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Just about everyone has a story about bowling. Mine just happens to be a little
more complicated.
Falling in love with bowling at six, growing up as a world-class junior bowler, then realizing at 21 that professional bowlers don't make diddly squat and that I basically threw away my entire childhood and teenage years trying to get good at it is a pretty tough thing to come back from. It's right up there with losing your hair at 21, which I also did...what a killer year that was! But here I am, 13 years later. I could've gone into the tank like most normal 21 year-olds would have, but I went on with my life, ended up working for the Professional Bowlers Association and now I'm a writer, a speaker and the host of my own show called Let's Go Bowling. I also help others by making fun of myself, bowling, and life in general and by showing people and companies a good time out on the lanes. Still looking for a cure to that hair thing though... MY BOWLING RESUME AGE 6 - Started bowling...1st year average: 36 AGE 10 - Bowled first 200 game AGE 14 - Averaged more than 200 AGE 15 - Won first Junior Amateur Tour title AGE 16 - Selected to Southern California Bowling Writers' Team - Bowled 1st 300 game (I now have 45 in competition) AGE 17 - Turned Professional AGE 19 - Youngest qualifier for U.S. Open AGE 20 - Won first professional title AGE 21 - "Retired" from competitive bowling AGE 26 - Hired at Professional Bowlers Association AGE 27 - Rewrote PBA Rules and Regulations Handbook AGE 30 - Left PBA to run a $40MM CPG division at Shell Oil Company AGE 33 - Started hosting Let's Go Bowling on bowlersparadise.com AGE 34 - Founded jasonthomasbowling.com |
