the nano has a very strong reaction off the dry friction and generally it has alot of backend with short and longer pin buffers.

 

in the 30+ nanos we have drilled generally if the person's ball is very high we can still use high pins and create alot of backend and a sharp strong motion. I would be concerned about the quanity of volume your bowling on and how strong the backends are going to be.

 

the argument here is filled with a lot of IFs but here are some of them in pros and cons:

 

Medium pattern with mushy backends: pin high is going to be good because it will get through the heads well and have the stronger backend reaction that most balls would lack on a condition with weak backends.

pin low will be earlier have an earlier heavy midlane roll and read and still have strong backend but the surface might need to be tweaked slightly to prevent the ball from loosing energy too soon. Since most bowlers are lazy a higher pin is the safer bet.

 

Medium pattern with clean backends(talking squeaky clean) can be very wet dry and a ball that is pearl can be a nightmare. in this situation the high speed bowler can use the pin high layouts and see alot of motion downlane. the pin down layout will likely loose too much energy off the end of the pattern and make its motion too soon. results are flat corners. Personally in this case if you want to use a nano, putting the pin high layout is still favourable, and even some storm reacta shine will help you benefit from saving energy down lane. A pin high solid is still more favored than a pin low pearl imho.

 

Long pattern with low volume: this is a PITA because it doesnt hook much down lane and the ball wants to hook early after just a few games because the heads go. You get carrydown quickly because of the length of the conditioner and then see changes happening every few frames. the pin up layout might provide alot of confusion on this sort of situation because the ball is looking to use its energy on friction, it doesnt care where it will find the friction, if its in the heads or the end of the pattern the ball will use it. Hooking early will make the ball straighten out too quickly and its a catch 22 situation, you struggle to get the ball through the front part of the lane but if you over shoot it the ball can't read the midlane.

A longer pin buffer but a longer pin distance here is more favored. 5 inch pins that have 3 inch pin buffers, somewhere in that range work. a pin down ball in this instant is better because it doesnt have the characterist to use all its energy once it finds the friction. the pin down motion will be more consistant through the lane. a rounder breakpoint and not having to make drastic moves through the front part of the lane onces the lanes breakdown makes it less of a knife's edge situation.

 

Long patterns with too much volume everywhere: Well most people in this situation must get the ball into a roll to see any kind of motion downlane. you just want the ball to slow down and stop hydroplaning. a pin down is often used to get the ball to roll as much as possible.

 

The thing to keep in mind with the nano Vs the original Vg is the nano cover is a lot stronger off friction. Both balls with the same core even in videos you can see the nano's motion off the end of a pattern is stronger. Less energy is used in the front part of the lane by the nano cover VS the original VG cover. The people at Storm want you to like this ball for the bulk of what you see, and this Nano is often too strong in some situations with low pin layouts. this ball has such a strong combination of the cover and core than high pins/short buffers are the best way to see the backend reaction your paying top dollar for.

 

Note: After talking to the Storm rep about the international release of the Nano Domination