DANG! I was gonna be the first one to review it when it was available to review! Oh well. I can't say enough good things about this ball, it's incredible. The best way I can describe it is a Pearl LRG ball. On fresh conditions, it snaps like a normal pearl would, but on a little bit oilier condition, it has the arc of an LRG. And like any normal pearl ball, it's not going to do that well in oil, but due to the early roll, if you start out with a fresh shot, it's going to last longer in carrydown than any other pearl ball. It recovers well, carries well, and while not being as truly versatile as many other balls, it takes added speed extremely well if the lanes start drying out. The only problem I've found is with spotty lanes, but what ball doesn't have trouble on spotty lanes?
As far as styles, it will give a low rev low speed player the extra hook to get the ball into the pocket. For a stroker, like I am, it makes playing virtually any line possible, it can truly play just about any line you want it to, if the line is there to begin with. Crankers will love this ball, it's got the pin shredding rack decimating power to send all ten into the pit. I very rarely go light with this ball, just on oilier patterns. Overall, it's a definite 10. Hits like a Buzzsaw (dare I say it) and for those of you familiar with Storm, it rolls differently than most other Storm balls I've seen.
First night out with it practicing I shot 290-770 on a semi difficult oilier condition. Couple days later, I shot 280 on a totally different condition, about the same level of difficulty but a bit drier with decent backends. If you have any backend at all, this ball will find it. This last Saturday in league I shot 279-724, and I had the last 11 in the 279 (4-6-7 first frame, adjustment, 11 out). I can see how it benefited Randy Pederson, as long as you're on normal league conditions or even a Sport Shot, this is going to be the ball to go to. Excellent ball, my favorite.
