Storm Talk - Reign™ Review with Randy Pedersen

Storm's Randy Pedersen reviews the new Reign™ from the Thunder line.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Storm
• PBA
• Randy Pedersen
• Reign
• Virtual Gravity
• Virtual Energy
• Pete Weber
• Norm Duke
• bowling

[GoodandSober]

I like this ball much better than I liked my Virtual Gravity. It reacts just right even after the lanes break down, my adjustments are small and easy to make. I'm looking to bowl my first 300 with it. Storm rocks!!

[BM2504X]

I'll buy one for sure and i'll be happy if they make reign solid or hybrid :) Cool ball

[shad0h027]

Yup... used it last night in league, 244, 256, 257 757 series (I average 194). Was able to stay a little bit right of the guys using Taboos, Virtual Gravitys and Invasions, and carry the corners when those balls would run out of gas. Great ball!

[shad0h027]

I had a Virtual Energy and like it pretty well but I felt like it was picking up too soon sometimes and not saving enough energy for the back end. Finally got one of these, asked my pro shop to drill it to go long and react strong. Man this thing hits like a truck. Had my best ever 3-game series the first time I rolled it... 260, 250, 264. Just hoping I will find enough friction on the league oil pattern but if not I'll start with the V. E.

[computerdynamo]

@BM2504X ironic isn't it

the reign of fire (solid) and reign supreme (hybrid)

[JonasFromNarvik]

Played my first 300 with this ball only 2 weeks ago, a month after i got it :)

[KB24ts6]

@BM2504X they made both :p

[jose2763]

thanks NickoMcbrainRules.

[NickoMcbrainRules]

@ Jose2763. Hi, I asked the guys at the proshop to drill the Reign so it would get through the front better than my Gravity. I'm a left hander with medium to slow ball speed and low revs. They put the pin under the middle finger and the CG is under the ring finger almost at a midpoint to the thumb hole. I don't have the drillspecs at hand so I'm just looking at the ball atm lol...

[jose2763]

what kind of drilling did you get for the reign?

[NickoMcbrainRules]

My Reign was drilled last night and Randy wasn't joking when he said, "the ball is going to come off the pattern and go sideways"! I love the ball reaction I'm getting and am quite surprised at how strong the ball finishes. Thanks Storm!!!