The Tropical Storm is deceptively strong. It gets down the lane with easy length, but has a stupid amount of backend for the pricetag. It covers a ton of boards when it finds friction. I got my mom a Tropical Storm for dry lanes, drilled it 4.5" pin to PAP, pin over bridge, CG stacked below, no x-hole. With her slower 13-14mph speed, it is a hook monster on medium to even medium oily lanes.