in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) and the mid-Atlantic (Maryland, Virginia). The tournament on Memorial Day weekend was held in Baltimore and there was a special horse race at Delaware Park on that Monday that was dedicated to the pro tour.
@@captaincarl8230 Yeah, the upper midwest adopted duckpin a long while back so its not just a new england thing. However, candlepin is just a New England thing in the US (Canada also plays candlepin)
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You gotta do candlepins next.
With candlepin rules!
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That looked fun!!! Cardio involved also!!!!!
That first shot looked like a super compressed low quality video then I realized it was duck pins
LOL
I saw this comment before I watched the video and I absolutely saw what you meant 100% haha
I'm a duckpin bowler. I did not fully appreciate how much duckpin lane pin decks contributed to pin action and scoring until watching this video. Duckpin pin decks are a smooth all-metal plate. The kickback panels on either side are lined with thick gum rubber. The result is incredible bouncing and sliding duckpin pins not present in this video.
And rules state that the pin deck can be lowered I believe to 1/2" so as the ball can hit the center of gravity of the pin better. I used to bowl in a non-sanctioned house in Tappahannock, VA back in the 90s called Printer's Alley. The pin decks were flush with the lane. After acquiring Sherman bowling machine equipment and pin decks from Plaza Bowl in Richmond Virginia when they closed briefly in the late 90s, I installed them and dropped the pin decks to the spec minimum 1/2". We also had crappy rubber kickpads as well. After installing them and making the minimum distance between kickpads meet specs the averages went up 15 pins. Good times. Unfortunately Printer's alley no longer exists as well as Plaza Bowl.
9th frame said it all for me. Other strikes were impressive too.
I’m just glad I hit the headpin if we’re being honest. 😂
This has me smiling ear to ear the whole 12 minutes. So it was worth your work every frame!
Sure was to see those pins fly!!
candlepins now. WAIT DO CANADIAN 5 PINS TOO PLS.
Got your steps in for sure 😂😂
That 4-10 in the first was 🔥
Great video. I realized immediately that you were in for a lot of work. (Setting your own pins) FANTASTIC job Nick.
Getting too old for that! 😂
Love it. I grew up bowling duckpins but moved away after college. Still miss it.
Real commitment there. That looks exhausting. Real sport... Gotta set your own pins.
You wild for this one, Nick. 😂🤣
Definitely much more exciting pin action!!
The amount of dedication for you to set pins every frame. Thanks Brunsnick!
Money that’s motivating him scrub
I volunteer to be the pinboy...
The sound reminds me of the old black stripe Twister pins, that clicky noise
I would volunteer to be a Pinboy too, as a Filipino coming from a country where Duckpin Bowling still uses Pinboys instead of the Sherman Automatic Pinsetters
They are pure plastic, just like the Twister pins
Duckpins!?! That was interesting. How about candlepins for a future video? Thanks "DumbsNick". 😊
This was a fun one! Impressive spare shooting too
I took my 10 pin balls to the 5 pin alley. I asked if I could throw one down the alley. The mechanic said I could only do it one time, I took it more as an imposing threat, so I never did.
Bob Vespi reference! Classic!
All of those strikes looked so satisfying, though. I'd feel like Thor seeing everything fly around like that lol
Nice job, love all your videos!!👍🏼👍🏼
That looks like fun !!! 🤣.. A bunch of my bowling buddies and I play until wee hours every Friday night after leagues. We love playing goofy games and doing goofy stuff. This would be an excellent game for us to play if we could get a rack of duck pins setup.
DumbsNick vs 220 Average Bowler: Please, PLEASE make this dream matchup happen!!! 😜🆚🤪
He would destroy 220 Average bowler 💯, 220 is more like 190 lol.
That split conversion was siiiiiiiiick!!!!!!
I saw a lot of bad racks 🤣 have u done candlepins yet? Candlepin bowlers are crazy man. Looks like skeeball if they were trying to destroy the skeeball machine lol. Still not walking great yet but, Effect is def happening for me 100% great vid as always ☺️
Cannot wait for the candlepin version!
How about ninepin bowling??? Like the ones in Texas
Cool, i would love to see bowling pins made of China / glass, or ceramic set up. Probably not good for alley surface or machine parts!!!
I love your videos! I love the experiments tho haha
About trying 10 pin balls vs 5 pins one day
My co-workers and I at the bowling alley I used to work at bowled 5 pin balls against 10 5-Pins.
@@ToucanCam how did that work out for you? Was it at an old double diamond free-fall alley?
@vintagesupermarkets5210 Nah, our 5-Pin machines were PBS string machines. But the pin decks had 10 round spots for 10 pin and squares for where the 5 pins were supposed to go. We just brought 5 extra pins and spread the 5 on strings out and set them for each other using the round spots.
We never played a full game or kept score, but my co-worker Scott came close to getting a strike (solid 8 Pin on his best shot) but I was the only one to actually get a strike.
