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Storm’s new A.I technology gets its next iteration in the all new Summit Peak. Following in the footsteps of the original Summit, Marvel Pearl and the Soniq, this all new summit Peak features the super low RG and high differential Centripetal HD core. For the cover, Storm concocted the all new TX-23 Pearl finished with their reactagloss polish which is essentially the juiced up version of what was featured on the recently released Journey.
Considering all of that, I decided to go with a 4.25x5.5x4 2LS layout. Besides just being a mouth full of numbers, this layout is a strong, continuous benchmark style layout for me.
AND ON THE LANES… My favorite part about throwing this Summit Peak was how on the good hits, its just dead splits the 8-9. That is my favorite thing to see as a bowler, and when it’s right, its the ultimate confidence booster. That’s a feature I don’t see all too often in most new releases as they’re most often either very continuous all the way through, or they lay off and deflect on purpose.
But sometimes your greatest strength is also your greatest weakness and on the hits that didn’t split the 8-9, the results were not there. In fact, in all my test shots, I only caught one lucky hit with it which, with how bad I am at repeating shots, is not a great thing. The good hits pushed 10 pins straight into the pit which was awesome, but needing the ball to go through the pins that perfectly to get all 10 to go is a dangerous game for most.
But, I think if you were to pair this one with the Storm DNA and the Hustle M-M, you’d be able to offset that weakness pretty well for a couple of reasons. One, each of these three pieces has a highly unique path to and through the pins, so if one was isn’t working to get all 10 to go, trying a different piece is almost certain to yield different results. And two, this pairing would allow you to match the Summit’s surface up as necessary to get as idea a shape as you can out of it. Shiny might not always be the answer, so having the super versatile DNA and the clean and flippy M-M with you would allow you to take the summit’s surface to whatever grit you need and not shut yourself out.
Moving to our cross brand comparison, I grabbed the Ethos from Brunswick and here you can see how this one and the summit like the same part of the lane, but as the Ethos has had a number of games put on it, it’s a bit weaker overall. But even though it might not have the hook potential it did fresh out of the box, the off hits were much more effective. The Ethos has trended more towards being a good on everything type of piece while the Summit Peak is more of a niche, high risk, high reward type of shape.
Then I grabbed the Storm Journey and what I see is 1, a ton of overlap between the two and two, between the new Summit, the Journey and the Roto Grip duo, the only question is how forward do you want the ball to be through the pins. They’re all of similar strength with the journey being weakest, but the Journey is also the most continuous, while the Summit is more forward through the pins and the Duo is the most forward. As your axis rotation gets higher, typically those more forward options will suit you more effectively.
But with that, here’s my recommendations on types of bowlers that I think would match up well with the Summit Peak. The first is balanced bowlers. I think folks with a matched up ball speed and rev rate, and especially those that match up really well with the Phaze 2, are going to love this Summit Peak. Being able to play more to the outside part of the lane and use some early friction seems to be a key to success with this one, and that’s the balanced bowler’s bread and butter, so this would make a great addition to their arsenal.
The second recommendation is for tournament bowlers. To be honest, even though this one splits the 8-9 more than anything I’ve seen in a while, I think its going to required a trained eye to maximize what you can truly get out of it. It’s a niche piece which means you want to have it with you when you need it, but the occasions where its going to be great are limited. If you’re carrying 3 to a league, there may be some better choices. If you’re carrying 12 to a tournament, I think it would be quite wise to have this one with you.
Thank you to Weston Lanes for allowing us to film this video: www.westonlanes.com
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00:00 - The Storm Summit Peak
01:09 - Bowling
03:18 - Crossbrand Comparisons
04:13 - Recommendations
05:05 - DISCOUNT CODE RU-vid
5 авг 2024
