Bowling History: the SUMO, a MO PINEL urethane ball! 

I remember the sumo from when I was a kid, really cool ball

The first ball I ever bought was a Sumo, and I still have it . I've been debating wheather or not to go back to bowling. Learning of Mo's passing today, I now have to , for Mo, for his passion, in his memory. Godspeed Mo.

I have a 16# one and I still use it.

I have one of black sumos ,I Al so rolled my first 300 with it in93

Mikey keep making your dad proud.

That Sumo is sick! Hopefully Pop's is smiling down even though it is urethane. ;)

I own an original one 16 lbs, is my urethane choice also have a 3D offset, 💕 love Mo's bowling balls!! I'm 60 years old and being bowling 45 of them

A great ball Mikey, as the AMF ad stated it was designed at 16lbs to hit like its 20lbs. and it does that to a T.

You gotta get one of those yellow dot bleeders

I appreciate so much you keep doing videos about Mo’s professional career because I knew about him a few years ago (2019) . I am engineer too and I understand that part he gave us for improving the bowling . In the 80’s I saw few games that seemed to be boring for me cause the path was always the same: straight. Thanks to Mo and a few more, this game become challenging. I didn’t see it before and now, with his knowledge applied to the game, Mo showed us that bowling can be so defiant as many other games. Nowadays I want to continue honoring him using his cores, coverstocks, layouts, and so many tools he gave us to have a better experience when we bowl. He deserves a place in the USBC Hall of Fame as “The Einstein of bowling”. Saludos y respeto desde México.

Im curious to see the AMF XS

Mikey, I don’t know you, but I’m glad you’re making these videos. Your dad was one of the radicals and changed bowling forever with his innovations and designs. Many things that make the modern game are taken for granted now but were revolutionary back in the day and are a direct result of your dads hard work and dedication. Keep making these videos. Good work.

Learned a lot from Mo over the past 10 years even though i threw ebonite. I wish they would do a remake of the Sumo in honor of Mo.

That looked good Mikey... I'm gonna see you win a Reginal before too long... keep on keeping on .....

Sorry to hear about your father! My condolences!!! I owned a sumo when they came out, I was and still am a thumbless 1 handed bowler and this ball absolutely ripped, and I just recently found out that Mo designed that ball, I never thrown radical but always watched his videos especially when they were about ball motion and weight holes

SUMO STILL A FORCE TO BE WRECKIN WITH...MERCY!!!! NIIIIIIIICE!!!

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I'm sorry to see your dreads go. Many prayers to you and yours brother!

Great series idea. Hope to see a bunch of them!

had 1 bitd wish i still had it but now i would need to find one in 14lbs

Makes me want one! Great video Mikey!

I didn't know Mo Pinel designed the Sumo for AMF. It's a great ball. I still use the purple plastic version as my spare ball / dry lane ball.

I bought a Sumo from a thrift shop for $5 a while back. Are they any good? I haven't tried it yet. I'd need to have it re-drilled. Your dad developed this???

That was an inspired practice session. It looked like you had a little extra bounce in your step and extra revs off your hand. I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. I really enjoyed meeting him a few times. Take care of yourself.

I wish amf would bring the original sumo urethane and sumo plastic. Same color same covers same cores . Even same finishes. They would sell like hot cakes in my opinion and I would buy one for sure.

Nice

Mikey, i do not know how many shots you cut out of that one but it looked a much more controllable roll for you compared to the U-motion on the league videos!!?? Really cool to be able to have something that was fabricated by your dad in the bag. Carrying him with you in your heart and your hand!!

Mikey Dred - Dred = Mikey

Just a random RU-vid viewer here. Keep your head up and my thoughts go with you after your loss. When was the Sumo released? I think I might have been a teenager at the time. Looks pretty impressive. Keep doing your thing. I enjoy your vids.

Dear Mr. Pinel... I recently acquired a AMF Sumo SE F80. Is has a USBC (registration #?) 18GSUE17W038. Is there anyway from these numbers to determine what year this ball was manufactured and any relevant stats.. Thank you for your time to read this comment. Sincerely, Jason Siegel

My man in the blue suede shoes. As always enjoying the content I think my dad has a sumo someplace still, are we going to see this one out at a league night maybe century soon? I shot you a message on discord btw. Keep up the great work man.

I really want a sumo! Wouldn't know where to pick one up

Can you still use the Sumo in league?

Thanks. 4x5x2 up for low diff bball?

You should do ba comparison video ofodern vs old school

You can throw this at the house where everyone else was dumping it and scoring and your ball was hooking out of the place. Was it Pinboys?

Are you wiping it off after every shot?