'Vloggers' alert!

Pick up your video cameras and your spares this summer for the first Sport Bowling Video Contest. All bowlers nationwide competing in summer USBC Sport Bowling leagues are eligible to display their creative side to the world by producing short videos for the chance to win the top prize, a visit from USBC Sport Bowling spokesperson and Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour star Chris Barnes. Bowlers have from June 4 to July 6 to submit to USBC videos of up to three minutes in length that relate in some way to their PBA Experience or other Sport Bowling leagues. For ideas, Sport Bowlers are invited to view Barnes' video blogs - or "vlogs" - that chronicled his week-to-week life on the Denny's PBA Tour and are featured exclusively in the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com. The person or team submitting the grand prize winning video as judged by USBC will win a visit from Barnes for their Sport Bowling league later this summer. The Sport league will have exclusive access to Barnes, who will visit the center to present a special coaching clinic and exhibition. Three runner-up videos to be determined by online voting July 9-20 will be featured on bowl.com. All runners-up will receive a complimentary 2007-08 USBC Sport Bowling membership upgrade and a Sport Bowling polo shirt. All winners will be announced July 23 on bowl.com. Visit the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com for complete contest rules. "This is a fun and unique contest that allows USBC Sport Bowlers to use their imaginations and show the world what their Sport Bowling or PBA Experience leagues mean to them," said Director of USBC Sport Bowling Steve Wunderlich. "I had fun shooting my vlogs this past season to give bowl.com viewers a glimpse at life on the Denny's PBA Tour," Barnes said. "They were like shooting home movies. I can't wait to watch all the videos on bowl.com and have a fun bowling event to celebrate with the grand prize winner." Sport Bowlers across the country are flocking to the lanes in PBA Experience leagues this spring and summer. Thanks to the PBA Experience, a part of the USBC Sport Bowling program, Sport Bowling is realizing explosive growth this season. About 500 Sport Bowling leagues - mostly PBA Experience leagues - have registered for spring and summer competition with USBC. Unprecedented bowler and proprietor interest in the PBA Experience means that Sport Bowling leagues now are available in approximately 13 percent of bowling centers (780) across the U.S. In PBA Experience leagues, bowlers compete on the same oil patterns used on the Denny's PBA Tour. The patterns - named Chameleon, Cheetah, Scorpion, Shark and Viper - comply with USBC Sport Bowling guidelines which allow a maximum of three times as much oil on the inside boards versus the outside boards. This oil application typically is described as a ratio, in this case 3:1. For more information about Sport Bowling and the PBA Experience, visit the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com.