PBA's Best Bowling Trick Shots

Featuring Norm Duke, Chris Barnes, Osku Palermaa and Andy Varipapa.

#PBA

[gumaming]

Over the chair shot
Crowd: Wow!!!! Amazing!!!
Bowling Alley Owner:

[NasdaqManiac]

1:09 that backwards bend thing was more impressive then the shot itself

[Dazeeishungry]

The last guy looked so happy it feels wholesome

[jayrymer]

You know a sport has reached its peak when the best trick shot is 40 years old

[oledahammer]

Andy Varipapa was, and always will be, the greatest bowling trick shot artist of all time. He didn't have just one insane trick, had an entire repertoire of trick shots.

[StoneCold]

The owner of the lanes where he lofted the call over the office chair must have been thrilled lol

[techrz]

Ah, so that's where DudePerfect get their ideas from

[KasbashPlays]

I'm not doing much this weekend so it's great that YouTube's algorithm recommended this to me.

[NytronX]

0:31 - When they put free guacamole on your burrito.

[ivoboksem]

meanwhile i cant even throw a ball straight

[daveluttinen]

I saw Varipapa at a newly expanded Palladium Bowl in Seattle back in the 1950s. He was amazing.

[kyleclifton]

0:31 When you successfully sneak into the girls locker room.

[JustADreamerLuv]

1:17 deadass thought the lane was gonna crack on impact or something

[adamrobinette]

All amazing. Norm Duke's though had so much that had to go right. The slow ball had to stay in the middle. He had to throw a backup ball around the first ball. And that ball had to clear the pins away just right for the slow ball to have just enough pins that it could knock them over moving so slow. The sheer amount of power Palerma needed to clear that chair and rev the ball enough to get it back to the pocket was unreal, though.

[radioactive]

I didn't realize how amazing the 'over the chair' shot was until I saw it from the side and realized how far he had to throw that ball!!!!

[PerfectlyFreedom]

The watch: *It's 3am now*
Youtube: "Hey, wanna see some bowling tricks?"
My mind: 0:30

[bsynth]

How the hell did Varipapa get that ball to hook and rollout with his FOOT????

[fiddleronthecube]

I've known of Andy Varipara for forty years. He has more tricks than the whole PBA constituency and membership put together. Andy was and still is the best.

[stephenmacartney]

"Good going guy!" will now be my favourite and most used compliment.

[LanceCampeau]

Eating sushi and watching bowling trick shots... this feels wrong.