Storm Bionic Review

[music] [music] Hey, what's up? I'm Brad Miller and I'm going to be throwing the Storm Bionic for the very first time. I'm going to throw it for 10 shots. I'm going to take you guys along with me. Now, first of all, by the look of this bowling ball, this is one of the prettiest bowling balls I've ever seen in my life. I mean, if you could take a look at that, just

visually really awesome looking bowling ball. And [music] in terms of the cover and the core, it's a brand new core with a hybrid version cover of the ION Max. It is a symmetrical bowling ball. And uh and I'm going to give it a shot. We're going to take 10 shots. We're going to see what we think. All right, first shot you always line up around the track. We're going to go about 17 to 10 and see what happens.

Look at that. I mean, the ball's pretty and it rolls pretty good. I mean, with the first shot, that looks pretty good. It actually hooked a little bit too much. A little high flush. So, I'm actually going to move a couple and we're just going to see if it continues to hook or if it uh I don't know, gives us a wiggle. Now, if we can somehow go 10 in a row here, that' be nice. So, we'll see what we can do. All right. Going to move a little left. Go a little more flush.

Okay. So, symmetric bowling ball. So the asims are, you know, sometimes roll a little bit earlier and they get a little bit forward. The symmetric, you get a nice sort of round shape and uh it's got some similarities. It's in the same line as the Ion Pro and the Ion Pro Solid, except the Ion Pro Solid doesn't have as much diff, doesn't flare as much, and uh kind of provides a little weaker shape in that regard. This one's going to be just a pinch stronger, except um it's got the hybrid version of the ION Max,

which is one of the strongest bowling balls. So, it fits in a nice gap between those two, especially as an a or a symmetric bowling ball. All right, we're going to do that again. Slow, slow and inside. That was my bad. Ball's hooking though. That's like the first thing you want to know if uh when you start throwing a ball for the first time is does it hook? And it hooks. Got three in a row that's

gotten back to the pocket. A little high flush. Dead flush on one that I missed a little bit to the right. And then I got slow and inside on that one, but you know, it still held line. There's some balls that get really aggressive and whippy and I'm not seeing that. Not seeing that at all. Very smooth. All right, I'm just going to cheat one left just in case I get slow.

Oh, was way right. Look at this thing. All right. First first thing you look for, does the ball hook? It hooks. Second thing you're looking for, does it allow you miss? Does it allow you to miss the building to the right and does it come back? Yes, it does. And that's a good feeling when you feel like you can stand over here and get it going over there and it whips back through the pins like that. That's a good feeling. That gives you

confidence. That makes a non-confident bowler pretty confident. Here we go. Oh, that should be good. Oh, look at that. All right. So far, I like what I'm seeing. Nothing too crazy or aggressive. I have not thrown every shot the same. I'm sure you can kind of tell. And we like balls that don't make us have to throw it the same.

You know, if you're out there and you really like the Ion Max, it's like one of your stronger balls. Maybe your bowling alley is a little slicker. That ball eventually will get a little too strong and then you have a perfect I mean you even get a different shape because it's symmetric and inside. All right, so we're getting hooked. We've had every shot hooked so far. So this isn't

necessarily a weak bowling ball. We have not gotten one that has gotten too far down the lane or too far to the right, even though I've thrown them both there. Um, and they've both come back. So, I would not necessarily consider this ball a weak bowling ball. However, when you when it comes from the ION Max, it's definitely a little weaker than the IO Max and a pinch stronger than the Ion Pro. I'm going to keep moving. We're getting into the big wheel here.

That was a little grabby. That was on me a little bit. However, it still held line. There's some scenarios and balls where you get elbowy like that and inside and they come off line a little bit. That one held line really nicely. And maybe that's a symmetric in and it gets a little smoother shape. But so far a very nice balance of being able to create room, being able to create enough hook and angle, but then also being able to miss left and tighten the angle and it kind of holds [music] line nicely.

All right, keep moving. There we go. And we're killing that high flush right now. This ball's awesome. I love when a ball is just visually pretty. And then also rolls really good. And you always need like a gap, you know, a gap ball between the ION Pro and the ION Max. You got this thing. It's a it's an important ball cuz both those

both those balls are used a lot. And you always got to have ball changes. You know, you got to have a nice arsenal to go to. And this fits this mold very nicely. We're going to keep moving. Oh, that was grabby. But again, we have not had one go light. So, I like to pay attention to that. I'm keeping I'm I'm moving left. I'm definitely It's making

me a little grabby, but I haven't had one wiggle yet. And that's that's what you want with the second that ball starts wiggling, especially after some oil gets on it, you know, whatever. That's when you start to feel a little uncomfortable, but if the ball continues to give you a nice shape. So, this is going to be our last one. We're going to make it a good one. All right. Dead flush. We got this.

All right. So, Storm Bionic, um, it's an important ball because symmetrical balls in general are just very important, especially when you when you throw asims and you need ball changes to go to the symmetric. It's got a hybrid cover on it, which uh, means it's not going to be overly strong in terms of roll, which makes it a nice step down from the ION Max and a step up from the ION Pro. It is the first symmetrical ball in the ION [music] line, which is really awesome. And uh and yeah, I'm going to throw this thing a lot. I mean, just based on the

way it went through the pins and it gave me some miss room, um it's looking like it's going to be a very nice bowling ball. And you guys can get yours in your Storm VIP Pro Shop when it comes out.