After several months as an international release, the Storm Phaze 4 has now arrived stateside. It takes the same symmetrical Velocity core design from the previous Phaze bowling balls and pairs it with the legendary R2S Pearl Reactive coverstock. While this is the third of the Phaze-series bowling balls that has a 1500 grit polished box finish, the differences in coverstock formulations have provided different reaction shapes. We found the Phaze 4’s R2S Pearl veneer to be much cleaner compared to both the AX-16 Pearl cover on the original Phaze and the R3S Hybrid cover on the Phaze III.

Stroker had a fantastic reaction on the fresh medium oil pattern with the Phaze 4. He was able to go very direct up the dry outside part of the lane, with the ball retaining plenty of energy to drive through the pins. He didn’t see much transition and he was able to stay put in the same part of the lane well into the session. The Phaze 4 offered more length and a sharper move at the breakpoint compared to the Phaze III. When the pattern did break down from duller balls going down the lane, he only needed to inch left with his feet and give himself slightly more angle through the fronts to get back to striking. The length from the Phaze 4 allowed Stroker to line up quickly on the dry test pattern. He was very surprised how close he could play the fresh portion to where he was on the medium pattern, but he needed to move his feet left a bit quicker in transition. The Phaze 4 never tried to hook early, but it started getting too strong off the breakpoint when the pattern started to break down. Even with this pattern being shorter in length, the Phaze 4 was so clean that it allowed him to stay right of 10 the entire session. The polished box...

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