Jon Van Hees

800 is stoopid anyways.

Motivation from my better half.

My 4th USBC convention under my belt. Another good trip, full of good eats, great education, and motivation from the gang at USBC. The more I do this stuff, the more I appreciate what it takes to be a governing body for the sport of bowling. Eager to take it all home, and continue our progress in RI as we grow our membership and continue to serve them. Flight home leaves in a few hours, can’t wait to see my fam.

In Reno for the USBC Convention. Had to stop by my two favorite places in Reno obviously.

Bowled my first non EP Lanes regional in a couple years today at AMF Woodlawn in Baltimore. Was a good day, making the top 8. Needed to find a way to get some work in before Reno, so this was the way. Pretty high scoring environment, but I was able to keep up and actually put together a pretty good 12 games overall. Threw my Storm Concept for the 1st time, and on a 43ft regional pattern. Played em way out, and pretty straight, and this Concept was incredible. Damn thing is good. Best part of the weekend though besides the good reps on the lanes, seeing my fellow Greater LA area brother Fero Williams who is the GM here. And the biggest reason I made sure this was the event I bowled. Now for 6 hours of road rage and a few F bombs at various people on my journey home.

The 2026 Annual RI USBC Association Tournament is coming up! 🎳
Hosted at Walnut Hill
May 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th

Thanks to my buddy Rick Karsulavitch for the gift from Mexico. Not sure I’ll wear it to bake brownies, or spin bowling balls, or even at all. Who would wanna dirty up such a thing. She sure is pretty 😍

Home. On enough drugs to make a rockstar blush…but home. Couple weeks of recovery ahead, and hoping for some good news on the growth on his spleen when the test results come back. His sister is very happy to have him back.