Storm Trend 2 Review

welcome back today we will be looking at the new storm trend 2. [Music] if you like what we do follow us on facebook instagram youtube don't forget to subscribe and check us out on patreon [Music] first impressions the trend 2 looks to be a strong offering reminding me of a couple balls and i'll discuss that shortly

all right let's get right into it i mentioned in my making video that the new storm trend 2 from belmont now has the nrg hybrid cover stock with a modified piston ld core that brings down the diff to o41 and that's something i really like i feel like low 40s for diff is the sweet spot for the most versatile balls in general so so what did we see i'll firstly say i struck a lot this is a house shot and as most they are set up clift lots of friction outside lots of scoot inside meant to create you know a bunch of room for error i'm not going to

go into why i hate these patterns so back to the pull i was able to start left cut my axis rotation down a bit and just get monster hit the ball was pretty easy to get down lane with his shiny finish seemed to read the later part of the pattern and have a bold move i would say slicing through the pins so if i was bowling for a score i'd stay there for as long as it held up but anyway as i started moving in to see what the ball does you can see that it's still very playable i could chase it all the way to the fourth arrow if i wanted to it still would work

but let's talk about the nuances a bit i mentioned versatility and then that regard i think this ball could be in the middle slot that mid control shiny ball yeah it wouldn't be the first time i i've done that and it's it's not the skid flip ball meant for lighter conditions like the um the original trend was so it's a step up from that honestly i will say my first thoughts were this ball reminds me of an oldie the virtual gravity nano pearl but but i would say much more so the recent axiom pearl uh it's not quite as strong

but not a baby axiom either why because there's good mid lane read and having it it's it has a bit of uh forward smoother characteristic the the trick here is the underlying strength of the cover gives it some mid lane rule while still getting some energy storage add the benchmark like core and it makes it not too long not too flippy not too strong not too weak and ultimately you get some control out of the typically strong storm shiny motion which could

slot it early on the night you know in uh say if you're in a medium volume pattern and i like when shiny balls are medium because sometimes you need length but not necessarily snap and this is probably still a little strong down lane but not crazy snap overall is still very effective for me would i have the axiom pearl on trend two in the same bag my first instinct was eh but actually i would say yeah you could and if i think back the axiom pro for me fit in the mid define category and while

i think they are pretty close i really feel like the trend is a bit more that mid control slot reading a little earlier being a little smoother [Music]