LANE CONDITION

THS: Kegel Main Street, 41ft, 7.2:1 ratio
Sport: 2012 USBC Open, 39ft, 2:1 ratio


COMMENTS

The Tropical Breeze Hybrid, while being a condition specific ball, works very well on that condition. Even when the lanes breakdown, you will still want to use this ball more to the outside of the track area. If the lanes completely break down, you will likely see some good smooth motion from this ball.
The Tropical Breeze Hybrid is one of those balls where you will not use every night, but when you hit that blown out pattern where you simply need some control with a down and in shot, you will be very glad you kept this in the bag.


PICTURES AND/OR VIDEOS

Check out the complete review, video, and Digitrax analysis at:
http://tamerbowling.com/index.php/storm-tropical-breeze-hybrid-ball-review-digitrax/

The Breeze Hybrid is the latest addition to the Tropical Line of bowling balls. The Breeze Hybrid uses the same camber core (2.57 rg, and .009 diff in 15 lbs.) found in the other Breeze bowling balls, but now has the Reactor hybrid cover stock. This is the same cover stock that is on the Tropical Heat Hybrid, black solid/ silver pearl. The black solid/ cherry pearl Breeze has great shelf appeal, and is sure to catch many a first time bowler’s eye.

Please don’t let the entry level price point deter you from trying a Breeze hybrid. Although the price would suggest it being a beginners ball, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This ball is a dry lane bowling ball. It will strike just as much as the high end bowling balls, when using each ball on their INTENDED lane condition.  I drilled a Breeze hybrid with the pin under my ring, and the cg kicked out, and a small weight hole on my val, about 1 ½” below my pap. 

I have been able to use the hybrid on the dry part of a house shot. Just keep your angles more in front of you, and allow the friction of the lane bring the ball around the corner. The hybrid is a great step up from the urethane covered Naturals. Although it doesn’t flare as much, it does respond a lot more to the dry boards thus creating more friction, and more change of direction. When comparing an identically drilled black and silver Tropical Heat Hybrid, the breeze is about a 3 and 2 tighter move with feet and target. I was also able to use the hybrid Breeze on the Cheetah pattern at the regional in York, PA. The higher friction AMF hpl surface combined with the short length of the pattern allowed me to camp out on the dry, and just make moderate release adjustments when crossing the house and encountering slight variations from lane to lane.

From now on, any time I know I will be bowling on a pattern of 36 feet or less or very light volumes, I will have the hybrid Breeze with me. The small flare potential allows me to not have to throw the ball away from the pocket, and allows me to keep more in my A game, with my softer speed and slightly heavier roll. Last but not least, if performance doesn’t sell you on the ball, and the price doesn’t sell you, then the wonderful cherry fragrance has to be the final selling point!! Thank you for reading my review of the Tropical Breeze black solid/ cherry pearl Hybrid.

Hey guys, thanks for reading.  You can find my video review here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsTrDvIgWYI&list=UUUdapKcbpNzp3PGwdo7P6GQ&index=14&feature=plcp

Wanted to share with you the my review of the Storm Breeze Black Cherry Hybrid.  We decided while we had the chance to review this ball on the Shark Pattern.  Lot of skeptics out there told us we would have to review this ball on a regular house pattern to show it off but to be honest that is far from the case.  Just because this is a lower price point ball doesn't mean lower performance and I have actually started bringing this ball to my league nights where a longer oil pattern is being used.  We used a 65 x 4 3/4 x 60 drill pattern which is one of my favorites.  It allows the ball to glide easily through the front of the lane and rev up enough to read the end of the pattern.  This ball is also a great go to ball during league transition.  I usually try to stay just inside of the rest of my league competitors but when the pattern starts to get torn up this ball allows me to play either right with them or to the right of them using ball speed to play straighter or with more hook.  The Breeze Hybrid is a great compliment for any high rev players and a great starter piece.  Scuff it and it hooks just a bit more to handle heavier oil patterns or more speed dominant bowlers.  Nice addition to my arsenal.  Not too much skid and not too much hook - this one is just right.

I got this ball to use on the drier, shorter, or burnt out conditions. In some instances, it was definitely the best choice for the condition I was on. But often, the ball seemed unpredictable. Sometimes, it would produce a very crisp skid-hook reaction with a lot of carry stored up for the back end. Other times, it would just skid through the break point, as if it burned up or barely had any hook left in it. I'm not sure if I'd recommend this ball to mid-speed tweeners with lots of side roll because of the unpredictability. I'm going to look into the Storm Super Natural to solve this issue.

Joshua Longerbeam