Today we'll review Storm's Phaze II, one of the sleeper balls in the bowling industry in my opinion! Phaze II is a "bowler's ball," meaning that it offers strong mid-lane roll and a smooth backend motion. Now that's not typically what our customers are looking for. Usually people ask us for longer and stronger than their previous ball reaction. Phaze II is almost the direct opposite of that. I started by drilling this Phaze II with a 45 degree x 4 3/4" pin x 70 degree la

Today I thought I would write a short review on one of my favorite balls of all-time, the Storm IQ Tour Edition. This is a ball I have a ton of experience with, through product testing days, ball motion comparisons, and competition on the lanes. Simply put, the Storm IQ Tour is a staple in a lot of tournament bowler's bags for many reasons. Probably most important is that's just one of the best medium balls you can find in the marketplace. By that, I mean that when you sim

Last week I drilled up this Ebonite Maverick with a little bit of a different layout for me, considering this is an asymmetric core system bowling ball. I typically drill asymmetric cores with a little weaker, pin up layout. But with a shorter than normal pin distance here, I decided to go with a lower pin position under the ring finger. The exact layout specs are 55 x 4 3/4" x 45. This ball impressed right out of the box with super continuation and fabulous pin carry. I