The Polaris Hybrid brings back the asymmetrical Polaris core and pairs it with the new GSV-3 Hybrid coverstock. GSV was originally a formula used on the Verdict and Choice balls, and then it was updated over the years with a solid version of GSV-3 used on the original Polaris. This ball’s GSV-3 Hybrid cover is finished with 500, 1500, and 3000 SiaAir, which gives it a sort of matte-like finish. With the box finish, the Polaris Hybrid provided plenty of length and a strong move at the back end. Our testers found it to be very receptive to surface changes, as their best matchups came after altering the box finish.

Stroker saw the best reaction of any of our testers on the fresh medium oil pattern. Straight angles are what he is best at, but he needed to start deeper with his feet because of how strong this ball was when it saw the dry. However, keeping the ball in the oil made it slide too far down the lane, so Stroker adjusted his cover with a fresh 2000 grit pad on the spinner to help give him more traction. At this surface, the ball read the midlane much better, giving him lots more area downlane. In transition, the 2000 grit surface was still better for him, as it kept his ball cleaner through the front than the Envision, but without the over/under he saw with the box finish. On the dry pattern, Stroker required a surface change as well. The box surface wasn’t quite dull enough to slow the ball down enough in the oil to smooth out its reaction to the dry back ends, yet it wasn’t clean enough to get through the fronts and let him swing it more. Changing the surface in either direction led to a much better ball reaction for him. Adding Crown Factory Compound to the shell gave him more hold and allowed him to swing it a bit more, while sanding it down to 2000 grit smoothed out the motion and gave him more...

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