The Spoiler rolls into Columbia 300’s mid-performance Yellow Line collection this fall, joining the Juke, the Sideswipe, and the Sideswipe Solid. It uses the Bend-It Solid coverstock paired up with the brand new Spoiler core design that has a higher RG (2.52″) than the Juke and Sideswipe cores. Its 0.045″ differential will provide more flare potential than the Sideswipe and a little less than the Juke. The Spoiler comes out of the box with a 500/2000 Abralon finish, allowing it to easily gnaw through heavy to medium volume oil patterns.

We found the Spoiler to match up best on our heavy oil test pattern. Its rough box finish allowed it to pick up very strong in the midlane, giving us recovery while maintaining control at the breakpoint. All three of our testers saw the Spoiler come off the breakpoint stronger than both the Sideswipe Solid and the Impulse Solid. While there was more motion, it still wasn’t hard to control the downlane reaction. Stroker was playing the farthest right, setting his ball down on 14 and getting it to just outside of 10 at the range finders on its way to the pocket. Tweener was not that far left of him, laying his ball down on 15 and sharing the same breakpoint. Cranker was significantly farther left than the other two testers, and he...

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