but ronald hicklin is successfully living his dream, doing both. it's the career he planned as a teenager. >> for my senior high school project, one of the things we had to do was say what are you going to do with your life when you graduate? i said, you know what, i want to design bowling balls. >> while every engineer wants to build a bert mouse trap, hicklin is building a better bowling ball. >> i've been chasing this my entire life, basically. there's very few people that do what i do. only about four people design bowling balls. >> hicklin's designs are making an impact. >> the beautiful thing about bowling is is it's very -- it looks very simple, but by the same token it's very technical. outside the bowl is round, and you have three holes and you throw it down the lane. the inside is actually very technical. there's an inside piece called a core. it comes in different shapes, different sizes, different densities, and it continues to evolve as we continue to move forward with technology. >> i'm very impressed with ron hicklin. i think he's a