After bowling tenpins for 38 years, I switched to candlepins. It's a completely different sport - nothing I knew about tenpin bowling and delivery worked at all for candlepins. I basically had to relearn how to bowl, both physically and mentally. You have to deal with shooting under 100 and throwing NO MARKS for an entire game sometimes, with 6 splits. Brutal. Strikes? Forget it. You might get ONE per night.

Loved how you wiped the ball off after each shot 😂

This was a fun video. Your spirit thru out ten frames, got me cheering! Much Mahalo Nick

That was hilarious! Micro-ball vs. Mega-pins. lol You mentioned having only 1 ball. 2 would be better for each frame.

You're a good sport. Candlepin is hard, as you know. Thanks for the fun!

"Why more PBA pros are moving to 3 lb bowling balls"

Try our game once. Like all small ball bowling. Candlepin especially is much more difficult than ten pin. My candlepin average is around 113. The pros average 125-135. There has never been a 300 game, ever. We in the candlepin community would love to see the PBA televise their pro take on our pros,maybe during their Maine events.

😂 This is great! The colors kinda look like the Max Bias

You have to complete the hat-trick by bowling against Candle pins with a big ball. I've always wanted to try that!

That was fun, Nick. I'm glad that you made your goal of breaking 100.🤣🤣

It is silly but entertaining. Good to see you are having fun. Thanks .

Definitely might want to try some surface on that thing. 😅

Haven't finished the video yet, but I'm hoping to see that coast to coast!

That was fun to watch. Great video. Ahhh,,,, maybe more surface would help. LOLOL. Excellent job.

Looks like fun!!🤣😂🙃

Great video....fun to watch.

i had initially guessed you'd score a 112, then i saw the first frame lol. looks like a lot of fun though

I love the video. When I first try to throw a Candlepin Ball, I throw the ball slowly but increase the ball spin. Hey BrunsNick, have you ever thrown the Brunswick Tenacity before and which bowling balls does this fit between.

Leave the wood on the deck to make it more like candlepin bowling. And 3 balls per frame!

This was awesome!

this is funny to watch the 10 pin approach with a candlepin ball.

This was awesome. Getting to 109 was more than I expected. But quite frankly, I did not expect this video to get done. Glad you did it though because it was entertaining for sure.

I watched it, and you were surprised. This looks fun and your doing good and the pin action your getting is unbelievable with the duck ball

You got the thumbs up in the 5th frame! Good shot!

Praise youtube alg for recommending this. Been bowling candlepin since i was 4 and also gotten back to bowl standard more and was always curious how a candlepin ball would bounce off normal pins. This was awsome to see.

i was thinking 62 lol nice game for that nonsense hahaha

Nick so funny, no Flare on the ball. You should challenge Dasha to a game. She might not like it but it’s Fun. Paul

LOL @ toweling the ball off after each shot. old habits die hard?

Nice one, Nick! How about doing this challenge with Packy?

Nick who you going to challenge to candlepin ball contest with 10 pin bowling pins, mmm maybe duckpins or candlestick pins , can you travel to do your videos, travel to New England states where candlepin lanes are . Love your videos !!!

Pre-watch score guess: 87 ***Edit: I was quite wrong lol. Glad you made your 100 goal. Bet you never thought you'd be so happy for a 109 😂

BrunsNick, if you ever find yourself in Edmonton Alberta Canada, ill take you 5 pin bowling. Fun fact though, you can hook those balls. That's how I get the 2 corner pins (7 and 10 in 10 pin) and have coached people on how to do it. Maybe I'll record a KZfaq video to show the process, though I've been very focused on 10 pin these last 6 months. I even won some money at a torney. You're also holding and throwing the ball wrong. Good effort though!

No specto running? 😮

I used to Bowl with a Duckpin Bowling Ball for Ten Pins . This was at the South Queens Boys Club and they had no mechanical pins setters, and we had to reset the pins by hand in 1974

That was cool! I want to try that

I’ll take credit for this video. lol I think you should’ve used candlepin rules and left the dead wood on the lane.

My husband was born in NH, bowled candlepin most of his 62 years. We moved to KY and as of last fall he is bowling Tenpin and averaging about 150. His highest average at Candlepin was 107, with his highest game of 187. In candlepin you get 3 balls per frame, and no clearing of the dead pins. Can the rack be rigged not to clear the tenpins in between and do 3 balls per frame? Wonder what your score would be then? I am originally from Cincinnati, started bowling Tenpin at the age of 9, had to stop in my 40's averaging 170 due to bad knees, arthritic back, etc. Now, 20+ years later, at the age of 66 I am back to averaging almost 170.

I liked what I saw. But why didn’t you try a strike shot from the left side? You were so good from there on your spares!

I learned to not use a small ball with full size pins lol. Probable be a good idea to have someone help u so you don't have to walk back and get the ball each time lol.

That would be a decent candlepin game

Throwing the Candle pin ball, you scored higher than Tom Daugherty in the T of C when he bowled against Mika...

