Lol this is from the old Candlepin Bowling show on Boston's Channel 5...I grew up with bowling alleys like this and watching this with my grandpa on Saturday mornings!
the real reason why it din't hit the last standing pin is because the person rolled the ball a little too hard which caused the ball to go up once it had impacted on the lying pins
"Skill" in Candlepin Bowling is the TRUEST form of "bowling skill." That being said, one cannot knock the skill it takes to excell in 10 Pin. I average a 109 in candlepin...and an 84 in 10 pin. ha!
I would have to disagree. The worst break in candlepin bowling is to hit the head pin and then only knock down the head pin and nothing else. The head pin misses all the other pins and the ball scoots through the space between the 2, 4, 7 and 9 pins. This does not happen often but when it does it is rather shocking as well as hysterical.
This was actually filmed at a bowling alley around where I live. I just noticed it by the canvas of pilgrimish art above the pins. Ive actually seen some tournaments being filmed while I was playing with my family. its funny because they lay down a whole new set of lanes so you dont see the old ratty ones underneath.
Its strange for me, A New Englander, to see so many people have no idea what candlepin bowling is hahaha. When I think of bowling I think of a tiny ball with no holes and skinny light weight pins.
@LE0BRAND0 I know right? LoL, I was waiting for the tickets to start coming out of the lane and then watch the dude go redeem them for a rubber ball, lolly pop, and chinese finger trap.
@MrCodwawslayer It is. I bowled it for 15 years back home in Massachusetts and was pretty good at it, though not as good as these guys. When I introduced it to the people I bowl tenpin league with in Michigan, they all loved it immediately and kept saying they'd love to have a candlepin center here :)
This actually seems A LOT easier than REAL bowling. Idk the rules, but he had three tries. Plus, these things are like paper. They look like they can fall down if you blow them.
@mattsme Guess again it is the hardest and lowest scoring of all of the bowling games...A good score in candlepin bowling is 100 and top players average in the 125 range where in tenpin everything is so phony and geared to falsely improve your averge and that's why you can just open the doors to a tenpin place today, walk in, go to your lanes and you have an automatic 220 + average....
@mattsme No, it's not. The pins are much narrower than tenpins, although the 12-inch distance between the centers of the pin spots is the same. This makes them much harder to hit. Also, each pin (2 lbs 8 oz) weighs more than the ball does (2 lbs 7 max weight) so it's much, much harder to carry a solid hit. The reason they look like they fall down so easily is because the ball speed is much higher.
@instatutionilazation Is that like skeet golf, where you take a shotgun out to the course with you and if you hit a shot you don't like, shoot it out of the sky? Can't play it where it lies if it doesn't lie.
I've never heard of candlepin bowling, or know of somewhere nearby that does it. I think i have tried it before, but not knowing what it was called. I bowled it at an arcade down in South Carolina at the South of the Border Fireworks place. Those bowling balls look like toys compared to the regulation size bowling balls.
Never heard of candlepin bowling before. I wonder where they have this kind of bowling alley. I wonder, Do they use the same pinsetters and switch to these little pin's or what?????
@mike18200 I've never seen it either - is this confined to any particular region? In our part of England (the South West) we are seriously into skittles - 9-pins - although we do have a local 10-pin Bowling Alley. I must research this game, and would love to havea go!
@4beatlefans Yes, it's mainly confined to Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine in the USA and the maritime provinces of Canada. A couple of years ago, I moved from Massachusetts to the American midwest and, not surprisingly, no one here had ever heard of candlepin. :)
Does he own all of the balls he throws?
WimpyTV 6 days ago
Ive had worse breaks...some were at this bowling alley
BLTproductions6311 2 weeks ago
Thgis was taken at Pilgrim lanes in Havehill Mass, about 21 years ago. The Lanes still remain the same.
mbrand19971 1 month ago
This guy is the Sean Rash of Candlepin.
Sdnumbah2 1 month ago
\/\/[]\/\/
KeselowskiTheMan 1 month ago
this looks like fun
Mcburgerdennyfatkid 1 month ago
0:24 OHHHHH HELLLLL NAHHH
Zapaxij 1 month ago
Guy: FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU-
Stick thing: U Mad Bro?
Second round
Guy: a split??? FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUU-
Sticks: U MAD BRO?
