Ball Review
THE SKINNY ON THE LATEST AND GREATEST
53 Hook 16.5 Length 15.5 Breakpoint Shape STORM: ROCKET
Manufacturer’s Intent: “It’s the perfect combi- nation of both new and proven technology,” says Storm’s Steve Kloempken. “Featuring the cele- brated R2S coverstock that made the Hy-Road series one of our all-time best sellers, the Rocket is the ultimate all-around, go-to ball. Its 1500-grit polished hybrid surface will power through the backend as its Booster core provides the rotation and thrust to launch through the pins.”
Core: The all-new Booster symmetric core has an RG of 2.54 and a differential of .046. We saw about 4 inches of flare.
Coverstock: The citrus grove scented, orange and black pearl R2S hybrid reactive coverstock comes out of the factory finished with 1500 polish, with an RA value of 2.17 and an effective surface grit of 4900.
Overview: This is no Rocket to the pocket, but it does produce a big bang when it hits the pins. In our opinion, it’s a stronger version of the Hy-Road (December 2008). The hybrid cover and strong core didn’t fear the long Stone Street house pattern. We lined up crossing 13 at the arrows to seven at the 45- to 46-foot breakpoint on the CATS. The Rocket wasn’t too late at the breakpoint to have a good entry angle for lots of strikes. We had two or three more boards hook on this pattern than with the IQ Tour Fusion (February 2014). On the USBC Doubles/Singles pattern, the Rocket was a little too strong off the spot to start with, but when the lane set- tled down, it opened the pattern up nicely. We were crossing 13 or 14 at the arrows out to the eight-board around the 45-foot breakpoint. On flatter, medium Sport patterns, the Rocket
“ON FLATTER, MEDIUM SPORT PATTERNS, THE ROCKET WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER TWO OR THREE BALL OUT OF YOUR BAG.”
would be a good number two or three ball out of your bag. On the lighter house pattern, we got in around 17 at the arrows to the eight-board at the 46-foot mark. We could really open up the pattern to the right, but still had hold left. Then we easily chased it left, where the Rocket maintained its energy through the pins from the deeper angle. The Rocket pushed well through the fronts and was stronger on the backend than the Crux Pearl (reviewed this month). This is a good all-around ball for all types of bowlers. It’s versatile from the track area through the deeper angles as the lanes burn up.
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