Incredibly epic bad break stole a perfect 300 bowling game 

I worked at a bowling center for four years, and I can tell you why that happened. Whoever oiled the lanes didn't spray on an even coat of deck spray. See, the pins have a nylon ring around the base of them, and if you don't use deck spray or you don't apply an even coat, they start sliding. Kegel has their own spray, but it's not as good as the old Tide and water mixture.

If I ever roll eleven strikes in a row, I think I'll just walk away. Lots of people score perfect games, but I'll probably be the only person ever to quit at 290.

That was the curse of the long sleeved shirt and shorts combo.

Bowling really defies physics more than it should.

"You just have to say that your fine but you're not really fine" - Brandon

All you can really do in that moment is just laugh. It was a great shot!

Osku is the only pba RU-vidr that actually response to comments

When I first joined a league as a kid of about 10 in the early 70s, I coveted the milestone patches you'd sew onto your league shirt when you bowled your first 700 series, 800 etc, and most of all the 300 perfect game patch. What I could not believe is that they made a 299 AND a 298. Heartbreak literally on your sleeve if you wanted.

Haha wow, such a terrible break there...hopefully the kid’s got a perfect game already. Just about the closest you can get without getting a 300! The only thing worse would’ve been if that pin laid down and then stood itself back upright like Bill O’Neill’s ridiculous break a few years ago.

That's my dude Brandon! He got screwed on that break. Excellent kid and killer bowler.

my boy brandon!!! one of the best bowlers ive witnessed and had an opportunity to bowl with for high school, kids a beast and a state champ for a reason!

That hurt me to watch wow. What a bad break. He throws the ball great . Osku your one of my favorites

you are awesome Osku love your style of play !!

I'd quit, never step into an alley again, obviously cursed

Actually, I think that’s even better than had it fallen. Great job man!

Omg! I sure hope he wasn’t going for his first ever 300. I can’t imagine the reaction I’d have if that happened to me 😂

Haha, that wheelie shoe pin was classic comedy!

Wait a minute I was here. But I was to shy to say hi Osku.

Him: that’s impossible...... HOW?!

Over the line! Mark it zero!

I didn’t believe that you actually looked at all the comments, so I looked and wow, every single comment.

I had a pin slide all away across to the 7 pin side bowling in a A.B.T. tournament at Bowlerama in Wilmington, Delaware.It slide right to left...I was flabbergasted!

I foresee many perfect games for this guy. 299 doesn't suck by any means, on to the next game!

Reminds me of what happened to Roy Buckley at the 1983 PBA National Championship in Toledo.

Guy rolls for a 300. Pin steps aside and says hold my beer!

The manager turned on the magnet, it just slid over.

To quote the name of our nationals group...... "Throw it better! *clap**clap**clapclapclap*"

I left a stone 9 for a 299 last season, but not like that...ouch...I would've walked out.

If you're the mechanic and you see that happen (speaking from my mechanic experience) run and hide 😂

THAT STUPID 9 PIN OFF SPOT! That is frustrating.

My worst shot for a 300 was throwing a gutter ball first frame then sparing it and then striking all the way out but I've had other 300 games so only cried for a little bit after the game..

I swear this is heartbreaking

Ptsd to when Osku’s 10 pin stood back up

Same thing happened to my son, going for his first 300 in city doubles tournament and left stone 9 for 299-760, the good thing to come out of it, we won city doubles!

And the bowling gods said, "299, thanks for shopping."

This was posted a week ago but the editing makes it look like it’s a video from 2008

It Was Like The Nine Pin Went Down But Stayed Up Like The 3 Pin Posing As The 10 Pin

Osku must have coached this guy

hopefully that one pin didnt cost his team

I hate when I leave a pocket 9 1/2 especially in the 10th frame.

Wow! Tough break! I got a 299 on Thursday league last week leaving a stone 9 pin. It was brutal. My first 299 game.

Yup, the Coral Lanes special. I get a sliding 9 or 10 pin every night I bowl there.

That nine pin actually slid over, instead of falling down.

