PBA Bowling - Skills Challenge Semi-finals (Part 1)

[Retrograyed]

Naaah, stop using the towel shot, its boring.

[ZeroTuck]

@GnikGnikO Ever watch the CP3 charity bowl? Pro basketball player (african-american) holds a charity bowl each year. Its not that their are no black people, its because the whites are more dominant. My coach, his dad, son, and... about 6 people in my highschool league are black. Quit whining.

[gamemeister27]

@ZeroTuck Well to offer the other perspective, doing your absolute best in bowling costs a lot of money. You need quality coaches, quality bowling balls, quality shoes, the money to bowl 3-5 times a week. After that, trying to move up to pro level costs even more money! You need to be able to afford travel expenses, food, entry fees, and the prize funds are quite small right now. You need to almost always cash to cover these.

Statistically, black people don't have as much money is my point.

[thedoc56]

@gamemeister27 statistically? hahah look at the nfl and nba. millions of dollars a year. black people make plenty of money. no need to be racist

[gamemeister27]

@thedoc56 You can play football and basketball with pretty much no money. That will get you a free ride to college and onto your millionaire career......for everyone that isn't one in a million talent living in their poor neighborhood (think sammy sosa) they can't exactly afford to be the best at bowling.

[thedoc56]

@gamemeister27 basketball yes. football no. it is expensive to break into bowling and to finance being on tour but to say that thats why there arent very many black people in the pba is incorrect and racist.

[gamemeister27]

@thedoc56 I wouldn't that is WHY there aren't, I'm saying it is a potential factor given the current financial situation as broken down by ethnicity. Is it a good thing, of fucking course not, it is a terrible injustice! There are almost certainly other reasons, but that is not to say this isn't a contributing factor.

[thedoc56]

@gamemeister27 haha nope man too late. dont play it off like your all caring now. and no its not a potential factor. where are all the black pro swimmers or hockey players? some sports have trends. money has nothing to do with it

[gamemeister27]

@thedoc56 I didn't think trying to analyze why a situation is the way it is was anything but basic sociology. You observe a phenomenon and come up with a hypothesis that attempts to explain at least part of the reason. Not to mention you haven't afford any reason as to why money would have nothing to do with it. For major sports, you go to your public high school, do well, get a full ride athletic scholarship to college. Bowling doesn't have that.

[b0wnguyen316]

@gamemeister27 Actually bowling does have that nowadays. Where have you been? Many pro bowlers come from collegiate bowling schools. ex: Chris Barnes, Sean Rash, Bill O'Neil, Rhino Page, Kelly Kulick just to name a few. Schools like Wichita State University scout bowlers from all over the nation and worldwide to compete with full ride scholarships. The USBC actively promotes and sponsors youth bowling.

[b0wnguyen316]

@gamemeister27 That's seriously racist. With the right determination and dedication, anyone can achieve in bowling, i

[misterbillylicious]

talk about a dumb ass competition

[misterbillylicious]

I Hate Randy Peterson

[2hb300]

norm is the best.

[khord11]

WTF!! I CAN'T DO THAT!! OMG!! LMAO!

[nroc13]

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke

[lilwizz200]

Denny's food is nasty..

[TheOnehandedwonder]

@lilwizz200 Denny's food is the most foul tasting thing ever

[nicko50207]

super



[jackekolasnubben]

OMG!

[jeroen026]

awesome

[habman7]

what year is this/

[tjb9407]

ppl like gniko piss me off. "There's no black people here, wahh wahhhh." Maybe you're an idiot. Just because white people are outnumbered in basketball, does that mean basketball's racist too? Eat shit dumbass.

[bored241]

well put :)

[kotokoiriefan]

@tjb9407 where does this comment come from? just curious. i agree but im wondering why you brought this up.

[BlackSkullArmor]

@tjb9407 while I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist anymore, people who see racism in every little thing aren't helping either.

[bpolsen08]

@tjb9407 yes



[BobSubmaw]

billy oatman was the first african american exempt bowler, and on the womens tour theres 2

[colinprprpr]

hmmm....ive seen some, and why are there like 2 white basketball players, is that sport racist?

As soon as some black person notices that a sport has little black people, its racist, maybe white people are way better at the sport, they are built a little different, which is why black people generally are better at basketball. Hockey is mainly canadian, and nascar is for redneck midwest, think about it?

[amrepmike33]

maybe its because not many african americans play this sport. ever thought of that? and yes there are african amreicans ive seen plenty

[NextTeam101]

GnikGnikO, it's people like you who perpetuate racism. You are the whinging minority of idiots who don't know what racism is. There are several reasons why there are no African-American people on the PBA, such as CHOICE, cultural tastes and natural endowment.

In any case, your point is a non-point. The apparent lack of non-white bowlers has nothing to do with race, but rather mostly choice and skill.

[fanofnothingface]

@GnikGnikO

LOL you are such a tool.

[SonicBowl]

hi im from germany and in a city near from me was an challenge like this. in cologne was it. i was there . its very fantastic how pro bowlers shot the ball so perfectly. awesome and awesome video

[mikensarah713]

At the end why did the shorter guy roll first? Wouldn`t it me easier to roll through someones legs thats taller, like his partner? And makind a joke about his "bum" right before he shot was stupid, he made everyone, including his partner laugh!..bye bye $15,000

[wiimasterpoopsucker]

I dont like this type of bowling it is stuipd and there is no skill involved and boring.

[ShowinYaHow]

Lol... You don't bowl much do you?

[KB24ts6]

wiimasterpoopsuck....what a name!

[ultravox557]

norm is my favourite bowller

[cardshowman]

This guy, Bobby the Walrus bowled in Auburn, Mass. He lofted the ball so high he almost wiped out the sprinkler system! Go Walrus of the Knight Owl's!

[rstp354]

I just saw Wiseman beat Tom Baker in 5 games at the PBA Tournament in Norwich, CT.

[Airsofter399]

I like how even though Duke and Voss clearly crushed Malott and Johnson, they still show an enormous amount of respect. It's people like that who prove the human race isn't all bad.

[strongsock]

Your right. I wouldve danced in front of them, taunted them, told them how bad they sucked.

[stormBIGbowling]

not when faced with the big nasty lol

[stormBIGbowling]

I reckon something that played a part in dukes respect for Malott is the fact Wes is like double his size :P.

[rodeo0808]

that was cool

[WWECenaHardy]

woot norm!

[brandon9990009]

duke rules!!!

[Falcon2900]

we bowlers are the biggest losers lol.. but at least we have fun

[Gons83]

big wes is the man

[IOABOY12]

the legends ar the bomb

[Cr1mSiR]

norm's weakness is the double ball in left hand

[s9439486d]

LOL. norm duke.....

[asianb1129]

that was nice

[Nikon05]

Norm is amazing

[NLind]

I tried that thumb-only shot last night. HARD!

[mrtvmankiller01]

its really not that hard, just need a tight thumbhole

[alexkollos]

i like em tight...

[dm567]

i watched this on tv its better on tv u can watch the whole thing :D

[OLIVERISAACROBERT]

it seems hard and it is but for them lol its not too hard

[MarciusSim]

Wow Wes is really got at lofting lol.

[Interdicted]

1st to see it

5 starts as usual

[st0rm8411sru13]

and no1 cares