The Old Wood Lanes Make Way For
New Synthetic Lanes

GLACIER LANES MAKES INVESTMENT INTO THE FUTURE WITH SYNTHETIC LANES.

The lanes are finished.  Check out the pictures by clicking on the following picture!

They started in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, January 9, the lanes crew come in and started working on BRAND NEW synthetic lanes for the house!

The lanes are now totally finished and they're wonderful.  As expected for new lanes, the "back ends" have your ball roaring into the pocket after sliding a little bit further at the start.

The early returns for scores is fantastic!  No perfect games as of yet, but they're sure to come fast and furious.

The Miller's kept the wood approaches and that is a BIG PLUS for bowlers as there won't be the problems that have plagued synthetic approaches - namely - sticky approaches.

Why this improvement?

As usual, technology is overtaking the classic "wooden" lanes. It seems that all houses are moving to synthetic lanes. Well, they're less expensive to maintain. As wooden lanes, they would have to get resurfaced every year. Synthetic, however, lasts a lot longer than wooden lanes.

But what does this mean for the bowlers? Is it going to affect our game?

Synthetic lanes share pros and cons with wooden lanes. For example, on wooden lanes, some of the oil will absorb into the lanes, but, on synthetic, for the most part, the oil will just move further down the lane. For most conditions, the lanes may seem to have strong back ends. You will have more consistent shots and you won't be adjusting for the oil being absorbed into the lanes.

Expect great scoring and very consistent lane conditions on these fully synthetic lanes. You will be able to maintain your ball speed rather than speeding it up as the night goes on to compensate for drier conditions. Synthetic lanes tend to give you a lot of early skid and snappy back ends.

Click on any picture for a "full" size picture.

The old lanes are stripped for the last time.		This is what the "heads" have looked like for a long time.	Another Picture of the OLD lanes.	Getting ready to work on the pin decks.	.	Taking out the gutters and bumpers
.Gutters removed	...Gutters removed 2.	More gutter work
Finally - out with the OLD!			Lanes 1 thru 3 "heads" are gone.		Carrying out the old lanes.
Steve had never seen what was underneath the lanes.		A "head" turned upside down.	The crew at work.			No Pin deck!
The Pin decks without the deck.	Pin deck area......	Another view of work on the pin decks....	The new heads.	...New lanes.  Compare with the picture 3 and 4.  You can see the difference!