Storm Super Natural Bowling Ball

Super Natural PAP - 4 3/16 over 1/4 up Ball Speed 17-18 mph Rev Rate 300-350 Right Handed Layout 53 x 2.375 x 33 Surface Preparation: OOB What I was looking for: Ive never had much luck with Urethane balls in the past. When I heard about this ball I knew it was going to be something worth giving a shot. I drilled it to pick up pretty early and just be overall very smooth. What I got: This is the best reaction out of a Urethane type ball I have ever gotten. It has an extremely smooth roll. Normally with urethane I could never have the kind of recovery area that I get with this ball. I don’t leave as many flat 10s as I have with other urethane balls. When nothing else is working in the track area or deeper with higher end stuff, this is an incredible ball to just go up the boards with and get you out of a lot of trouble. I am loving this ball on short oil patterns like the Cheetah. There is nothing like it, very interesting ball and a must have in anyone’s bag. Steven Fagan Storm Pro Shop Staff Lexington, KY

COVERSTOCK: U3S™ Hybrid Urethane WEIGHT BLOCK: Turbine™ Core LIGHT WEIGHT BLOCK: Modified Centripetal™ Core FACTORY FINISH: 1500-grit Polished BALL COLOR: Red Pearl/Red Solid DUROMETER: 75-77 Rex D-scale FLARE POTENTIAL: 3” - 4” (Medium) WEIGHTS: 12-16 lbs. SKU: TNL My layout: 60 x 3 1/2 "x 45 My PAP: 4 3/4" over 1 5/8 up When reading bowling ball reviews I feel it is important to know a little bit about the person who is writing them. I not a high rev player and my ball speed is average. Besides my leagues I managed to bowl 60-70 sweepers and tournaments a year. The Super Natural is not a ball that is going to be in my hand very often. Even though I roll the ball early, I haven’t run into many conditions over the past few years where I needed to drop down to a urethane ball. On the normal house patterns I have tried the Super Natural on, the ball went very straight for me. I had to really work it to make it finish for me. Keep in mind that I could have used a Marvel S on the same condition. A friend of mine that doesn't use his thumb made the ball look pretty good. I have to consider this ball being a very condition specific ball. If you’re a high rev player fighting the heads then Super Natural may make a good addition in your bag. If you are a straight guy who bowls on very dry or wood lanes this ball may help you also. I just haven’t run into many situations personally where I needed to use urethane. In short, since I am a staffer and drill everything Storm comes out with, it won’t hurt me to keep this in my car in case I run into that very dry lane condition down the road sometime. If you are a straight player like me, who can’t drill everything that comes out, I rather see you buy something like the Lights Out or Freak’n Frantic. I think you get more mileage out of either one of those two balls. If you are a high rev player this ball might be the ball for you, because you probably fight the heads more often.. Storm makes many different bowling balls that will work for many different styles. Some balls fit well for some players, and not others, and vice versa. Even though I am not in a position to rave about the Super Natural, that doesn't mean someone else with different circumstances won’t love it. We staffers write reviews to help people narrow the many choices that are on the bowling ball market.

I personally am not a fan of Urethane bowling balls, but this little gem changed my mind for good. I drilled my Supernatural 35 x 5 x 40. It is super clean through the fronts when there is little to now head oil. It never bleeds energy while traveling down lane; everything is saved for a strong backend motion. Even on spotty conditions this ball still pushes through and delivers. I used to ball down to a Tropical Breeze, but I’ve using the Supernatural on every dry condition I can find. This ball is a must have when the lanes dry up, it allows you to square up just like it was game 1 again.

<b>My Super Natural Layout:</b> 60 degrees x 3 1/2" x 1 3/4" I'll be the first to admit that urethane is not a cover choice I need to make very often. That's most evident by the fact that this is the first urethane ball I have owned since a black Rhino Pro in my younger days. Back then I would see some lane conditions that required a tamer downlane reaction since resin was still fairly new and most lane surfaces were still wood. When the Super Natural was announced and I saw that the cover was a NEW U3S hybrid urethane I was very interested to see what this ball would do. I had seen plenty of bowlers throw the Natural and Natural Pearl with plenty of success and expected a nice blend of those two balls with a touch more performance. The Super Natural does not disappoint. The first practice ball I threw with the Super Natural, hot off the drill press, went way left of the headpin catching the 2 pin left center. I definitely underestimated the strength of the Super Natural by 5-7 boards. I stood father left than the new Tropical Breeze when testing on the same THS which really surprised me. The Super Natural gave me a touch of forgiveness to the right and left but I still had to keep the ball pretty much right in front of me if I wanted to get it to the pocket. Next I was impressed with the hitting power and it's ability to strike without being dead flush. My summer sport league had Boardwalk out the week I got the Super Natural so I was able to test it on a pattern that I would most likely need to use it on. The Super Natural performed well on the pattern as you would expect but I have a couple of asymmetric balls with layouts specifically for short patterns so the Super Natural would not be my go to ball on such a pattern. At least not on the fresh. However, I could see higher rev players or those with lower ball speeds who have trouble controlling the backend on shorter patterns taking advantage of what the Super Natural offers on shorter patterns. I had a no-thumb friend of mine give the Super Natural a try to compare it to his Natural Pearl. On Boardwalk the Super Natural was 3-4 boards stronger than his Natural Pearl which was not quite strong enough on the fresh for him. Those of you lamenting the discontinuation of the Natural now have a legitimate replacement option to add to your bag. <b>Video:</b> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAPeWDN8ApE <b>Conditions I have used the Lights Out on:</b> 40' THS, Boardwalk (35') <b>Where it fits in my bag:</b> It it just above my Tropical Breeze (Blue/Green/Yellow) in overall strength and below every other ball in my bag. <b>When I use it:</b> When I see a pattern shorter than 35' with a little less volume than Boardwalk. I definitely could have used this ball when struggling on Sydney last year. My other short oil balls just burned up too much on Sydney.

The Super Natual is a great ball for dyer or shorter patterned lanes. I drilled mine striaght up pin above ring cg below.For me this ball reacted 3 or 4 boards stronger than original natural. I could play straighter and the ball would be clean through the heads but have a mid lane move and just roll up. Playing striaght with this ball is amazing. You can even belly the ball a little depending on lane play. This ball should be a goto ball for when the lanes break down and you need turn for the burn. Wes Newman Storm Advisory Staff Vise Grip Staff Bowlarama Lanes ProShop