19Cadence 2 months ago
LOL! @0:24 His expression = Priceless.
iSh0Tu99 2 months ago
Lol this is from the old Candlepin Bowling show on Boston's Channel 5...I grew up with bowling alleys like this and watching this with my grandpa on Saturday mornings!
willpetnc 2 months ago
all this video needs is ernie schlegel jumping around
grelleezy 2 months ago
the only break ill ever see in candlepin bowling
2lazy4goodname 2 months ago 24
in germany we have pretty similar sport: kegeln
yeah right, try to say that loud xD
Woodstock187 3 months ago
@Woodstock187 KAYYYYYYYYGELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLN
emandude 1 month ago
One of those roflcopter moments xD
jarry161290 3 months ago
Even Naruto can't believe it.
Yonkage 3 months ago
Unbelievable
I cannot believe it
I do not believe it
I still can't believe it's not butter
Devilbeach3333 4 months ago 4
I knocked down the 1 2 3 pins on my first ball once.No deadwood either.
caganb 4 months ago
gay
6anatolyy4 4 months ago
Thanks for joining us here on The Ocho.
TheFootballFilm 4 months ago
What is this on? ESPN 8?
UncleJ4 5 months ago 26
@UncleJ4 yeah, ESPN 8, the Ocho.
dalcowfan22 2 months ago 2
0:24 "GODJKLF;JWFTFWTF"
mdvavdm 5 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
i cant believe that this is a sport!
k1joyoun 5 months ago
this is stupid as hell
WCGwkf 5 months ago
I love this game. I've hustled so much money off trash-talking Tenpin bowlers who think it's going to be easy.
SlashNguyen 6 months ago
it's a hard game but it seems stupid. regular bowling and football are my sports :P
idontnoapassword 6 months ago
looks way harder than bowling..... got bumpers?
tombeals69 6 months ago
this game looks so much harder then normal bowling......i can't imagine playing
davidalloy94 6 months ago
it's the most challenging game out there....I'm proud to say I'm a candlepinner....
jamiewood99 6 months ago
what do you call this gay game again?
newcomer9747 6 months ago
@newcomer9747 it's called "newcomer9747".
snuffereet 5 months ago
@snuffereet lol that's a good one
newcomer9747 5 months ago
its an amazing game i wish it was bigger thank you wolf for uploading all these candlepin videos
bran8337 6 months ago
Isn't this game at Dave and Busters?
MedicalVideoJunkie 6 months ago
theres 2 idiots
DJMonstaElectric 6 months ago
the real reason why it din't hit the last standing pin is because the person rolled the ball a little too hard which caused the ball to go up once it had impacted on the lying pins
134679salomelau 7 months ago
for all the dumbasses who think power is everything...
thetokerhasrisen 7 months ago
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax...
DjOver9000 7 months ago
I can honestly say I have never seen this game before. Looks Mad.
ShaolinDeadlyGamers 7 months ago
0:23 Wtf is this shit
Michael1Nine 7 months ago
It's mocking him... Just look at it... Beast...
Carathio 7 months ago
what the hell happend to skeeball?
zemlia88 8 months ago
Try to lose the Hitler stash and maybe you will pick that shit up!
Turtle3000GT 8 months ago
@Turtle3000GT haha dam ol adolf
tommy444able 8 months ago
this dude was having an off day
brazilianEYEreportU 8 months ago
wtf type of game is this??? ucking americans havent got a clue
Gwazz123 9 months ago
@Gwazz123 As opposed to soccer? Talk about a fucking lame ass sport.
MrFatgerman 8 months ago
i did this once in Wii Candlepin
Ginoattolino 9 months ago
Didn't know they put Bocce ball on a bowling lane
evildeaddrew 9 months ago
"Skill" in Candlepin Bowling is the TRUEST form of "bowling skill." That being said, one cannot knock the skill it takes to excell in 10 Pin. I average a 109 in candlepin...and an 84 in 10 pin. ha!
irishpig 9 months ago
What kinda sport is that? ridiculous
jesperw94 1 year ago
Let's hope his aim is better when he's in bed with his wife, otherwise he might accidentally impregnate the dog!
MrMatdalegend 1 year ago
Someone please explain to me how this is a sport?
michstate08 1 year ago
Is that a spread eagle at 47 seconds?
bliss1083 1 year ago
I miss read the title....
