Storm Parallax Review

[Music] welcome back today we are putting the new storm parallax through the paces [Music] if you like what we do follow us on facebook instagram youtube don't forget to subscribe and check us out on patreon a big thank you to jeff miller and ron hoppe don't forget to check out haley's pro shop in burlington washington for world class drilling and coaching we are testing on a 40-foot typical house shop

first impressions the storm parallax is your prototypical storm shiny asim goodness all right so what do we really have here with the parallax the the quick hit on it is uh that it feels quite similar to the rotogrip nuclear cell i'm sure there are nuances but being a shiny asymmetric it had very similar characteristics i like the nuclear cell reaction and slotted that in the mid defined category that's also where the storm parallax fits it's a strong hybrid cover and it's

certainly possible if you put as much surface as the omega crux it could overlap into the strong defined category it just shows you that it doesn't really matter solid hybrid pearl watch the ball reaction adjust the surface to find a spot you know for for it in your bag so out of box it's a little finicky for me with the good old 1500 polished finish um you can see the shape it's same as nuclear nuclear cell um

but what buys me a little more consistency is scuffing it a touch with an old 2000 abalone pad so i can't see my reflection like a mirror so i had about 10 shots in before the scuff and then 10 shots after you can see what a difference it made in terms of breakpoint consistency after putting a touch of surface it still has a clean shape gets down lane easily but now the core transition matches better the bite of the cover so

it's not so far past the break point and that one to two feet earlier reed made a huge difference in consistency the ball is angular as you expect from storm but also readable it's maybe a touch less angular than say the nuclear cell but there is a fair bit of overlap for my game with these two balls ultimately it was a reliable shape that my eye liked brian is back testing the storm parallax and i would say he

also saw a similar reaction he had a nice little slot near the second arrow going up the boards it gets down lane very easily maybe a little too easily for consistency on fresh it has an angular tip down lane relatively speaking what winds up happening is a fair bit of overlap and ball reactions for brian's style again there are nuances but if everything quote shiny storm plays almost identically he needs to create variation with surface or just pick his favorite reaction to slot in his back

for example is the parallax and trend different or even the uh say roto grip idle pearl yes are they different enough for brian to have all those in his arsenal maybe maybe not it becomes less clear at that point so sports shots will spread the balls farther apart but just something to ponder as you think about building your arsenal ultimately brian had a decent reaction but didn't feel like he had lots of room he had to be in a fairly specific slot to get the shape and reaction he wanted

you can see some area checks and it's fairly sensitive uh it's partially the pattern and partially the ball and it's finished small variations of ten to eight and a half versus ten to nine made a difference in downland reaction test that around seven to five and it doesn't make it to the headpin it might make sense to be a little more aggressive with surface changes but sometimes that changes downwind shape too much you'd have to play around with it a bit [Music] final thoughts for me the parallax as is

basically fits in the mid defined category clean with a strong downlink shape if not you know absolutely sharp i think that that touch of smoothness will make it pretty versatile it has a nice shelf appeal i think this is where i like stronger shiny asm reactions like the parallax um you know as compared to say an astrophysics where i would slide that and define my bag the astrophysics had a weaker cover which made it cleaner and more angular at the same time

i would say less usable for me in my arsenal or at least push it down to potentially the mid lane category if you go in understanding this is a prototypical storm shiny a sim you can't go wrong [Music]