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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: ithinkican on December 06, 2012, 12:35:41 AM
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Storm has "owned" the bowling ball market for a while now. They just keep climbing and producing better and better equipment. So I am posting this thread just to talk about storm and see what balls you have liked since 2008. My top five favorite balls since 2008 in order from most to least are the VE, Frantic, victory road pearl, hyroad, and marvel. list what you have liked the most since 2008
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Hyroad
Crossroad
Gravity Shift
Rapid Fire
IQ Tour Pearl, yes, its that awesome.
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Virtual Energy
Hyroad
Modern Marvel
T Road Pearl
Victory Road
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Dang...so in no particular order!
My faves:
Hy-road
2-d
Marvel
Virtual energy
Invasion
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Virtual Gravity!!! I can't believe no one has said that one yet!
Virtual Energy
Gravity Shift
Paradigm
Anarchy
Tropical Heat solid (sick low end ball!)
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Virtual Energy
Nano
HyRoad
IQ
Frantic
Tropical Heat Black/Purple
VR Solid
Guess I better quit now lol! Storm is definitely putting out the best equipment (for me anyway) right now. Hard to argue with their success on the PBA Tour. Out of all the balls I mentioned, the HyRoad is exactly what people say...the most versatile piece I've ever thrown. I hope Storm keeps this one in the lineup for at least another 4 years.
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Lucid
IQ Tour
Hyroad
Crossroad
Frantic
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Tropical Heat Hybrid (black/silver)
Dimension
Anarchy
Special Agent
VE
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IQ Tour
Hy-Road
VG Nano
Prodigy
Vivid
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In order from best to worst:
Frantic
Nano (solid)
IQ Tour (too new - only has 6 games on it)
Fire Road
Natural
Modern Marvel
The Frantic is one of my favorite balls ever and the Modern Marvel is probably the worst ball I have ever owned.
The thing is, I don't think the Modern Marvel is a bad ball at all - I just don't think I matched up well with it. I put my favorite drilling on it and adjusted the surface a couple of times and could not find a condition that I could score with it. I gave it to a righty who wants to practice throwing lefty - at least it still has a use!
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Crossroad <- simply WICKED!!!
Victory Road Pearl
Natural
pre-2008???
Gravity Shift
Domination
Screamin Banshee
Love them all!! ... Especially those with an "R" in the cover name... i.e. Reactor, R2S etc.
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Virtual Gravity
T-Road Solid
Furious
Hot Rod Pearl
I don't have a fifth one yet! :)
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Virtual Gravity
Marvel
2D
Marvel Pearl
2Fast
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Special Agent
Trop. Heat Hybrid
Frantic
Virtual Gravity
Natural
Personally, I think just about every company makes good gear these days. It's just a matter of laying them out properly and getting the surface right. Still, there's no doubt that Storm has produced some great pieces. I've really liked all of the ones I've owned.
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Hy-Road - Hands Down!!! Arguably the greatest ball of all-time!!!
Victory Road
Virtual Gravity
Marvel Pearl
2nd Dimension
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when i was throwing Storm it went like this for my list.....
Virtual Gravity
Gravityshift
Tropical Heat ( orange / purple )
Virtual Gravity Nano
BarbedWire
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Virtual Energy
Hyroad
Tropical Heat Black/Silver
Marvel pearl
Lucid.. got this ball 2 weeks ago and my low series with it so far is 709 and thats in 2 weeks of bowling and bowling 4 nights a week. 3 279's so far and 300 is right around the corner, ball could easily become favorite of all time lol
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May not be Storm but they are in the family - I will stick with ROTO GRIP - best rolling pieces for me lately and the hardest hitting balls at least IMO. Critical Theory (2) ---Defiant Edge -- Berserk -- Shatter
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Lucid (The best Storm ball I've ever had!)
Virtual Gravity Nano Pearl
Fringe
Invasion (Yep, this ball was great for me!)
Frantic
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I'm going to go with a Storm and Roto Grip combo on this one since they are both related.
Nomad Dagger
Outlaw
Hy-Road (the best benchmark ball I have ever had)
Virtual Gravity Nano
Rogue Cell
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I never tried the nano solid. I can not really complain though because I bought the marvel solid instead. But i still wish i would have given it a try.
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I never tried the nano solid. I can not really complain though because I bought the marvel solid instead. But i still wish i would have given it a try.
