Columbia Throw Down gave us a longer slide through the heads with a medium transition to hook in the mid-lane with strong motion on the back-end... This was a great ball for medium oil patterns or when you need a ball to get through the heads or and still have a strong hit, this ball had a stronger response on the back-end but did not jump on the friction... We used the out of box surface finish, and bowled on a 42ft house pattern in testing this ball and a pin under drilling...