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USBC offers a new test to say urethanes getting softer with use doesn’t matter; ex-USBC equipment specs employee says testing is flawed

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, November 2, 2023 6:00 pm
USBC offers a new test to say urethanes getting softer with use doesn’t matter; ex-USBC equipment specs employee says testing is flawed
The USBC bowling ball footprint measuring device and an image from testing. Photos by USBC.
In the wake of PBA instituting new rules that take effect in January to eliminate urethane balls that get illegally soft with use from PBA competition, USBC has devised another test that purports to show urethanes getting illegally soft doesn’t matter in performance. However, USBC’s test is flawed, according to Paul Ridenour, who worked for USBC in Equipment Specifications from 2006-10 and was a close associate of the late Mo Pinel, one of the industry's best known bowling ball...