It was like playing 10 pin with a light ball. Stupid amount of deflection thanks to the rubber bands on 5 pins.
Hello Brunsnick may I ask where did you get those duckpins
@@NancyVelez-q1k Brunswick makes these.
Alright thanks
you say a real bowling ball, i bowl candlepin and a real bowling ball to me is a 2lb 7oz. and a real bowling ball to a duckpin bowler is their 3lb ball. i always did want to try a tenpin ball vs candlepins though but i think it would really mess up the pinsetter and ball return machine. i can see it looks like you are setting the pins up on a tenpin lane, the comparison is interesting.
The answer is no. The pins knocked down must be cleared. The only bowling in which the pins that were knocked down stay on the lane is candlepins.
There is also a distance of 1 foot between the center of each pin.
Thanks for trying it.
So and plans to bowl with a shot put? Same weight as a bowling ball but much smaller. Does size really make a difference ;)
That might damage the lanes, not sure I want to risk it.
A ball to follow the track archetype then ocean vibe and what would your recommendation for a third ball in 13 lb for senior bowler
Are candle pins next?
Sure! I need to find a set!
@@brunsnickcandlepin rules with a 10 pin ball 👀
@@brunsnick I wish I could fly you to my center. We have both!
@@brunsnickGarland Manufacturing in Saco, ME for new pins.
RUclips hates links…I hope it helps if I say their info can be found on the “ICBA” (candlepin proprietor association)’s page. 🙂 ~Greg G
@Bowler4Ever ‘s idea is great too!
Im seriously surprised the ball didnt just explode all the pins. That was cool. Used to set duckpins when i was kid
That was fun. I agree that you should try candlepin next. I would rather bowl this way than string pins.
that 9th frame shot....OMG!
That first strike had the most perfect split of the 8-9 that I have ever seen.
Right! They fell perfectly.
That 4-10 was crazy 🔥
Hey BrunsNick, honest question for ya. Why do you have one fingertip and one conventional finger grip on your balls? Very unique and I've always been curious. Thank you.
Sarge Easter Grip - 👍🏻
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U quack me up😂, one of the more fun vids, poor duckies😢
Combined all three rules.
Leave deadwood from candlepins.
Only two balls per frame from regular ten pin bowling. (The others use 3.)
Pins from duckpins.
did you find your candlepins yett ? vs the real bowling ball ?
Sure did 👍🏻
You basically just confirmed that they'll never be a 300 in duckpins ever lol
Need to see no oil on the lanes with duck pins or candlestick pins
I would like to see half scale bowling pins vs real bowling ball xD
String pins are great! Let the haters hate.
Great for arcades, not for actual Bowling Centers
how bout real bowling ball vs candlepin or is is the same thing of duck pin i say like candlepin is more challenging right ?
I need to find a clean set! I’ll do it!
Candlepin is very skinny or stick like pins. That's the most different from modern bowling. Duckpin is like the middle ground.
@@stompingpeak2043 5 pin probably also differs as much as candlepin but in different ways. Candlepin - play the deadwood, up to 3 balls/frame, call games strings. 5 pin - up to 3 balls/frame, half the pins, higher max score of 450.
I wish they could make tenpin pins or of the same material they make duckpins out of! You may not know it, but duckpins literally never have to be replaced!
I did a video with 100% plastic bowling pins that are way more durable than regular wood.
Duckpin bowler here. After about 5 years of regular league and open play bowling, you’re gonna want to replace them. They will get beat to death, and eventually will wear out
Strike master or Target pins?
These are Brunswick pins
@@brunsnick Oh from their string pin line?
@@duckpinengineer yes
Duckpins and candelpins are the real challenge.
What company did you get the pins from? They do not look like they came from American Products in Rhode Island. Looks like they had a hole in the top from a string machine and the bottoms look a little different. Also, I would like to see you bowl with an actual duckpin ball. No drop from lane to deck, deep gutters, and no rubber sideboards. You would be lucky to hit 120. BTW awesome shot on the 4 -10 in the first frame.
They’re Brunswick made.
@@brunsnick get a set of 5 pins from Brunswick and set those up next.
Are you in the Brunswick warehouse?
Yes
@@brunsnick why don't Brunswick try and expand the regional 5 pin, duckpin, rubberband duckpin and candlestick versions of the sport into new markets? I'd love to see the Canadian-only version of the game get exported to the States and other nations.
Hmmm…how about Five Pins? But two sets of Five Pins to have all 10
As a 5 pin bowler, that would be something to see. A perfect game would be 900, lol.
I’ll be your pin girl “Big Boy” 😘
Have to admit I always wondered what this would be like. Very well might be one of the coolest videos yet. Does this mean you will do the opposite and use normal pins with a duckpin ball? Somehow I dont think it would go over as well as this one did. LOL!
I would be willing to do that
Is it true that Duckpin is mainly a New England thing?
Seems that way
Sort of: lower New England (CT and RI), down through the coast to MD, VA, PA… and also the Philippines, somehow! 😮
MA has two duckpin centers too, yet it’s the birthplace of candlepin.