Damn, that was a terrible break! Still one helluva game, though. I've been bowling almost 23 years and am still waiting for that 300 (got one in a no tap tournament a couple years ago but, doesn't count in my book). 299 is still a great game. When did you switch to Columbia, Osku? I'll always remember your time with Storm.

Ouch that was painful!

Ohhh my god !!! Most unlucky guys ever seen 😵‍💫😵

Oh wow it slid over 4in atleast geez tough break still an awesome game great job

OOOOH NOOOOOO he was so incredibly close. The nine stinking pin never falls. It’s annoying.

My second attempt at a 300 ended the same way. Hard hit pocket and 9 pin left standing. First attempt at a 300 I got nervous and threw a bad shot leaving the elusive 10 pin.

*Imagine all that pressure* This is kind of like that one video about the pin literally flipping, but this seems more common. There is this one PBA player I know the last name is Wolfe, he hit the pocked PERFECTLY, yet the 5 or 8 pin slides right in to the 7 pin spot!

Wow. That is truly a horrible break. Before I watched this I was guessing maybe stone 8 or something.

Had a decent shot going into the final game, 10th frame... Struck on ball one... Second ball? Caught a slick spot on the approach in the slide, momentary balance loss and I hurried the swing to get rid of the ball. Saved myself a fall and managed somehow, NOT to foul... (I don't know HOW!) The ball pancaked. Weird pin action, and I left the weirdest leave of my life... the 5-7-10... I needed two to tie, so I ditched my Hurricane and grabbed my plastic and launched a straight ball to try to clip the 5 into 7... It was a good fling at it... and I managed to knock the 5 into the side board... it MISSED the 7... caromed back across the lane toward the 10, and managed to miss the 10 entirely. Our team (my rescue company), was bowling against the engine company out of our station... the informal bet we had going, was that the losing team would pay the winning team's share of the food costs, on our next shift at the firehouse together, and the losing team would also be responsible for cooking the meal and cleaning up after. You just KNOW I got razzed for a while after that. LOL

That was even more painful than Randy Pedersen's solid 8 pin.

I think you've just caught a real life glitch.🤯 It seemed that the 9th pin just defied the physics. If anyone had touched that pin at that moment, he/she would be sent to the backrooms.😆

I know how he's feels, my high game ever was a 297 where I threw every shot in the exact same spot and they all took out 10 pins until the very last. Tossed it just like the others hit my marks, hit the pocket seemingly the same but boom. Left a 4-7-10 and boy did my heart drop. I wasn't really paying attention to my score but just hitting my spots until the 7th frame.

Looks like my home lanes! I've seen a 5 pin become a 7 pin

The nine pin slid over, but wouldn't fall. That sucks.

happened to me once. let’s say i beat the shit outta that pin with a 12 pound tzone bowling ball.. ptsd flashbacks.

I was pretty certain it would be a solid 8 but I was unpleasantly surprised haha

THE FEELS... but he's a great bowler, though. He'll get over this.

As a help mechanic i always got the order to clean the pindecks harder when this happened a lot. But it never seem to help. We saw this dayly in my centre but no one seems to know what caused it..

Same exact thing happened to my teammate just a few months ago lmao

that's gonna give me nightmares :-D

Bowling a lot of times AIN’T FAIR like life 🤦🏾‍♂️

I cant believe its not butter 🙂

Sounds like twister pins, that might explain the bad break, cuz only they would slide like that.

osku is the best

Rip...gotta watch out for those bottom heavy pins.

I think this sort of thing is becoming increasingly common. With profit margins tight in bowling alleys, basic maintenance and upkeep is suffering. Bad break. I hate it for that kid.

I've seen that left on good hits

........... I can't relate as my high game is only a 266, (thrown last week in league for a freaking 680 series as well)... But now, if I ever get on the front 12, I know as a 2-hander I will probably get a pin that stands back up like Osku did in those older clips! xD

Ouch!! Guess the moon and the stars weren't aligned properly, the earth's rotation was slightly off, and (most importantly) the bowling gods were taking a nap.

