Author Topic: Tropical Breeze Pink/Purple (Read 14728 times)

admin · « **on:** December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 PM »

Ball NPS Score: 100.00

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Entry level ball for new and casual league bowlers!

Features:

- Color: Pink/Purple
- Fragrance: Birthday Cake
- Coverstock: Reactor
- Weight Block: Camber Core
- Ball Finish: 1500-grit Polished
- Flare Potential: 2"-3" (medium-low)
- RG: 16#-2.57 15#-2.57 14#-2.57 13#-2.63 12#-2.65
- RG Diff: 16#-.009 15#-.009 14#-.013 13#-.009 12#-.011

Mr Straight Ball · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2011, 11:11:51 PM »

BALL SPECS
Pin Length: 3.1
Starting Top Weight: 2.61oz
Ball Weight: 16.2

DRILL PATTERN
Pin to PAP: 5" over the fingers on the centerline

CG is 1” right of center

Weight hole is 4.5 straight across

BOWLER STYLE
Rev Rate: High
Ball Speed: 18.6
PAP/Track: 5” across ½” down

SURFACE PREP
OOB

Later hand adjusted with a light rub of a well-used old 500 grit pad

BALL REACTION
Compared to the solid cover wrapped around the Tropical Breeze black-teal, the pearl cover really helps the ball see the dry and leave the dry. The Tropical Breeze pink-purple is going to see a lot of league time action! Why? This ball gets down the lane and is not afraid to change direction.

After using this ball on the chameleon, my eyes were happily impressed with what the ball did. To start, the ball glided through the fronts and revved up in the mid lane and continued to move on the back ends. I was able to get on top of the dry and project the ball straighter to the break point to play more like the straight players. BONUS!!!

For me, the black-teal (solid) plays about 3-4 straighter to the target and reacts softer to the friction. One of the things that will be immediately noticed by the bowlers is how much less flare the Camber core spits out compared to the bigger core pieces in the Storm line. Less flare equals more control. In my hand, this line is going to be a better match than urethane for me when the lanes break down as it easier to shoot down the lanes and it does not sacrifice recovery. I did rough the surface a touch to help blend the dry out.

Don't forget that this ball is part of the Storm "Think Pink" program, meaning part of the proceeds are donated towards cancer awareness.

COMMENTS
Likes: Real men throw pink!
Dislikes: Polished cover was a little to skid-ish for my liking

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Quadrajet · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2011, 12:01:29 AM »

BALL SPECS
Pin Length: 3"
Starting Top Weight: 2.51
Ball Weight: 15 lbs

DRILL PATTERN
60*x4.5"x35*

BOWLER STYLE
Rev Rate: 370
Ball Speed: 18.5
Axis Tilt: 15*
Axis Rotation: 60*

SURFACE PREP
OOB - Polished

LANE CONDITIONS

We're bowling on your typical THS, a deep puddle in the middle and plenty of friction to the outside as well as down lane. I don't know the exact length of the pattern, but I'm guessing it's probably about 35-38 feet. Every ball I've tried (Reign, Furious, V.Road, T.Heat Hybrid) hockey-sticks off the oil and essentially rolls out. I could square up, break the wrist and stay up the back of it, but I'd much rather maintain my A game and throw a ball that simply works.

REVIEW

Enter the Tropical Breeze Pearl (pink/purple)

Layout: 60*x4.5"x35* with no x-hole, out of box surface.

With this ball, I'm able to move in between 3rd and 4th arrow and literally bounce it off the dry. I get a smooth midlane reaction with a surprisingly continuous move through the backend and not once has it rolled out on me. With the puddle our center has in the middle, any shots I pull usually skate to the right side of the headpin and the ball makes a very strong move into the pocket. I eventually had to move into 5th arrow tonight, but it still came roaring back when I leaked it right and straightened out to rock the hole when I tugged it. If you couldn't tell, I'm very impressed with this ball.

The closest thing I can compare the Breeze to is my Reign (60*x5.5"x35*). On this condition, the two seem to cover the same number of boards, but the Reign is considerably longer, has a tendency to flip (overhook), expend all of its energy and then roll out quickly. As I said, the Breeze does not do this, it starts up earlier, arcs and has amazing continuation. I left a pocket 7-9 split that made me do a triple take.

