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There are some interesting parallels for the content creator and livestreamer behind ZVL Bowling when you look at his success on social media and on the lanes. Zak Lutemer got a relatively late start in both, trying out some other sports before settling into bowling, and another niche before focusing his content on bowling. He’s more than made up for lost time in both. He even accurately predicted that SPI would announce the release of a new bowling ball the day after this was recorded. Zak later told me that he was aware of a ball demo that had that ball out a little early, but it was still pretty cool that he was right on with it. Roto Grip announced the upcoming release of the RST Hyperdrive Pearl the very next day. But the headline is the five-figure subscriber and follower totals Zak has on his 15-month old YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ZVLBowling) and his three-year-old TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@zvlbowling). Here is how he got there. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bowling_with_the_fef/ Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Confidence in bowling is kind of a funny thing.  It can be easy to tell exactly who has too much of it or even not enough, but not with every bowler out there. If you follow college bowling, you may already know about Viterbo University’s Emily Newbauer. She appeared in the Intercollegiate Singles Championship in her freshman year and put up incredible numbers at the biggest events in her sophomore year. Her scores don’t tell the entire story. Emily’s mindset now is decidedly different than it was before she started at Viterbo.  She describes the hard work and the great relationships she’s fostered along the way, along with some pickleball-inspired ribbing in Under Stadium Lights. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! on Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After decades in Madison, Marc McDowell has found a new home in Black River Falls, WI and a new bowling home at Strike Time Lanes. McDowell won five times on the PBA Tour, including the 1992 Firestone Tournament of Champions. Yet, when he first went to Strike Time with his father, the others in the Neillsville, WI center did not recognize him.  The anonymity didn't last long. Several seasons later, and just shy of his 63rd birthday, McDowell made history at the 2025 USBC Open Championships with a 299-196-300 (795) series in singles. Twelve weeks of waiting paid off. Days before this episode, USBC let him know that his series, just two pins better than the previous leader, held up.  Now, it's a celebration as McDowell earned his third eagle in a way that is the talk among the local bowlers and beyond! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

Chetek Lanes in Chetek, WI has a tournament that draws nearly 3,000 entries every bowling season, and this season, those bowlers will compete on USBC certified string pinsetters for the first time. Chetek Lanes Proprietor John Law recently ditched his free-fall AMF pinspotters in favor of AMF Qubica Edge String Pinspotters for his six-lane center.  He discussed the conversion, the ways that it has changed his operations and will change the 9-pin Tap Plus tournament in the new bowling season, and the journey he’s had in bowling in World on a String/Strings in Your World. Chetek Lanes: cheteklanes.com   ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464

When Scott Olson came up to me at the Midwest Senior Classic event in April and told me I NEED to have Gene Arentz on the show, I’ll admit, I didn’t really know what to expect.  What I found in "Geno" was one of the all-time greats from La Crosse, Wisconsin’s USBC association.  As you’ll hear, along with his hall of fame bowling resume, recognized as such three years ago, he is a hunter, a softball player, he is full of positivity and has probably sold more cars than anyone else you know! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

An off the sheet challenge from Joey Dayer led to this episode with New York’s Frank Goebel. He had just driven across a good chunk of the country, and had arrived in Nebraska for the Great Plains Paralyzed Veterans of America (https://pva.org/) National tournament. He and his twin brother Rich ended up winning a doubles championship and taking fourth place in the team event. But as we discussed in the episode Tournament Eve, sometimes the brothers find themselves in competition against each other in wheelchair bowling. American Wheelchair Bowling Association: https://awba.org/   Upcoming tournaments (both AWBA and non-AWBA): AWBA Colorado Regional, August 15-17, Bowlero Wheat Ridge, CO AWBA/Mid Atlantic Paralyzed Veterans of America Invitational, September 19-21, Bowl America Short Pump, VA Wheelchair Bowlers of America, New England Invitational, October 16-19 (dates estimated), East Providence Bowl, MA Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of America, L E Curtis nvitational, December 4-7, Strike Zone/Sunset Station, Henderson NV ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

This past weekend, Ryan McDaniel and his wife, PWBA Touring pro Melanie McDaniel took to the lanes at Bowlero Mount Prospect near Chicago for the PBA LBC National Championship. They were part of a team that must have been an absolute blast to bowl on. Ryan may be even more notorious for his grilling than he is for his bowling, but he is now a coach as well as a player on the lanes. Much like in the episode with Melanie in February, the two had plenty of back-and-forth this time around. What will really happen once Melanie becomes a PWBA Tour champion for the first time? Ryan certainly has thoughts on that and more in Bowling and BBQ. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com  

