Layout: 4.5 x 3 x 2
Surface: Reacta Gloss
Rev Rate: 470
Tilt: 8*
Speed: 17mph

The New Storm Absolute brings a brand-new core and coverstock to the Storm family.  The new Sentinel Core brings the ability to keep overall intermediate differential after drilling allowing the ball to still read the lane strong in the midlane and create a lot of flare down lane.  The new R2S Deep coverstock provides a cleaner and more angular reaction compared to the original R2S pearl coverstock.  The combination of these two features gives a clean and angular motion with a strong midlane read.

What I found with my Absolute was exactly what was expected.  On my typical 44ft house shot I saw a lot of overall length with a sharp backend reaction.  On the fresh of this pattern, it was a little too clean causing an over/under reaction.  After 2 games of transition, I went back to the Absolute and I saw a perfect reaction through the pins.  It allowed me to move a few boards left with my feet after an Infinite Physix and open up my angles to see a strong and angular backend motion.  It was hard to get this ball to not hook super well on the pattern on the break down.  If you have higher ball speed or lower rev rates and need an angular asymmetrical ball, the Absolute is your ball.  If this a ball you prefer to use on the fresh, you may need to remove the reacta gloss for a stronger and smoother ball reaction.  For tournament play, I can see myself using this ball later in the block when asymmetrical is still needed in such patterns that are medium to long and have higher volumes of oil. 

Adam Chase
Storm Staff
Youtube: @Adamchasebowling https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y7GggFYPJSXEwO6GenXhQ
 

The Storm Absolute features the R2S Deep Hybrid Reactive, Sentinel Core, and comes with Reacta Gloss finish. The R2S Deep cover is supposed to be a cleaner cover than the original R2S cover that allows the ball to get through the heads with a big enough core to make the turn once it hits the friction. After throwing it, this describes it very well and was a bit too clean for me. I did very lightly hit it with a 3k pad to just knock the top shine off and it really came to life for me. This ball is amazing when I need to move left and throw right or as well call it “The Slow Wheel”. I can see using this ball when the Exotic Gem is starting to read the lanes too early and you are needing a cleaner ball to get down the lane a bit further. I have had some big sets with this ball, and it already found a place in my bag. This ball will be a house shot killer and another super addition to the Storm line!

Tobias Myers
#Stormnation

Storm has really done it this time, This ball rolls and hooks! Let me tell you what I did, but throw it yourself 1st, then make your own decision. Me, myself...I hit it with a 3000 pad. I wanted it hook just a little earlier other than go long and snap, but that is me and keeping it the way I want it. I started my league, standing 26 with my feet and threw the 16-17 board at the arrows and out to 8-10 at the break point. 3 games just moved a total of 4 left with my feet and 3 on the lane. Just watch the break point lol...the ball will come back! It rolls very nice. It's a 1st ball out of the bag for me. This new technology...is top of the line!

LANE CONDITION:
Length:43
Volume:High
Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc):THS

Ball:
Cover: R2S Deep Hybrid
Core: Sentinel
Finish: Reacta Gloss polish
RG: 2.54 (14lbs)
Diff: 0.045(14lbs)

ME:
Right-Handed Tweener
Speed: 12-13 mph
Rev Rate: 315
Axis Tilt: 14°
Axis Rotation: 74°
PAP: 5 1/8 R 7/8 Up

Ball Layout: Pin over Ring 4 1/2 X 5 X 2 1/4 VLS

The new Storm Absolute brings a very popular coverstock from some of the overseas releases stateside. The R2S Deep hybrid is a very clean cover. R & D developed a brand new core called sentinel to team up with this cover. Sentinel has a very unique shape designed to allow the thumb hole to miss the core for most drillings. The core design has an increased intermediate differential, increasing the balls response to friction.

The combination of the core and cover in this ball create a clean, powerful reaction. R2S Deep is phenomenal at ignoring early friction on the lane. This is definitely an innovation at the top end of hook potential as even the cleanest high performance balls would struggle to clear the fronts compared to this one. Another great characteristic of the Absolute is how adjustable it is. Adding surface to the R2S Deep can make it much stronger in the oil, but the coverstock formulation seems to keep it from losing that cleaner characteristic in comparison to other balls when you add surface. So you can upgrade the mid-lane motion without having to worry too much about the ball burning up.

I first tested the Absolute on our high volume house pattern. The first time I took it out was for a prebowl for league. There was a lot of down-lane hang on the freshly oiled pair we used. I wasn't having much luck in practice with getting anything back when I sent it right down-lane, but trying to square the ball up more felt very tricking because it would see the friction in the track and want to start up too soon.
I tried the Absolute and found that I could be in a bit more and straighten the angle up to keep the ball from getting too far right. The Absolute responded beautifully, ignoring the higher friction in the track in the front of the lane. It also created a strong motion in the shorter window down-lane as I wasn't getting the ball too far right of the pocket. The result gave me an initial impression that this ball wasn't too strong down-lane and would look better at straighter angles.

I decided to throw it again on my next league night a few days later, and I'm glad I did. I hadn't realized how much the specific condition the first time out had shaped my impressions of the ball. The backends were much cleaner this night and my Absolute was very strong in the back-end. I still had the clean, easy length but the ball could go much more left to right compared to the first time I'd used it and had no issue making it back to the pocket. The versatility of finding a look I really liked with this ball on both of the lane conditions makes me excited to throw this ball more on a variety of conditions. It's already pretty much a lock to make it into my bag for nationals this year.

This ball definitely belongs in the tournament bag. To my eyes its cleaner than all the other Premier line balls currently available. It's cleaner and still more controllable down-lane than the Dark Code. It seem to be effective from whatever angle you choose to use it at, which means it should match up with a wide range of styles.



Lonnie Pemberton
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