If I were going to drill another one, I'd probably decrease the drill angle (in anticipation of a weight hole), push the pin to 5.5" to reduce flare, keep the same VAL angle, but throw a hole in the P1 or P2 position depending on the non-hole reaction. I might even consider polishing it up more than factory. This would hopefully allow me to square up a bit more to take advantage of the dry without having to be up against the ball return.

I had a guy giving me crap about throwing a pink ball, but he wasn't laughing when I shot 751 at him the first night of league, the next week I shot a 740. If it weren't for a bit of transition and a couple bad breaks, I'm confident I could have had 800 each night.

As a side note, this is, by far, the best smelling ball that Storm has ever produced (Birthday Cake). They can't go wrong if they continue down the baked goods/confection line of fragrances lol.

And no, even though my glowing review may look like it, I am not on the Storm staff.

Edited on 9/19/2011 at 10:12 PM

Bigmike · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2011, 11:05:37 AM »

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Lay Out: 4 3/4" from PAP at 80* PAP angle and 40* VAL angle. Dual angle measurement would be 80/4.75/40. The pin ended up above my ring finger but the CG was just right under my CG,so I put no weight hole in it.

Surface: I have thrown it at box finish and also took it down to 4000 abralon. Sometimes my style of game and Storm Reacta-Shine do not get along very well which might be the case with this ball.

Purpose: I wanted to drill up something for the dead burn or very short patterns. If I try to throw urethane anymore it doesn't hit and I have to be dead perfect with Plastic. This ball should be a good look when there is a lot of friction present on the lane like on old wood surfaces.

Lane Condition Observations: I have thrown this on our house pattern and did get to throw it some on one of the Team USA short patterns that was still in the machine from our summer sport league. On house, if I got dead on top of the friction, this ball rolled up very smoothly. Tens were tougher to get out if I "fudged" it any at the bottom. That is fine as I should leave a single pin when I throw it bad. On the Team USA shot, it was kind of whippy off the friction which kind of shocked me. Our center is Pro Anvil Lane and the edge of the lane rarely is in play no matter how short the pattern is. This means to play the short patterns, you need to move in and get it going down lane deep to an outside break point so you can miss the front part of the hang. Whippy, jumpy is how it reacted. I broke out a 4000 pad and smoothed that right out of the reaction.

Other Ball Comparisions: I did get to throw it some side by side with my Tropical Heat Hybrid and Reign. These are not very fair comparisons and both balls were a lot stronger both surface and core wise. It was nice to gauge what kind of difference in the balls were, but it shows a gap in my bag on the low end side.

Final Thoughts: The Tropical Breeze Pearl should be a very good low end piece for beginners and also a gap ball for high friction where some smoothness is needed. It definitely needs the friction to get started up and would be a great ball for players with low ball speed or too much hand on drier house shots. The solid version should be a better choice if the player is more speed dominant.

"Tell me Cup, how does a great ball striker like you shoot an 82? Well I lipped out this putt on 18......"

Mike Craig - Storm Products Pro-Shop staff -Columbus, OH

UF bowling · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2012, 12:17:39 PM »

The Storm Tropical Breeze is equipped with a Camber Core wrapped in the Reactor Pearl Reactive coverstock and polished to a 1500-grit finish. I purchased this ball because I wanted something in my arsenal for dry lane conditions and this works very well on those conditions. The pearl coverstock carries the ball down lane and ensures this ball will come back into the pocket strong enough to carry.
I do not advise using this ball on fresh conditions or cases in which the oil has been pushed down, however. The mid-lane read on this ball can be rather touchy, and missing outside can mean the ball will hit light â€“ if it even makes it back to the pocket. If it does make its way back into the pocket, expect to leave a few 5-7s or even 5-7-10s (for a righty).
That said, this ball can be good for developing bowlers, especially teaching them how to play accurately straight up the lane. Because the differential of the Breeze is so low (0.013 or less), this ball is the perfect stepping stone between a spare ball and a mid-level performance ball. It will give the bowler (and their coach) a great idea of what their ball is doing while at the same time giving them more hook â€“ and more carry â€“ hopefully encouraging them to continue the sport.

Angie Kahn

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