Nearly everyone who becomes immersed in competitive or even social bowling for a long time ends up hearing about the “Varipapa 300.” It was even mentioned on the telecast of the 2025 PBA Tour Finals. A strike string at the end of one game and another at the beginning of the following game that add up to twelve total strikes: thats a "Varipapa 300." Dig deeper into the eponym, and you may discover Glenn Gerstner’s biography “Andy Varipapa: Bowling’s First Superstar.” You can find it at McFarlandbooks.com. The first-ever biography on Varipapa involved plenty of digging for Gerstner, and brought to light information that Varipapa’s own family was not previously aware of. Gerstner discusses the “Great Varipapa,” and the process of creating the biography in “One of One.” Check out video of Andy Varipapa on Gerstner's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@AndyVaripapaBook   (Thank you to Gerstner and McFarland (McFarlandBooks.com) for providing a copy of "Andy Varipapa: Bowling’s First Superstar” ahead of this podcast) ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The Madison Area Scratch Tour (madisonareascratchtour.com) brings in bowlers from all over Wisconsin for its events.  And those who have competed for titles in the past few decades have likely run into Jeff Richgels, the tour’s career championship leader. But it may not be that way going forward, as Richgels mentioned when i stopped at the year end event in April.  Jeff owns and runs 11thframe.com, which is a fantastic resource for news and information on our sport. Check it out and support Jeff’s work. #buytheblog Having him on the show was also a great opportunity to discuss some of bowling’s interesting happenings, like string pinsetters in more areas of Wisconsin, what a TV schedule for the PBA could look like in 2026 and beyond and an incredible series at the USBC Open Championships for one of Jeff’s longtime teammates. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

When Jason Belmonte shoes up for the 2025 PBA Tour Finals this weekend, he’ll do so as the number three seed. It’s the last national tour event he plans to bowl this season. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Belmo while he was at home in Australia.  He discussed a noticeable change in his demeanor on television over the years, winning a title with Bill O’Neill and witnessing his PBA Hall of Fame induction, and the controversy at the Players Championship that spilled over onto social media.  ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The 2025 PWBA Tour is off and running with three events in the rearview mirror and a crop of young stars emerging before our eyes. A Wisconsin native is among those rising stars, and she's received a boost from Bowl Forward to help her along the way! Kelly Whipple of Sheboygan was recently named Bowl Forward's Future Stars Award winner to the tune of $1,500, the richest prize of the three awarded in late April. Whipple has plenty of other supporters along for the ride, too. One of them, that isn't typically linked to bowling, remains the talk among her friends and social media followers. Kwik Trip Links: Brand Ambassador Inquiry: https://www.kwiktrip.com/brand-ambass... NIL: https://kwiktrip.com/NIL ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwith... Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththef... Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here:   / 855152748614347   Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.so... Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

In a part of New York that's a lot closer to Canada than it is to Manhattan, a teenage bowler often turns heads. The thing is, it's not just for what he does on the lanes, but back behind the masking units as well! Joey Dayer, the fedora-wearing, Buffalo area YouTuber who has grown a huge following on his youtube.com/@Joethepro181  channel, doesn't just fix out-of-range calls and continuous cycles. He has disassembled and reassembled all 12 machines at the center where he started bowling, now known as Cloverbank Bowling. When previous guest Yvonne Bennett took to Facebook and posted about a 97-year-old center that had not had working pinspotters in years, Joe The Pro was on the case. A few months later, bowlers were celebrating a big revival on the lanes, which are housed in a church. Dayer is who Bennett credits with making it possible. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After working in some of the highest profile positions in the bowling industry and having one of the most successful college careers as a bowler…ever, Roger Dalkin has taken his rightful places in the sport.   First, in the USBC hall of fame, and last month in the USBC Collegiate Hall of Fame.   You’ll hear me discuss a giveaway in this episode, which was only available to live viewers and won by fellow USBC Hall of Famer, Steve Kloempken.   But I like to think the content makes winners of us all, hey?   In Dalkin’s acceptance speech, he ended by giving advice on public speaking, saying "You stand up to be seen. You speak clearly to be understood, but most importantly, you sit down to be appreciated."   And that’s where the title of this episode, with its excellent conversation, comes from. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on Youtu: https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Just before starting this interview at Wagner's Lanes in Eau Claire, WI, Payton Schwetz announced on his Instagram page that he has committed to UW-Whitewater. The Eau Claire native and North High School senior goes on to thank his family, friends and others who have helped to get him this far in bowling. Several of them were at Wagner's during the interview and put in their two cents about this big step in Payton's journey! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The latest of more than 2,200 videos to be uploaded to the Irishpogi YouTube channel was originally recorded in January 1982. Despite not including the end of the championship match, it has a lot of traction, like many others on the channel.  At the time of this recording, it had north of 900 views.  That’s the kind of thing that keeps John McLaughlin of Staten Island, New York posting classic PBA Tour telecasts to his channel consistently. He’s been called the King of Old PBA Tour shows, and he starts by discussing what led to his five-figure subscriber count in The Video Vault. Irishpogi on YouTube: youtube.com/@irishpogi ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

