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Testmonat: Februar 2011

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Rating von 1 (flop) bis 10 (top) auf den Konditionen:

Stärken: Bowlers who are looking for a skid/snap reaction in their arsenal will find the Victory Road fills that spot in their bags. The recovery down lane is stronger than almost anything in Storm’s current product line.

Schwächen: The polished pearlized cover will cause the Victory Road to skid through the breakpoint on longer, wetter patterns. Removing the polish and using a strong layout is a must for bowlers looking to use the Victory Road on these types of conditions.

Insgesamt: The Victory Road is a ball best suited for medium oil patterns. The angularity created with this core and cover combination is impressive to say the least. Use your favorite layout, give it room, and watch it skid/flip.

Comments: Storm’s latest addition to the Thunder line of bowling balls uses a new modified version ofthe Fez core used in the HyRoad. This new inverted Fe’ Technology core slightly lowered the RG and raised the diff on the Victory Road. Storm wrapped this new core with their proven R2S reactive pearl cover. The combination provides bowlers with a ball that skids through the heads and picks up aggressively toward the end ofthe midlane, creating a massive back end reaction. All three testers found this hockey stick-shaped reaction best suited for our medium test pattern. On that pattern, Tweener had the best reaction. The added angularity allowed him to play deeper in the oil pattern without sacrihcing any pin carry. Stroker’s and Cranker’s ball reactions weren’t far behind that of Tweener’s. Stroker was able to feed his Victory Road to the dry and see recovery in the back not found from many balls. The only concern we had on our medium test pattern was missing toward the friction early. The reaction off the dry is aggressive, to say the least. The dry pattern forced each tester to move in quite a few boards to create a big enough angle through the front to allow for the even bigger back end reaction on this pattern. Those with lower rev rates will have the easiest time on this type of pattern. The heavy pattern was a little too long for the factory finish of the Victory Road. We knocked off the 1500-grit polished finish and went with a fresh sanded 2000 Abralon. With the surface change, we were able to square up a touch to this pattern and still see the strong move at the back of the lane. On our sport pattern, only Stroker was able to get a consistent line to the pocket, due to his lower rev rate. Those with medium and high rev rates like Tweener and Cranker will need to keep this ball in the bag until this type of pattern blends out offering more control.