I had the Nano Solid for a while and now have the Defiant. The Nano Solid definitely had a ton of strength on the backend and was angular. I got good length and it was pretty easy to read in the midlane.
Comparing the Defiant, it's also angular but seems to be a little cleaner up front and does more in the midlane. I also seem to carry a bit better with it whereas the Nano sometimes would be a little flat.
Both balls are really good choices on heavy oil or longer length patterns. My preference goes to the Defiant based on my game. But, I have been able to make a Nano work out well by taking the cover down to 2000 to make the reaction shape smoother.
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HyRoad
Reign Supreme
Lucid
Virtual Energy
Reign of Fire
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I was never really able to use the defiant with my rev rate. well i should say comfortably. I normally started over the 4th to 5th arrow pushing it out to the 5th board. great pin carry.
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Hyroad,natural,nat. pearl,crossroad,victory road pearl
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lucid,defiant edge,crossroads,nano pearl,and the anarchy
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In no particular order
X-Factor
Crossroad
Dark Thunder
Eraser
Victory Road
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I loved the Dimension and Marvel!! The Reign Supreme was also a great ball and I also liked the Nano!
Dimension
Marvel
Nano
Anarchy
Reign Supreme
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Hy-Road (best of all time since it was released over 4 years ago)
VG Nano
IQ Tour
X-It
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For me:
Vitual Gravity
Virtual Energy
HyRoad
Tropical Heat (blk/silver)
Big Hit Pearl
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1.T-ROAD SOLID
2.GRAND ILLUSION
3.GRAVITY SHIFT
4.DARK STAR
5.VICTORY ROAD PEARL
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Damn nearly EVERYONE has a Hy-Road!! I think I better go get one as soon as I possibly can, could be one of the greatest balls of all time that I'm passing up on.
Anyway my best top 5 out of the 7 storm balls I have goes something like this:
T-Road Pearl
Marvel Pearl
Victory Road Pearl
Natural
IQ Tour Pearl
Currently in the bag, IQ Tour Pearl, Marvel Pearl, Victory Road Pearl, Natural.
Yes I love pearl cover stock equipment, solid cover stocks are just too aggressive for my tastes, I love hybrid cover stocks as well.
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Strangely I've never owned either the original VG or the Hy-Road, arguably Storm's greatest releases. I guess I'll probably pick up a Hy-Road before the end of the season since I need a new hybrid in my bag.
Storm's best ball for me was the X-Factor...though the Roto Grip Cell is on the level of the best of their releases.
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Special Agent
Iq Tour Edition
Iq Tour Pearl
Frantic (replacement for my hyroad)
Hyroad (over 4 years old, still loving it for dry lanes)
Natural (great for sparing and bone dry lanes, its urethane so no worries on lifespan!)
My current arsenal which i love.. allows me to play almost all conditions!
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I just have a Reign Supreme.
It's alright. Nice backend. I shoot my honor scores with Hammer.
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I think I'm one of the very few that hated the hyroad and Vg. My 2 favorites are the Gravity Shift and VE. I would kill to find another Gravity shift, as mine is too cracked out to fix anymore. I tries a fire road as a close replacement, but even with a great core and cover, it just doesn't compare. The VE to me has always been underrated. It's always in my bag and has bailed me out many times. The shape lock core was certainly a home run for Hank. I'm curious to see how the new variation of it turns out. The numbers will probably scare some people away, thinking that it will be too strong.
Don
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I just picked up another Virtual Energy off Ebay. I would buy a couple more 16lb NIB if I could find them. Best Asymmetric from Storm so far in my opinion...with Nano being second...but I can't wait to try the Sync.
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Shift
Virtual Gravity
Attitude Shift
XFactor
Reign
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I have only owned 4 storm balls- El Nino 2000, XXX Factor, Nano Pearl, IQ pearl tour. I have 30 games or so in the IQ now, but already have 4 700's, a 300 and a 298...The Nano Pearl has been a rock for 10 months too, have had some big sets with it..El Nino still has a place in my bag sometimes, and until the Cell line, was clearly the best ball I had bought. Throw the Cells in and my rankings go like this probably:
XXX Factor
Cell solid (kept cracking, scored well)
El Nino 2000
Cell Pearl
Rogue Cell
Nano Pearl
IQ Tour Pearl...hopefully with enough staying power to stay #1..
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Hyroad. Period.
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Nomad Solid..Roto
Virtual Gravity
Dark Star...Roto
Nano