Bumper Bowling has been around for about 20 years and like most everything else it has been evolving ever since. Bumper Bowling is blocking the gutters so young children or less skilled players will not throw the ball in the gutter. In the beginning sewer lines were put in the gutters to prevent the ball from going ito the channel. then it evolved into blow up tubes it was a nightmare repairing all the holes and it took a few minutes to blow up a tube that went 60 feet long.Thework was worth it because it brought families with young kids to the bowling alley. Then came permanent bumpers that some bowling alleys would install on a few of there lanes it was an expensive operation. These bumpers were up for all bowlers they were pulled up with a bumper stick and seemed to state of the art. Now 2010 our bumpers at Airway Lanes in Portage Michigan are truley automatic we can program them for individual bowlers they go up and down for each bowler. Also to enhance the experience for the young children we have Ball Ramps called Dragons that kids put the ball on and roll the ball toward the pins. Bumper bowlers can be as young as 2 years old so it can family fun, truely be a family fun activity. Airway Lanes has the automatic bumpers on all 40 lanes.

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