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As a New England native, I'm ashamed to admit that outside of television and movies, I had never seen tenpin until I went to college. I rationalized it as some
by don-code 4y ago
As a New England native, I'm ashamed to admit that outside of television and movies, I had never seen tenpin until I went to college. I rationalized it as some kind of Hollywood in-joke, rather than a real thing.
Nowadays, bowling alleys in the area probably skew two-thirds tenpin, one-third candlepin. Luckily there is a candlepin alley about two blocks away.
- dadro 4y agoI grew up in rural Maine and always called 10-pin bowling "TV bowling" because I had never actually seen one of the large bowling balls. I didn't play my first non-candlepin round until my mid 20's. I still prefer candlepin. Luckily Boston has "Southie Bowl" where I can get my annual fix!
- colanderman 4y agoFeel pride, not shame! In Rhode Island we were extra peculiar with duckpin [1] as the predominant variant. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckpin_bowling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckpin_bowling
- aidenn0 4y agoThat seemed to have shifted by the time I was a kid. About 2/3 of the lanes were ten pin. I did try duck pins in Kingston once though
- evanelias 4y agoThat's interesting, I always thought Duckpin was primarily a Baltimore-area thing! Never knew it was present in New England, in my head that's Candlepin country. I quite enjoy both, but Duckpin is my personal favorite. I'm surprised that no eccentric-entrepreneurial-type person has ever tried opening a Duckpin or Candlepin alley in Brooklyn. Honestly I think it would do quite well: more accessible than ten-pin due to the lighter balls; family-friendly during the day; sufficiently novel and retro enough to attract the hipster set at night. Similar vibe to the resurgence in pinball, skee-ball, etc.
- wiredfool 4y agoWe had duckpin in the late 70s near Alexandria VA.