I really hope the balls survive this! 😅

The candlepin ball weight is a shade over 2 pounds. You want to go down and in... basically a rocket to the pocket from 1 to 17 1/2 to give yourself the best chance. It's a game of toppling the pins, and doing it in a way that keeps the ball in the pack of pins rather than banking to the channel. When I was a little girl... too little really to do anything but two-hand chuck an 8 pounder on a regulation lane, my father used to take my sister and I to a community rec center, that had the OLD lanes, with full sized pins, and the old manual-actuated pin spotters. For kicks, my dad got a couple of the "ball bowler" machine balls, from a friend of his who owned an arcade machine business, and that's what we'd use. That wound up being 1 pound balls vs the 37 pounds of pins at the rack. Dad could set the pins for us, and sis and I would have a blast trying to knock the pins down, while developing our 4 step approaches. The lanes were never oiled or cared for all that well, beyond getting dust-mopped every so often. So we started off about 15 feet away, and as we got better and older, we moved back, until we were throwing the full length. Even when we started bowling regularly in the bowling enters with full sized equipment, we'd still visit that rec center as we grew up, until the place closed and got razed for development. So... yeah... I got a lot of experience bowling with a small ball vs a full rack. That's also why I'm VERY good with the straight game and spares. Small ball or full size... I can pick any single pin area of the rack at will. That keeps me in the hunt on a lot of games where other bowlers are struggling.

😅 dat were funn...nick @

I was going to say something about "REAL ball vs. CLOWN PINS" but I'm not sure this is all that easier than actual candlepins. No half-Worcesters, at least.

Fun video! 6-7-10 is better then a big four which you would have gotten with a normal sized bowlingball. I beleave with duckpin bowling, speed is key. Next time candlepin! And remember, with candlepin you can throw against deadwood, and three times if i'm not mistaken.

fun vid

Maximum legal weight for a candlepin ball is 2 lbs 7 oz. They're commonly sold in either 2-6 or 2-7 weights (though nominal 2-7 balls may be a little lighter, my 2-7 balls weighed in at 2-6.8).

Is there an effective difference between symmetric and asymmetric balls, or is asym only used on certain ball types

More importantly when do we get to see the Vaporize or Mesmerize reviews? No big deal, just the first time Dynamicore 2 has been used outside a Quantum.

Your ball got the mini-mushroom

Hey Brunsnick do you remember the Brunswick fury line from the 2007/2008 era?

That was enjoyable 😃

then soon REAL bowling ball vs candlepins lol

its actually crazy how your tilt is virtually identical with a tiny ball

I think you should have came from the left every time. That looked fun i have to say. Ther must be some weight to the ball the way u threw the head pin into the 10

does that strike count since the ball went off the side wall and took out the 10? lol

They weigh between 2 pounds 5 oz and 2 pounds 7 oz.

Never played Candlepin but I'm intrigued by all the videos on it. Next time, try giving yourself three tries per frame (box). You can even play the fallen pins (wood) as long as they're in the pin area so don't use the pinsetter. Keep in mind nobody, I repeat *NOBODY* has ever made a perfect game in Candlepin.

Candlepin is a humbling sport when going from traditional 10 pin. It plays tricks on the eyes until you get used to it. But you never really get used to it. I threw a lot of gutters...it's embarrassing.

getting your steps in on this video

The best candlepin bowlers just throw hard and fast, the game is about speed and straight-line angles. Trying to spin the ball or "hook" it is pointless for anyone who is actually good at it.

Candlepin balls normally 2lb 4-7oz - most common are 2lb 6oz or 2lb 7oz - now come try the real sport ;)

You should have had Specto running.

The ball weighs 2.5-2.7 pounds. Made out of rubber.

Imagine if nick tells us the oil pattern for the tiny ball challenge

try to play bowling with a bocce ball please!

Why wasn't Specto running?? :)

Cool video talk tech bowling ball brunsnick

As a long time Candlepin Bowler, I've always wanted to do this the OTHER WAY ... however, I've yet to find a candlepin house that will let me toss a ten-pin ball at candle pins due to concerns for potential damage to equipment in the candle pin lane pit ...

They look like Candian 5 pin bowling balls.

hey at least you got a strike!

better than "ball reviews" well more fun, anyway....

If i could play as well as I do at Duckpin i would be a professional.. 😂 i think that has something to do with fast-pitch softball pitcher. 🤷‍♀️ although throwing at those pins might be difficult

What's the specto

Let’s see it with a beach ball….

Maybe candlepin pins vs real ball with real bowling rules would also be fun. Hope you read this and give me your opinion!

Try this again, but leave the downed pins. In candlepin, the dead wood is in play.

Use a 3lb. 12oz Duckpin ball.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone try to curve it in five pin, candle or quack pin Hard and straight at the headpin

guessing 67

Hi

Definitely no Paul Berger!

Gotta play candlepin rules...3 balls per frame and dead wood stays

The only way to make your hands look big...

220 bowler did same, thinking his score was 69

Drill fingertips in it

Pro candlepin bowlers can throw up to 40+ mph.

You totally botched this :) One, there is no oil, and no curving into the pocket. You take the ball and fling it as hard as you can straight at the 1-2 or 1-3 pocket, favoring the head pin. Unlike a regulation ball, the weight of the small ball means it will be deflected much to the side by collision with the initial pin. So it will take a totally different path through the pins. So try again and this time, throw hard!!! Just don't make a lob.

Noice!!

120

I watched it lol

The ball was too small Nick. Just sayin

130

do not hook the candle pin ball

You actually knocked seven pins down your score is 110.

u will score... 87

Stop talking between every shot. Just bowl.

So cringy.....

To me the ONLY thing wiping your ball of oil does is create a DRY front end & NO one wants a dry front end. NO hook bowling can bowl with a dry front end! its because you ball needs the oil to carry down the lane to hit dry lane to hook.