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BrianCRX90

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Worst Storm ball ever made?
« on: January 30, 2006, 01:01:46 PM »
Besides the plastics, what is the worst Storm ball or balls you've ever used?

For me, Sky Bolt takes the cake. The pearl was awesome (Bolt), but the solid version was horrible with that core. I've rarley seen such a ball that would burnup so quickly off the heads. Short, real short patterns this ball was only good for and had to hook the hell out of it to make it carry well.
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #61 on: March 12, 2006, 07:48:01 PM »
I have enjoyed each Storm ball I've thrown. I presently carry my X Factor, Too Hot, and Fear Factor stays in the car just in case.
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Riverkeeper

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #62 on: March 13, 2006, 12:24:43 PM »
Power Bolt, by far the worst.  Snappy when I didn't want it to be, couldn't turn the corner.  Classic over under ball.
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #63 on: April 12, 2018, 03:44:02 AM »
Storm Crux!!  Super lazy down the lane no matter what I did to the cover.  Talk about a letdown, sheesh!
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BeerLeague

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #64 on: April 12, 2018, 07:37:09 AM »
Match Pearl ------- what a POS that is/was.
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DP3

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #65 on: April 12, 2018, 08:01:54 AM »
Whoa, this thread is older than some people's kids on here. If you take the last 3-4 years or so you can make a strong top ten:

1- Phaze
2- Fight
3- Street Fight
4- Byte
5- Zero Gravity
6- Drive
7- Optimus
8- Optimus Solid
9- Reign-On
10- Fire Road

Those are ten off the top of my head that just had iffy reactions and were clear cover/core mismatches for the average skilled bowler. But if you throw it good and know how to read a lane, you can always find something that a "bad ball" would work on.
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stormed1

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #66 on: April 12, 2018, 08:04:12 AM »
Trauma Response was terrible unless you had a flood. Polished it and it was better but still needed too much oil to be useful.
Flash Flood _ Hooked at my toes


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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #67 on: April 12, 2018, 08:17:41 AM »
Fire Road
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ryguy119

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #68 on: April 12, 2018, 10:27:18 AM »
Storm Fight
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SVstar34

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #69 on: April 12, 2018, 10:39:44 AM »
Quote from: ryguy119 on April 12, 2018, 10:27:18 AM
Storm Fight

I know this will get thrown around a lot. I had one and will say it wasn't so much bad ball as it was horrible marketing. The R4S Solid cover is strong and needs oil, the Fight rolled great at tournaments with oil
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #70 on: April 12, 2018, 11:13:39 AM »
one of the Reign that I owned... oh man that ball sucked lol and I was fan boy at the time....
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #71 on: April 12, 2018, 01:52:34 PM »
Hahaha at the age of this thread brought back to life.

I really only had one major dud from Storm, and I tried every surface known to man, multiple layouts and got a wild hair and tried another one later to the same results, the ball being the Shift, which I typically refer to it with a letter missing.
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #72 on: April 12, 2018, 01:59:54 PM »
The Modern Marvel.
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #73 on: April 12, 2018, 04:38:11 PM »
LOL - I'll chime in....

The X-Factor Deuce was the worst Storm ball that I have ever owned.  It was a hot mess from day one.  My expectations was that it would be a hook monster.  However, it didn't hook at all!  A POS from the start. 

Second was the over / under king of the hill...  The Trauma!   Enough said....   Peace!
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Jesse James

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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #74 on: April 12, 2018, 04:44:39 PM »
Wow! This is a pretty old thread! I always say, there are no bad balls just bad operators! But, there are a few turds out there as well.

For me:

1. The Shift
2. The Invasion
3. The Reign
4. XXX Extreme
5. The Fight (condition specific-needed oil, lots of it)
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Re: Worst Storm ball ever made?
« Reply #75 on: April 12, 2018, 08:41:00 PM »
I have to laugh. First ball I bought after a very long layoff was a used Fear Factor. I actually like the ball. The cover isn’t strong, but that works for me.  Next ball I bought, Fire Road. Liked that one too. Hardly see enough oil to use it. Don’t even carry it anymore. I used the Fear Factor as the ball down from the Fire Road.

For my son, the Fight was a total miss. One of the few Storm balls that was that way for him. Street fight was just slightly better.
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