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Jay

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First Storm Ball
« on: March 24, 2008, 06:06:53 PM »
I'm thinking about purchasing my first storm ball in the near future, mostly because I want to try something new.  I've basically been throwing ebonite for the past year and a half, except for my Black Widow and Twisted Fury being the only exceptions.

My Black Widow is what i use for heavy oil and my other stuff is basically used for Medium Oil/Broken Down lane conditions.  I think I'm going to go for something that has a good midlane read with a strong backend finish.  Note that I don't mean some that skid/flips.  My Twisted does that.  For the record, I currently throw a Whirlwind, Angular One, Big One, and a Twisted Fury.  I also have a No Limit but I hardly use it because it's really weak.

Anyways, I haven't been too happy with my Big One lately, so I guess I'm looking for something to replace it, but just a little weaker.  Plus it's 14 lb and I'm moving up to 15 so I could use something in its place.  

Any suggestions?  I was thinking of a Spit Fire or a T-Road Pearl myself, but I'm curious of other opinions.

Edited on 3/25/2008 2:25 AM
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pegleg42090

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Re: First Storm Ball
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2008, 12:38:43 PM »
I would say go with a Rapid Fire or a Gravity Shift.
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CHawk15

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Re: First Storm Ball
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2008, 12:51:19 PM »
A T-Road Pearl with a little surface underneath the polish would work as well.  (1000 abralon + polish).  Personally, the Thunder and Agent lines are my favorite 2 Storm Lines.
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Fluff E Bunnie

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Re: First Storm Ball
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2008, 02:30:07 PM »
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Personally, the Thunder and Agent lines are my favorite 2 Storm Lines.


Yeah me too.  Maybe if I have tried some of the newer Fire Line balls I would change my mind but I still have other balls I would want to try in these two lines before I got to that.
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Jay

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Re: First Storm Ball
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2008, 04:46:47 PM »
The Special Agent is an interesting idea.  I figured that would be too aggressive though.  Is that not made for heavy oil?  Also, I don't know how it's really supposed to react.  Is there backend motion to it or is it mostly a continuous hook?  Also, what's the surface on it?  I think something originally at 1000 or 2000 abralon is what I should be looking for.  That's why I'm highly considering the Ultra Zone as well.
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evets1

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Re: First Storm Ball
« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2008, 03:27:26 AM »
I use both Storm and Ebonite. I take 5 balls to league.
Storm: T-Road Pearl & Secret Agent.
Ebonite: Total NV & NVS
Ebonite: Maxim Polyester
Although I've only had the ball two months, the T-Road Pearl is the first ball out of the bag.
I 51 years old so I learned to bowl on wood lanes with hard rubber, plastic and urethane bowling balls. I was looking for a new ball that gave the same overall control on synthetic lanes that I got from a Faball Black Hammer, Columbia U-Dot or the Ebonite Thunderbolt on wood lanes. So far the T-Road Pearl has come closer to what I was trying to achieve than any other reactive ball I have owned. (Great Job Storm!!!)
I can only speak for my experiences. I've been very happy with both Storm and Ebonite. They both make great bowling balls. If I were to suggest a first Storm bowling ball it would be the T-Road Pearl. It's just a very versatile ball.
Once again "Great Job Storm!!!
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