Candlepin is currently an upper New England and Eastern Canada (NB and NS) sport. 🙂 ~Greg G
No, all over Maryland, and Washington-Virginia area
why does it look like you've got a green screen behind you?
Nice camera and lens. 🤷🏻♂️
Cool video talk tech bowling brunsnick
You should do candle pins
I will.
How about a best 2 out of 3 with Dasha Kovalova using duck pins.
I’d need someone to set pins for me, that’s a lot of work.
@BrunsNick, next do 5 pin, then do rubberband duckpin.
First, I love the video. But as someone who lives in an area where Ducks are alive and well. The video title is pretty insulting, saying a REAL BOWLING BALL. 10 Pins is a much easier game than ducks will ever be and it just shits on a different side of the sport. Love your content but the title is in very poor taste.
Where is the video on the plastic pins?
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You should try candlepins next
Why didn’t you just use lane 1?
@@ToucanCam for what? There’s no side access.
Oh, it's a solid square wall on GSX...
1:18
2:59 BOO YAH
How about using a duck pin ball on regular pins? Doubt you’d break 100
Probably not.
I'll do it. Sign me up!
I have actually done that. We do 5 pin here which uses the same balls and some have convertible pin setters. I did manage to muster one strike and a couple of spares on tenpin with my Softroll balls. Can't remember if I made 100 or not! It was like 10 years or so ago. But if I did make 100 it wasn't much over 100.
@@tyfrank3427 did you do that at NEB's by any chance?
@@vintagesupermarkets5210 No. It was at Riverside Bowl in Red Deer. I haven’t been there since it became The Gutter
No interns at Brunswick to help you out?
You call it a "real ball". A five pin bowling ball is a real ball.
@@franknewman2532 my bowling ball can beat up your bowling ball.
@@brunsnick my sport is harder that 10 pin
@@franknewman2532 harder to find yes.
You should use lane 1 just to make it a little easier on yourself setting each rack up
There’s no side access.
I really thought he was gonna leave an 8 pin
I hoped.
Quack!!!
You must NOT try the rubber duck pins we uses in Quebec with that ball lollllll
I think you Can do bowling Trick shots
Guessing score, 194 lol
I was hoping you would leave the Faith, Hope. And Charity split
Why not do it on Lane 1 for a bit easier setting up.
How so? Still have to set them up from the front.
@@brunsnick When I worked on the lanes, I always found 1 and 16 (last lane) easier just because I didn't have to actually kneel down, I just slid in from the walkways on the sides.
Gotcha. Yeah, there’s no side access on these GSX.
Anyone else see a chip fly off the pins in frames 1 and 5? lol
what it feels like to have a 700 rev rate. Demolishes pocket or gets nothing.
I just realized that he is wearing a shirt that said dumbsnick instead of brunsick
No you do not leave the deadwood on the deck in duckpins. They get cleared.
Dumbsnick cares and that’s all that matters !
202
really wish duckpin and candlepin can be adopted across the states :(
Was really a northeast thing, never saw it out west.
@@brunsnick There used to be a duckpin bowling center in Milwaukee about 30-35 years ago. There also used to be one near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as well. One person even opened up a duckpin bowling center in Florida, but I think that it also is no longer around.
@@captaincarl8230 that’s too bad. Woulda been fun to try growing up
@@brunsnick I was never able to go to either of those places back then. I used to be on the pro duckpin tour from the late 1980s to the early 2000s and the farthest south that we went to was in Richmond, Virginia. We used to have a tournament once a month between Memorial Day weekend until November, alternating between a stop in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) and the mid-Atlantic (Maryland, Virginia).
The tournament on Memorial Day weekend was held in Baltimore and there was a special horse race at Delaware Park on that Monday that was dedicated to the pro tour.
@@captaincarl8230 Yeah, the upper midwest adopted duckpin a long while back so its not just a new england thing. However, candlepin is just a New England thing in the US (Canada also plays candlepin)
It’s my life long dreams
I’m gonna guess 214!
I bought my 1st Purple today because I found out it was legal
Where did you hear that it was legal? 😁
@@brunsnick from you and that Phil The Cardinal guy
I have 2 purple hammers. One I bought in the early 90s and one I bought last year!
@@ripvanrevs I last had a urethane in 1994, but I'm bowling sport on 37' the next 3 weeks in my sport shot league
You forgot to throw the 3rd ball in the 8th frame.
Eh it’s okay I just went ten pin scoring rules
@@brunsnick That 4-10 split conversion was f'n AWESOME!!
Well if you need a person to set up you. I am 71,and I am a bowler.let me know.I am interested.
I’m thinkin ur gonna score a 140
180
145
My prediction was after the first ball thrown.
I got on a heater.
178
What if you were to set up duck pins then use a normal pin to knock em down
Sounds like a fun time as well.
WHY
Stop killing ducks for duck tape and duck pins