As he said before starting up the show and proved in the middle of it, John Knight of New Hartford, New York does not have much to say about his own bowling. His USBC member stats show a high average of 192. They don’t show a record of him bowling in a sanctioned league in several years . But you don’t have to throw 'em really well to drill 'em really well. Ten years ago, Knight founded John Knight’s Bowlers' Shoppe inside King Pin Lanes in Rome, NY. He has added a second location at Perry lanes in Johnstown since then. Last year, he found out that he would be honored with the Friends of IBPSIA award at International Bowl Expo 2024 in Colorado.  IBPSIA is an organization that I partner with to produce hot topics, a series of short interviews with industry leaders for the organizations YouTube channel. The award is where we start Knight's bowling story! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us here! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

Seriously, what would the Wisconsin Vintage Alleys Tour be without Yvonne Bennett?   Fortunately, nobody has to find out just yet. The retired Executive Director of the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin who created the tour will be leading it. BCAW has taken her on in a consultant role for the event, as well as another vintage alleys tour in Wisconsin later in 2025.   WI Vintage Alleys Tour: https://www.bowlwi.com/bcaw-events/wi...   Bennett, who lives in Milwaukee, held the Executive Director post at BCAW for eight years. Before that, she built a lasting reputation of great bowling in the Nation's Captial Area Bowling Association, which encompasses the Washington DC metro area. The association inducted her into its Hall of Fame six years ago.   She also worked for the Young American Bowling Alliance and held several other jobs outside of the bowling industry. She received a BCAW Award of Excellence in 2022 for her work increasing membership and starting up the Wisconsin Vintage Alleys Tour, of course!    In this episode, we discuss the centers featured in the April tour and looking back at Bennett's career in bowling.   ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

After the PWBA made some changes that impacted the players earlier this year, BowlForward made some changes too. BowlForward is an organization led by Chris Pulliam of Las Vegas. It will award cash to certain PWBA athletes that apply, meet certain criteria and are selected by a volunteer committee.  Chris recently joined the livestream to explain how BowlForward will look moving forward. BowlForward online: bowlforward.org ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?  Tell us! SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1 Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show! Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:  Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822 Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

It won't be a long road trip to Intercollegiate Sectionals for this coach and her relatively new women's program next month. Melanie McDaniel of Joliet, IL and her Governors State University Jaguars learned they are headed to Addison, IL on Feb. 19, as their watch party was featured on the USBC's 2025 Sectionals Assignment Show. The school's bowling program is finishing up its first full season of competition. When she's not coaching, McDaniel is an incredible competitor.  She has persevered despite multiple injuries that kept her off the lanes for months and even years during separate stretches in her career. McDaniel reached the finals of the 2023 PWBA BowlTV Classic and finished 3rd, as well finishing 4th in the 2024 PWBA Pepsi Open. Growing up in a family full of bowlers, it stands to reason that the sport is such a big part of McDaniel's life. We'll learn more about McDaniel's bowling story and how she's prepping her ladies for the college postseason! ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com

The last time we caught up with Patrick Martinez, we were literally talking about South Point hot dogs. Back then, and I say that in air quotes because it wasn’t even a year ago, Patrick may have been best known for his Patty Cam on BowlTV. At the beginning of 2025 he announced that he was starting a video production company. The Cloud Media Productions Inc. took a lot of time and a lot of thought to get off the ground, pardon the pun. Now that he is off the ground with it we decided to have a conversation and call it Cloud Level. ----------------------------------------- What’s YOUR bowling story all about?   Tell us!   SUBSCRIBE (on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/bowlingwiththefef?sub_confirmation=1   Email BowlingWithTheFef@yahoo.com and YOU could be on the show!   Bowling With The Fef! Official Merch Store: https://etsy.com/shop/bowlingwiththefefco   Bowling With The Fef! podcast: https://bowlingwiththefef.podbean.com/ Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/855152748614347 Bowling With The Fef! on X: https://x.com/BWTFef Bowling With The Fef! on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bwtf.bsky.social   Bowling With The Fef! is brought to you by:   Chip Magnet salsa - Raise your snack standards! https://www.chipmagnetsalsa.com/ #chipmagnet   Jerry’s Skor-mor Bowling Supply - The Eau Claire, WI area’s leader in bowling supplies, bowling ball drilling and more since 1988. Located inside Wagner’s Lanes.  https://jerrysskormorbowlingsupply.com/ (715) 559-1822   Visionary Video Hub: Video with IMPACT https://visionaryvideohub.com   StreamYard is the livestreaming tool that powers Bowling With The Fef. Click here to try it: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6138562060222464