He thought 😂

I work at one of my local centers and I can’t count how many times we’ve had our ball returns kicked because of stuff just like this. I don’t know what it is but for some reason the pins like to slide all over the place. I once actually witnessed the six pin turn into the seven pin! The head pin came off the right sideboard hit the six and the six slid standing up without wobbling over to the seven pin knocked the seven out and stood in its place. I think it’s some thing with the way pins are made now and there lock in plastic ring bases.

I had a seven pin stand back up on me going for my first 300 attempt back in 2009 in my sport shot league. High flush ball. The seven went off the side wall and another pin bumped it back onto the deck. I was using the og Ebonite Gamebreaker. They let me take the pin. Thankfully I finally got it next season lol.

Man, that’s evil.

My brother is a high-quality veteran amateur bowler, and he's seen this happen... Not necessarily in this exact situation, but a pin sliding straight sideways and not falling. This is NOT supposed to be possible on well-maintained lanes. Oil is not supposed to make it all the way down to under the pins like that, and an oily condition is the only way a pin could slide like that

Damn. I'll be traumatized by this forever...

That was the 8 pin that slid into the 9 pin position. Play it back at 0.25x speed & it’s obvious.

it was just a little too perfect--a little lighter in the pocket and he had it

Oh my gosh! I would’ve been so mad if that happened to me lol. I bowled 287 once and in the 11th I thought I threw a great shot but it was just a tad bit too fast and left the 2-8 and then missed it 😂

Damn..That one will keep you up at night!!

Good job Mr palermaa

A guy and I were arguing because he says bowling is all about physics. He’s right and wrong. Doesn’t matter how good or how bad we roll the ball. All that matters is rather the pins wanna fall down or not.

In 1974, Earl Anthony left a solid 9 (leftie) to miss a 300. It was a perfect pocket shot!

9 pin really done ended that mans streak . That is my worst nightmare, I would rather leave a stone ten then get a slider nine

That shit hurt ME

Bad break. I still consider the solid 8 for righties, solid 9 for lefties as the only true tap. These balls nowadays have such sharp back-end reactions, that solid 9s for righties are common for an off shot. This one wasn't quite there, since it caught a piece of the 9, but more or less was that type of hit. Almost can be a call shot half way down.

Crazy tough break 😳😳😳

I had a bad break first 2 times I strung 11 in a row 298 2 times. After that I moved back a few inches on my very last shot and threw the same mark and got a perfect game. Since then I’ve had 4 though I no longer bowl however I do have 5 300 rings and 2 black stone 298 rings

It hit high. Pressure made him short on the follow through which kept him inside his mark leading to hitting ever so slightly high on the head pin. That's sometimes forgiven with a random bounce of a pin but unfortunately it just didn't happen. Great game either way, I know it's hugely disappointing but it's obvious he'll get back there again.

Oh man... That mean ol' 9 pin stole one! Seems like the bowling center needs to scuff and recoat the pin decks. Well, if they're wood lanes, that is. Seems like this happens quite a lot on synthetic lanes

If that happened, I would laugh and the timing of such a ridiculous event. If I were working on my first 300 though, I might not feel as casual and be a little... upset. My first 300 was slop.

I don't know whether to share the worst break... don't want to come off as boastful... In four of the first seven frames of the night, exploding the rack and stone 7-pins on each of them. Made no adjustments, the target, shot shape, and breakpoints were exactly where I wanted them. Proceeded to reel off the next 28 in a row, then a soft 2-pin on the final ball (under pressure of being first in association to post back-to-back 300s, totally my fault missing 1.5 boards right and juicing the speed). Final tally: 237-300-299. I only really thought about it in this context: this was about 3 weeks after Jeremy Sonnenfeld posted the first 900, and had those rip 7s fallen, I'd have been rolling for the second 900 ever. Not complaining in the least. Definitely a "oh, what might have been" moment. :)

I thought the rack was going to come down

I saw a professional bowler go all the way to the last roll of the 10th. He left the 5 pin standing. It was like the final pin was giving him the middle finger.

Your game was 9 pins better than mine. I got that break in frame #1. Great game bud!

The 9 pin said not today....

Unluckiest break - pin goes out of bounds, lands in ball return intake area, which then jams entire return mechanism. ( This one was unlucky for the staff that had to spend 20 minutes fixing it :) )

I would actually cry 😂