Storm Hy-Road 40 Bowling Ball Review

The Hy-Road 40 is the newest addition to Storm’s Thunder line, and its name celebrates Storm’s 40-year journey in the bowling industry. This ball uses the same Inverted Fe2 Technology core from previous Hy-Road releases, paired with the newer A1S Pearl coverstock. We saw this coverstock introduced in February 2025 on the EquinoX. Like that ball, the Hy-Road 40 is finished with Power Edge polish out of the box, which helps keep it from hooking too early. Even with both balls sharing the same box finish, the Hy-Road 40 started up quicker for us than the Road Warrior because of the difference between the A1S and R2S DEEP coverstocks. We found this ball to be best on our medium and dry test patterns with the box finish.

Stroker

Stroker had a very nice reaction on the fresh medium oil pattern with the Hy-Road 40 out of the box. He started the ball on board 12, crossing the second arrow and getting it out to eight at the breakpoint. He saw a strong, consistent motion through the entire lane, with good continuation at the back end and through the pin deck. He didn’t see the ball over-skid, and it wasn’t sensitive to the oil toward the middle of the lane, keeping him from having any over/under reaction. He felt that for a polished pearl, this ball actually changed the oil pattern quite a bit. He saw the front start hooking within a game of play, with just him on the lane. The ball was still able to hit the pocket, but it lacked the drive to knock out the corner pin for him. He moved his targets at the arrows and at the breakpoint farther left to keep the ball in the oil longer. It kept the same motion and got through