USBC and Storm Products have agreed on a national tournament exclusion rule and ball exchange program for six Storm Products manufactured ball models. The agreement comes after USBC identified the models having a percentage of balls produced below USBC minimum 73D hardness specification.

USBC’s investigation showed a percentage of these ball models measured below the USBC-required hardness level of the approval samples submitted by Storm. Storm collaborated with USBC after being notified of this testing.

The affected models include: Storm Phaze 4, Storm Electrify Solid, Storm Trend 2, 900 Global Altered Reality, 900 Global Wolverine, Roto Grip UFO Alert.

Effective March 30, 2022, these balls models are prohibited from use in USBC national tournaments, including, but not limited to, the USBC Masters, U.S. Open, USBC Open Championships, USBC Women’s Championships, all PWBA Tour events, USBC Junior Gold and Youth Open Championships, USBC Intercollegiate Championships, USBC Team USA Trials, USBC Senior Masters and USBC Senior Queens.

These ball models remain USBC approved. Each USBC competition, whether tournament or league, has the option to adopt USBC’s national tournament rule prohibiting use of these balls or to continue to allow their use.
USBC has shared this national tournament rule with Storm and has Storm’s support. Storm will offer owners of the affected balls the option to exchange their balls for a new product.

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Coverstock Type: Hybrid Reactive
Core Type: Symmetrical
Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium to Heavy Oil
Reaction Type: Good Length with Strong/Controlled Backend Motion
X Factor Hook Rating Scale (1-20): 14
Radius of Gyration (RG): 2.54 (15lb)
Differential (DIFF): .041 (15lb)
Flare Potential: Medium
Core: Piston LD Core
Coverstock: NRG Hybrid Reactive
Factory Finish: 1500 Grit Polish
Color: Indigo/Space Black/Ros
Fragrance: Orange Meringue
Performance: High Performance