Australian two-handed superstar Jason Belmonte can check off another item from his bucket list: making the 7-10 split.

Belmonte converted the split during the Storm PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles over the weekend and it was captured live on FloBowling during match play.

“I’m really surprised I got it,” said Belmonte, who was paired with Diandra Asbaty and finished second. “I thought I was going to die and never have made the 7-10 split in my life.”

Belmonte said the pocket shot that left the 7-10 wasn’t all that bad but wasn’t perfect, either.

“It was a little bit soft off my hand, not too soft, but I wouldn’t take it back,” he said. “I was expecting maybe a 10 pin but when I saw them both standing I thought it was a little harsh.”

In 33 years of bowling, Belmonte had never made the 7-10 split before, and he has a theory as to why.

“Pretty much everyone I see make the 7-10, their ball doesn’t have any rotation on it,” Belmonte said. “It’s just hard, fast and kind of like flat, really straight. With my spare ball, I still hit the ball, so there’s quite a bit of rotation on it. I don’t know the physics behind it, that’s just something I’ve noticed that’s different between those who make it regularly and myself. I often wondered if that rotation had anything to do with it, and I don’t think I throw it nearly hard enough to give myself more chances at making it.”

Making the split while live on FloBowling’s broadcast was certainly a bowling highlight for Belmonte and one he said he won’t soon forget.

“As soon as I finished bowling, one of the questions I asked the FloBowling guys was, ‘can we get that footage so I can save it onto my computer in a special file that says never delete?’” Belmonte said. “I’m going to keep that forever.”