Aion95 1 year ago
Nice hitler stache lol
Turtle3000GT 1 year ago
didn't know they televised candlepin
Kidlat432 1 year ago
Bless, i feel sorry for him.
imXaXmidgetX 1 year ago
D....... wait for it.... nied!
mgabruha 1 year ago
lol @ MaxPDavies. you and me both
EmRoKo 1 year ago
LMAO!!!
070erwin 1 year ago
what the FUCK IS THAT SPORT?!???
TheViolenceMan 1 year ago
Bummer for Paul Berger there
WSBT960 1 year ago
I knocked down the 1-2-3 pins only once with no wood left. How's that for a bad break?
caganb 1 year ago
i dont get y r the balls so dam small
smashedspirit666 1 year ago
this guy looks funny
who8mahbacon 1 year ago
I would have to disagree. The worst break in candlepin bowling is to hit the head pin and then only knock down the head pin and nothing else. The head pin misses all the other pins and the ball scoots through the space between the 2, 4, 7 and 9 pins. This does not happen often but when it does it is rather shocking as well as hysterical.
2royplayer 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
What is that like a 2 pound ball?
tastybrownies 1 year ago
skii ball plus bowling lol
who8mahbacon 1 year ago
New Title: Candlepin Bowling Ownage/Fail
tomboi2121 1 year ago
if you study the motion of the ball and two pins carefully you'll see that it doesn't make sense. Impossibility
thedruglord 1 year ago
it a jersey thing...lol
4sh1tzNgigglez 1 year ago
Errrr what is candlepin bowling?
cypresspuz 1 year ago
"Unbelieveable."
"I do not believe that."
ianferrell08 1 year ago 49
i want one of those little things
who8mahbacon 1 year ago
looks fun
abcasd1 1 year ago
lol hes Noob
errorjumpers 1 year ago
that guy is so pissed
XHorus8649X 1 year ago
pin saying: "denied"
Thedarkbrother20 1 year ago 2
FCK the pins have HAX in it...!
Failedguy07 1 year ago
This was actually filmed at a bowling alley around where I live. I just noticed it by the canvas of pilgrimish art above the pins. Ive actually seen some tournaments being filmed while I was playing with my family. its funny because they lay down a whole new set of lanes so you dont see the old ratty ones underneath.
tehredhatkid 1 year ago
Its strange for me, A New Englander, to see so many people have no idea what candlepin bowling is hahaha. When I think of bowling I think of a tiny ball with no holes and skinny light weight pins.
tehredhatkid 1 year ago
its SKEEBALL!!!
LE0BRAND0 1 year ago 55
@LE0BRAND0 I know right? LoL, I was waiting for the tickets to start coming out of the lane and then watch the dude go redeem them for a rubber ball, lolly pop, and chinese finger trap.
jberlotti 1 year ago 4
@LE0BRAND0 SKEEBALL + BOWLING = fun!
wiithepeople2 1 year ago
@LE0BRAND0 It's kinda like Skeeball, but for MMMMMEEEEENNNNNNNN
wiithepeople2 9 months ago
LOL I FUX WITH THE HOMIE SANTIAGO
DaYungPaperChaselol 1 year ago
hes trying to stare down the pins
TheMrmemyselfandi 1 year ago
did he die?
smldfw 1 year ago
ive never heard of this sportt
slums77 1 year ago
Only break I will ever see in Candlepin bowling.
irishosaru 1 year ago
only break I'll ever see in candlepin bowling
irishosaru 1 year ago
what the fucking hell of a bad luck XD
Matthaeious 1 year ago
I love the little bowling balls! But the pins are TOO weird for me.
FlutterbaiDestiny 1 year ago
i could throw that thing there
iDntMakeVIDs 1 year ago
super bowling
an0nym100 1 year ago
suuper bowling
an0nym100 1 year ago
in his head he was like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
00Jose00 1 year ago
He just stares at it like 0-0............
FURRYDulaman 1 year ago
what the hell did he break all he did was bowl with a little ball and the pins were straight and the thing forgot to clear the pins
onturn7 1 year ago
WHAT THE F**K IS THAT LOL?
