- Color: Scarlet Red/Platinum Pearl All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Coverstock: Reactor Hybrid Reactive
- Weight Block: Cruiser Core for 14#-16# (Modified Centripetal Core for 12# & 13#)
- Finish: 1500-grit Polished
- Recommended Lane Conditions:  Dry-Medium
- RG:  2.58 (15#)
- Diff:  0.021 (15#)
- Fragrance: Paradise Punch

The Storm “Ride” is the best of both worlds with the smooth roll of a lower end ball and the power of a higher end ball. What I love most about this ball is it gets into an earlier roll than the Breezes and Lights Out which really blends out friction. The Ride is easily the most versatile “Low End” ball I have ever had in my bag. I can throw it on the fresh, transition, and burn late in the day. No matter how deep I get with it, the ball stills keeps its smooth roll. My Storm “Ride” is drilled pin up in between my fingers with the cg stacked directly under my fingers. This way is retains some energy and allows me to play many angles. I rate it a 10 out of 10!

The Ride from Storm is the latest release in the Hot line of bowling balls from Storm, The Bowler's Company. Ride has a new weight block called Cruiser core and is wrapped with Reactor cover. The Rg in 15lb balls is 2.58 with a differential of 0.021. The scarlet red/platinum pearl has great shelf appeal.

I drilled Ride with a 4 ¾ x 5 x 2 ½ layout, and left it in the box finish. I have been using my Ride the last few months, and have had great success with it on our well used, leftover from the night before, house pattern. I have also tried the Ride in a regional that we used Wolf pattern. The Ride rolled well on Friday’s practice session, but was a little too clean to the spot because of the high volume of oil in such a short distance come Saturday and Sunday. Ride just didn’t hook early enough, and when I tried moving left to the dry, it had too much backend. I will, however, be looking forward to using Ride on some different short patterns that won’t have as much volume as what Wolf has. Pitch black was a better option for the high volume, short distance Wolf pattern. I use Ride as a go to ball from my Pitch Black, when I dry out the oil line, and I have to make a move right, and the urethane covered Pitch Black doesn’t want to make the corner. Ride is also a step up from the Tropical Breeze. It offers a touch more flare, and more overall hook potential.

Ride is a drier condition ball, no doubt about it. Unless you have a very high rev rate with low ball speed, stick to using the Ride on the drier conditions it is intended for, and you will have a GREAT reaction to the pins. The biggest asset I have found with my Ride is the carry I get when  I am able to use it. This is a huge bonus as Ride has  limited pattern capability.

In the modern era of entire lane covering hook monsters, Ride is a refreshing change of pace in allowing me to play straighter up the boards on drier conditions. When urethane hooks too soon and hits weak, and your Punch Out is just too much hook, reach for Ride from Storm. You won’t be disappointed!