Hello,

I have been looking at this original Thunder Road.  I am wondering how the mild Curelyon(?) coverstock compares to say the the reformulated Monsoon coverstock that is on the Dark Thunder.  I am talking coverstock comparison, not the OOB finish comparison or anything like that.  

An "all things being equal" comparison is more the question here.  

The reason why I ask is because one of my teammates is using my old Dark Thunder as an all around ball.  I am wondering if this would be a nice tamer reaction (but similar ball) for them since it is an older ball.  This person throws some mad hook with their Maxim so sometimes the DT can be a bit too much even though it is polished and drilled to get down the lane.  They have no problem using the DT on a fresh league shot but practicing in open bowling is usually plastic time.

It's just a random idea and it looks like a nice old ball in decent condition.  I would get it for myself but it is a 14lb...

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Thunderstruck $olid

I used to have the Original Pearl Version of the ball, and the coverstock looks like breakfast compared to the R2S and such today. I would say that there is no really good comparison for the ball, because the ball was flat out amazing.

Curelyon on the original Black Thunder was extremely angular and aggressive back in its day. I have two Thunders that I get a very angular look from even now, but the overall movement of them both is substantially less these days with the higher oil concentrations.

I would hesitate to call Curelyon "mild" or "controllable;" to get controllable you need some surface. Polished, that's one of the most angular coverstocks Storm ever built. I had forgotten just how angular until I saw an old Pete Weber video on YouTube recently.

I also have a Dark Thunder; compared to the DT, a Curelyon ball should go a lot longer and be sharper at the breakpoint. It will be in the middle of a DT-Maxim comparison.

Jess