JustToHaveIt 1 year ago
wtf, its so small they havent been laid on yet!
typhlosionDJ 1 year ago
cool looks hard though
MrCodwawslayer 1 year ago
@MrCodwawslayer It is. I bowled it for 15 years back home in Massachusetts and was pretty good at it, though not as good as these guys. When I introduced it to the people I bowl tenpin league with in Michigan, they all loved it immediately and kept saying they'd love to have a candlepin center here :)
MikeHL78 1 year ago
lol OWNED
papayoshi16 1 year ago
why r there ballskies so small
Mrbackwards1 1 year ago
This actually seems A LOT easier than REAL bowling. Idk the rules, but he had three tries. Plus, these things are like paper. They look like they can fall down if you blow them.
mattsme 1 year ago
@mattsme Guess again it is the hardest and lowest scoring of all of the bowling games...A good score in candlepin bowling is 100 and top players average in the 125 range where in tenpin everything is so phony and geared to falsely improve your averge and that's why you can just open the doors to a tenpin place today, walk in, go to your lanes and you have an automatic 220 + average....
BIGGREENLEAF1 1 year ago
@mattsme No, it's not. The pins are much narrower than tenpins, although the 12-inch distance between the centers of the pin spots is the same. This makes them much harder to hit. Also, each pin (2 lbs 8 oz) weighs more than the ball does (2 lbs 7 max weight) so it's much, much harder to carry a solid hit. The reason they look like they fall down so easily is because the ball speed is much higher.
MikeHL78 1 year ago
candlepin bowling is simply better than tenpin in every way possible
sublover589 1 year ago
@sublover589 Except for clearing downed pins, obviously
walterwoods28 1 year ago
@sublover589 how?
ggoldman43 1 year ago
I heart this game.
902gameface 1 year ago
LMFAO... look at his face at 0:25.... He probably said in his head. "WTF, how the fuck is that possible."
AgTFXCRunner 1 year ago
I feel like it started in the Northeast, it's been around here for quite a while.
spectre1209 1 year ago
i didnt now what the frick candlepin bowling was until i saw this and clicked on it
desertelite31 1 year ago
weird kind of bowling
amoney619 1 year ago
is ths in the 80s
whiplash0009 1 year ago
This poor guy.. He's like.. FMFL
combatCommohooah 1 year ago
that looks fun
pezthing 1 year ago
what kind of bowling ballls are thiss
YourMomsDadMom 1 year ago
u could just throw it
whiplash0009 1 year ago
hacky sack bowling :D?
caballoxd 1 year ago
cool game
tjv323 1 year ago
@mike18200 same here
i thought they stood up pins covered in axe and then u threw a lit candle at them and see how many caught fire XD roflmao
instatutionilazation 1 year ago
@instatutionilazation Is that like skeet golf, where you take a shotgun out to the course with you and if you hit a shot you don't like, shoot it out of the sky? Can't play it where it lies if it doesn't lie.
tiatrips 1 year ago
yea this is my first time hearing about this
Ant2Fresh 1 year ago
missed again. lol
drazenortiz 1 year ago
Candlepins is really tough. Much harder then "regular" bowling.
megarouge2001 1 year ago
i wanna play this
Tigersfan829 1 year ago
try throwing harder
hebber1961 1 year ago
yeah that is the worst break ive ever seen because this is the only time ive ever seen this
ProffesorChaosesFile 1 year ago
this is also the only break I will ever see in candlepin bowling.
MaxPDavies 1 year ago 247
@MaxPDavies ahaahahahha omg man ur comment made my day thank you !
UNiTFk 1 year ago
@MaxPDavies lol
gsizzles 1 year ago
@MaxPDavies haha best comment on youtube!!!
schistef 1 year ago
Looks like an awsome variation. I bet its more interesting to watch too, inted of strike, strike, strike...
TheRealEric31415 1 year ago
candlepin bowling takes a lot more skill
doob776 1 year ago
he mad lolz
yugo34 1 year ago
@mike18200 nor have i
MrJacobs09 1 year ago
Is it possible to do a windmill pitch with the ball? That'll be cool :D
iRongWei 1 year ago
Totally got robbed!!!
