"My parents had family visiting the small town where we all still live. It was the mid-80s, and bowling was just becoming a thing in bigger cities like Sydney."
"Once I was old enough to walk, the bowling ball became my babysitter. My parents would set me up with a lane, and according to family stories, I would only stop for lunch and a nap."
"During that first trip, I bowled a perfect game. That came with a $16,000 bonus prize. On the flight home, I realized that I had just made more than I could make working at my parents' bowling alley or my other job, Blockbuster Video."
"It was expensive, but if I won – which I often did – I could come home with $30,000 in prize money."
Jason Belmonte's journey in professional bowling started before his birth when his parents opened a bowling center. Growing up in the bowling alley, he developed a unique two-handed bowling style. At 16, he joined his state's youth team and won a $16,000 bonus for a perfect game in Singapore. Realizing the potential of bowling as a career, he invested in travel for competitions, often winning substantial prize money, including $100,000 on one trip.
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