The Rocket AI is the latest introduction into the Thunder line for Storm. This ball is a Belmo collaboration, featuring his silhouette in the logo. Storm fans will remember the Booster weight block found in the original Rocket, Sky Rocket, and Rocket Ship from 2015 and 2016. As with other balls that have been remade in the last few years, such as the IQ Tour AI, Storm’s Amplified Inertia outer core technology has been integrated into this release. This change lowers the RG slightly from 2.54″ to 2.53″ and raises the differential to 0.048″ from 0.046″ in the original Booster core. The Sky Rocket was the pearl ball in the Rocket line, using R2S Pearl and coming out of the box with Storm’s 1500-grit polished finish. The Rocket AI updates the coverstock to the A1S Pearl veneer, which we’ve seen used on the EquinoX and the Hy-Road 40. This ball is finished with Power Edge, giving it good length and a strong move when it gets to the dry. While our lower rev rate bowlers were able to play straighter on the fresh and have good reactions, we needed to wait until a bit more friction developed in the track area before standing left and opening up the lane became a viable option.

Tweener had the best look out of the three bowlers on the fresh medium oil pattern with the Rocket AI out of the box. He could get straighter with his angles in the front, keeping the ball from having too much length and resulting in a strong move at the breakpoint and back end. He saw a stronger move off the end of the pattern than the Hy-Road 40, with both balls at their box finishes. His balanced speed and rev rate combination really gave him more area than the other two bowlers on the fresh. He was able to easily control the pocket, seeing the ball drive hard through the pins and not hit flat at all. His reaction continued to be...

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