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10407 - Miscellaneous / Re: Substitute for bowling gloves
« Last post by TWOHAND834 on April 17, 2025, 05:45:31 AM »
Baseball Glove?  Just spit-balling here trying to give you some options.
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24671 - Miscellaneous / Re: are bowling forums dead?
« Last post by Spider Ball Bowler on April 16, 2025, 11:18:19 AM »
This place is pretty quiet these days. I come on once in a while to see if there are any hot topics, or people buying/selling and nope, pretty much nothing. I've been around for a while, but also only bowl once a week now and carry 1 ball and a plastic ball.
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31415 - Miscellaneous / Re: are bowling forums dead?
« Last post by milorafferty on April 16, 2025, 11:05:17 AM »
Does anyone want to discuss the merits (or lack thereof) for a grippy glove?  ;D
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31415 - Miscellaneous / Re: Substitute for bowling gloves
« Last post by milorafferty on April 16, 2025, 11:02:35 AM »
Playtex.
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51519 - 900 Global / Re: What surface is under the power Edge Polish?
« Last post by skfboiler on April 16, 2025, 08:49:50 AM »
Power Edge is a type of polish or finish that’s applied to the ball’s surface, typically giving it a smoother, higher-gloss look. However, the polish itself doesn't always directly indicate the underlying grit level.

For the Origin and Road Warrior balls, if they only list "Power Edge" under the surface description, it’s likely that the manufacturer applied the polish over a base grit finish. Typically, manufacturers apply a finer grit (around 1000-1500) as the base surface before adding the polish.

To get a more precise answer, you might need to contact the manufacturer or the pro shop where you purchased the ball. They should be able to provide the exact grit level before the Power Edge finish was applied.

If you're looking to alter the ball's reaction or track down the surface for maintenance, a good approach is to ask your pro shop to resurface the ball and fine-tune the grit level for your specific needs (i.e., adjusting the finish to give you more traction or length).
The link SVstar34 provided is directly from the manufacturer's, Storm website.  I've followed this procedure on all of my polished balls and love the results of this Power Edge.  Much better than it's predecessor, Reata Gloss.  I did like the old Storm 1500 polish but I think that was one of the issues with the hardness fiasco.  I hated the Storm 4K Fast finish.
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7222 - Miscellaneous / Re: are bowling forums dead?
« Last post by Strider on April 16, 2025, 07:11:11 AM »
I think bowling forums starting going down hill when equipment became such a priority. Now instead of tweaking the surface or trying a different layout (although I think modern design/engineering has made this less important - far fewer "duds" or balls that a decent amount of people don't match up with), hand releases or figuring out a better way to play the lanes it's all about grabbing a different ball. Big tournaments or longer formats will always need more ball choices to match up better, but ever since people started bringing 4-6 strike balls to the Ray Charles house shot leagues, that's pretty much all the talk. I'm lucky enough to have a sport shot league year round; if I had nothing but house shots to bowl on, I'm not sure if I'd still be bowling.

Maybe it's just time, people drifting away, or finding other interests, but this forum in particular used to have a pretty large core of regulars that pushed conversation. I'm just as guilty. I'm very much still a competitive bowler, but my audio hobby has taken up a lot of my time on line. I've learned a ton by reading posts from super knowledgeable people. I still check in here often, but it feels there's far less of an opportunity to learn near as much.
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10407 - Miscellaneous / Re: are bowling forums dead?
« Last post by TWOHAND834 on April 16, 2025, 06:51:29 AM »
Youtube has become the place to go over the past few years.  When you have Brad and Kyle, Belmo, Darren Tang, Luke Rosdahl, Brunsnick, and others all having their own YT channels for posting reviews and "vlogs"; it has been more entertaining than coming on here and having the Juan Fonseca's of the world come on here and litter the "review" section with copy and paste of the literature as MJS mentioned.  On top of that; years of people coming on here and being argumentative for the sake of trying to make people feel stupid has pushed away many of the regulars that used to come on here.  Charlest was a big contributor and always enjoyed reading what he had to say and he has all but disappeared.  Now you have this guy that posts new topics to where the wording makes you wonder if you can take the guy seriously.  One topic is "What can I do to build strength to throw 16 pounds" and the next one is "Saw some 12 pounders in eBay I am considering" .  Then when you call him out on it, he reports you and has your post deleted.  I wasnt even nasty about it.  I just questioned him and he reported me.  I have been on here since the early 2000s myself and still come on here first thing every morning just to see if there is anything serious worth commenting on.  This topic alone shows "read 1088 times"; yet only 6 responses.  Kind of tells you everything you need to know about the state of this site.  But I am about to turn 52 and yet still come on here simply because I am a bowling nerd and just always curious to what I am going to see when I log in.
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7222 - Hammer / Black Hammer Pearl 78
« Last post by Strider on April 16, 2025, 05:53:44 AM »
Does the Black Hammer pearl 78 mellow after you get some games/oil into it? I just got mine and it's super early and aggressive. It's definitely a different shape than the purple - much earlier, smoother and pure arc. Definitely not the semi reactive down lane motion of the purple. Anyway, I only got a few shots in practice, a few fill shots, and a game of practice after league (soft 42' sport pattern). The purple I took down to 360 grit just to even out the shape some. If the new black pearl doesn't mellow out some, I may have to take it up to 1000 since the box surface is so aggressive. 
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60350 - Miscellaneous / Re: Storm IQ
« Last post by henrymliu on April 15, 2025, 11:08:02 PM »
Yes, there have been a number of Storm IQ bowling balls produced over the years. Some notable balls include the Storm IQ, IQ Tour, IQ Tour Nano, and IQ Tour 30th Anniversary. If you are looking for a complete list, I recommend checking out the official Storm Bowling website.
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59236 - Storm / Re: IQ Tour A.I.
« Last post by Sandy McIntire on April 15, 2025, 06:51:08 PM »
Storm !Q tour A.I.

I am slightly speed dominant, rev challenged 220-250ish, low tilt and high rotation. The Storm !Q Tour A.I. is a strong symmetrical hybrid reactive with medium flare potential.

I drilled mine 35 x 4 7/8 x 30. My axis point is 4 3/8 over 1 3/8 up. I love this ball for light and medium oil conditions. It gets down-lane creating predictable and controllable ball motion when theres not much oil . This is the perfect league shot ball that allows you to stay right once all the friction starts to develop.

Check out my video at: https://youtu.be/5BmTVoAknPc?si=V61qE4xOz6ZpEpNs

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