HaloPlayer013 1 year ago
wtf is this kind of bowling xD it looks really hard :) lol
MegaFlong 1 year ago
I wonder if you can just pitch the ball?
cBksfree2rhyme 1 year ago
I've never heard of candlepin bowling, or know of somewhere nearby that does it. I think i have tried it before, but not knowing what it was called. I bowled it at an arcade down in South Carolina at the South of the Border Fireworks place. Those bowling balls look like toys compared to the regulation size bowling balls.
001GenLee 1 year ago
That is not the worst break. That was just unlucky. I do that all the time in my house. The worst break is getting 1 and 8 off the headpin.
crazyanimal 1 year ago
Candlepin bowling rule! and for those people who thinks its easy, try it sometine.
MrLmnopete 1 year ago
Never heard of candlepin bowling before. I wonder where they have this kind of bowling alley. I wonder, Do they use the same pinsetters and switch to these little pin's or what?????
welder541 1 year ago
Great theme tune. Don't make 'em like they used to.
oisin2000 1 year ago
This is my freaking Teacher!! I am so scared.... It must be him before he went fat!?!?!?!
SpeedingBullets 1 year ago
who ever plays this has a candle pin
esnakeman12 1 year ago
never heard of it but that guy is good except horrrriible luck
gazmq444 1 year ago
seems like a fun game
BlackKnight22011985 1 year ago
Oh when it said worst break I thougtyu it really ment what it said so I was like closing my eyes hahh
EmILY7014 1 year ago
just throw it like a baseball :)
dddarklord 1 year ago
He he
bobionthe3rd 1 year ago
I was beginning to wonder why those pins looked like fat candles
eth92 1 year ago
LOL!!!!!
mordanai 1 year ago
that looks alot more fun than regular bowling
InvictusMilitis 1 year ago
Stuff like that happens to me too much. People in my bowling league recognize me as the king of getting robbed at candlepin XD
keybladeguy776 1 year ago
0:23 lmao, the guy is like "wtf ._. "
rx7monster 1 year ago
how pissed must he have been?
uphallstallionwtf 1 year ago
ive never heard of candlepin bowling until i clicked this
mike18200 1 year ago 364
@mike18200 me 2!!!!!
Epimetheas89 1 year ago
@mike18200 if you dont live in new england you would never have heard of it. It pretty much only exists in new england
TheCarrShow 1 year ago
@mike18200 i kno rite me to
WreckEdgeStrPwnzBh 1 year ago
@mike18200 I've never seen it either - is this confined to any particular region? In our part of England (the South West) we are seriously into skittles - 9-pins - although we do have a local 10-pin Bowling Alley. I must research this game, and would love to havea go!
4beatlefans 1 year ago
@4beatlefans Yes, it's mainly confined to Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine in the USA and the maritime provinces of Canada. A couple of years ago, I moved from Massachusetts to the American midwest and, not surprisingly, no one here had ever heard of candlepin. :)
MikeHL78 1 year ago
@mike18200 1st time for alot of people that clicked this 2. lol
The00Kannon 1 year ago
@mike18200 Me neither, I have tried duckpin bowling though down in virginia beach, fun but hard to score.
kerberos623 1 year ago
@mike18200 me either, but it looks fun
bcsROBBERY 1 year ago
@mike18200 its an east coast thing
APinCF1224 1 year ago
@APinCF1224 It's a NORTH east thing, people are strange up there ^_^
sololegit 1 year ago
00:21 lolwut FAIL! xD
LambChen 1 year ago
hmm now i see the reason why in bowling after each shot the machine clears any fallen pins
TheDarkangel589 1 year ago
@TheDarkangel589 thats only in 10 pin when they play candlepin they allow the fallen pins to be used in following shots its intersting for strategy
TheCarrShow 1 year ago
Funny as hell!!
08gradhigh 1 year ago
Welcome to Pilgrim Lanes, Haverhill,MA
BIGGREENLEAF1 1 year ago
The pins heard round the world. LOL tough break.
sum1uallno 1 year ago
commentator 1: "i dont believe it!"
commentator 2: "well i dont believe it either"
LOL
gerald22macoolit 1 year ago 17
OTFLMAO!! That really sucks. Then he whiffs it on his third attempt. LOL
Astromchaser 1 year ago 3
OMG ALEX VLK! WEE NEED TO PLAY THIS GAME
BuzzcastAds 2 years ago
Canada mainly. They also have "duckpins" out in the east US.
Zoomer30 2 years ago