Southside Bowl

As a team building exercise my team went to Southside Bowl to play Duckpin Bowling. As a west coaster I had never heard of such a sport but there are 10 Duckpin Bowling States: Connecticut, Maryland, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and West Virginia. There are even professional leagues.
I normally get bored quickly with regular bowling but I could have played Duckpin all night! The entire bowling alley is dedicated to the sport. The alleys are identical to the «standard» alley. Long lanes, ugly bowling shoes, but the pins are short and fat and the ball used is small, heavy, with no holes. It reminds me of a botchy ball. You step up to the line and bowl in turns just like the classic. The thing for me that makes it more fun is the pins will spin out and knock pins down that normally wouldn’t if you were playing traditionally. This game is fun and exciting and I really enjoyed my time here.
I wish there were some alleys here in SF maybe this will catch on in California and there will be 11 Duckpin states.