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Motogp69

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Benchmark Ball
« on: January 17, 2010, 11:15:42 AM »
Of these Storm balls which would make the best benchmark ball:

Hy-Road

or

Furious

I've heard great things about the Furious, but I have a theory that a hybrid would make a great benchmark ball since you would be in-between a solid and a pearl and could decide from there whether to go to an actual solid or pearl.

As well, if so are the Hy-Road and Furious to close in terms of hook to warrant bagging both of them?

I'm thinking of building a Columbia/Storm symmetrical core arsenal. Let me know.
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Jesse James

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2010, 08:00:04 PM »
I would say the Hy-Road, thogh the Furious is not very far behind.
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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2010, 08:10:39 PM »
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I would say the Hy-Road, thogh the Furious is not very far behind.
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Since when did a skid/flip ball become a benchmark type of ball???????????

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Jesse James

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2010, 08:46:18 PM »
This may be a skid-flip ball, but it certainly does not react like a skid-flip ball. The cover to core combination is so impecably well-matched, that if you hadn't told me this.....I'd never have known it.

And I have seen this ball thrown by countless operators, since it's release.
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Motogp69

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2010, 09:08:24 PM »
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I would say the Hy-Road, thogh the Furious is not very far behind.
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Since when did a skid/flip ball become a benchmark type of ball???????????

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Well, does it skid/flip less than a pearl but more than a solid? If so it probably wouldn't be too bad of a benchmark ball.
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Jesse James

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2010, 09:29:49 PM »
I would have to say, "Yes". It is an extremly controllable ball, with a strong, agressive move to it, that looks very good in people's hands, even though they have very different styles.
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Motogp69

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 08:49:47 AM »
So, how does this sound as an initial arsenal.

Dry/Spare Ball:
Rotogrip Mercury

Medium:
Columbia Freeze

Hybrid/Benchmark:
Storm Hy-Road

Solid/Heavy:
Reign of Fire
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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2010, 09:35:18 AM »
Moto,

Since it is clear that you are comfortable spanning brands I would suggest to you that the best benchmark ball coming out of Utah (Storm) these days is the Roto Grip Nomad Solid.  The Hy-Road is a descent ball but not what I would call a benchmark or read ball.  The Nomad Solid is about the same strength as a Hy-Road but a bit more controllable on all surfaces IMO.
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tburky

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2010, 01:41:03 PM »
With the right surface and lay out the hyroad could be a bench mark ball. Nomad solid would probably be good. However as Jeff Carter once told me, the benchmark ball could be a ball from a different company. You want a ball the reads the lanes very well and you either go stronger or weaker. At one time the original black widow was my benchmark ball and I throw storm equipment. Right now I don''t have a bench mark ball but a ball that is close for me is a 2nd dimension with 2000 abralon and a smooth layout.

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Motogp69

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Re: Benchmark Ball
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2010, 08:24:02 PM »
I basically just got back into bowling and have a 3 ball line-up. Currently my benchmark ball is a polished Gravity Shift. I either stay with it through the night or move up to a Cell or down to a Spit Fire.

I've always liked hybrids, so that's why I figured a Hy-Road would be a decent benchmark ball. I've seen a ton of reviews stating that a lot of people seem to use the Hy-Road as a benchmark ball.

How much weaker or stronger is the Furious? What is the shot shape that it produces?
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