What's that smell?

[WxMurray 0]

Scented Bowling Balls Now Available

 

MILWAUKEE -- Odors associated with bowling traditionally include smelly feet, cigarette smoke and beer. But what about grape, amaretto and cherry?

 

Bowling balls already come in almost every conceivable color. Now, they're available in scents, too.

 

One bowling ball manufacturer -- Storm Products Incorporated -- is putting fruit and other popular scents into its mid- to high-end bowling balls, resulting in a steady increase in sales.

 

And that makes a lot of sense to four-time Professional Bowlers Association champ Ryan Shafer. He says he may have won a match because an opponent was distracted by his black licorice-scented ball.

 

Storm Products has a range of scents for its upper-end bowling balls. Bowlers can choose from cinnamon, orange, amaretto and cherry, among others.

 

Storm Products' first scented balls -- green apple and citrus -- came out in the spring of 2000. Since then, the company has produced about 40 scents.

 

But smelling good at the lanes doesn't come cheap. Storm's scented bowling balls cost between $150 and $250.

 

And, yes, Cougar, this topic is two more message boards. ;)

[Cougar 0]

That would be an interesting bowling ball.

 

ah yes I guess I'll have to hop over to st.com and SE to see this poll again.

[Dustin_Marks 0]

I was involved in the selling of the scented Storm equipment since the original test balls came out in 1998. Its really not that big of a deal to a quote/unquote "real bowler" as bowling ball performance isn't affected by scent. ;)

 

However, some leisure bowlers are being "pushed" from a 89 dollar plastic bowling ball to a 179 dollar scented Reactive Urethane Ball... So I suppose it can be an added incentive.

[Seiben 0]

Ouch, man. $250 US for a bowling ball that smells. Gee, a little steep there but otherwise something I wouldn't mind having. ;)

Edited March 18, 2005 by Seiben

[Darrik 0]

I want one that smells like dung.

 

I'm serious. I have trouble smelling, so this would help lower everyone's scores around me. And, if I'm lucky, it'll make the entire lane smell, which will make me look better.

[Vex Xiang 0]

Hmm...I wonder what it would smell like after a few months though with hundreds of scented bowling balls rolling down the lanes...the smells mixing together onto your ball.

[Travis Kroells 0]

I would think you'd get that bloody smell stuck on your hand after ten frames.

[Dumbass 0]

Is anyone else thinking of that "stink palm" bit from Mallrats?

 

Anyone want a chocolate-covered pretzel?