Inside Storm: How A Bowling Ball Is Made

FloBowling takes you behind the scenes and inside the factory at Storm Bowling Products as they show us how a bowling ball is made.
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[@patton303]

This is every factory video. The super excited product manager guy and the apathetic high school dropout workers who wish they were gaming right now.

[@chrismccarthy1455]

And film maker/activist Michael Moore on the lathe. Special guest appearance.

[@DonLuc23]

Whats with the music, there is already enough noise in the background

[@AlejandroGonzalez-eq1gb]

Good info but the music is very distracting.

[@gordonellis529]

I agree. The music is silly and not needed.

[@gordonellis529]

I had to stop watching. because of the music.

[@brandonsmith606]

Pretty cool video Storm is just down the street from my house

[@3lostblonds]

So cool, I was just looking at some Storm bb's on eBay! Didn't know they can come "scented"!

[@tnjrcfl1]

Loving these mini docs Flo... keep it rollin. 🎳

[@terrylbateman4030]

That's why I like storm bowling balls

[@vestel777]

I would LOVE to see a Purple one. And a Purple Glittered one as well as a Purple and Yellow Swirl.

[@FSUSean2112]

Hyroad is one of the best balls I've ever had

[@RogaBigCalves]

I've had scent go away, but de-oiling it helped bring it back, so clogged pores at least lower the scent probably from less surface area to smell via valleys and pore area.

[@NorrisLikens]

Great Video! Hard work, I can't imagine handling a 15lb ball every day for 8 hours. even if you only move it a few feet.

[@nathanielstevens8557]

I put over 2000 of those in a lathe every week but my 3 lathes are way nicer then the one in this video but I'll tell you what my forearms and shoulders are made out of granite after doing this for only 8 months now and I was a butcher for almost 20 years

[@GhostFolf86]

I really like storm brand bowling balls because they work good for what I need them for and that’s just bowling for fun with my friends, I recently purchased two storm bowling balls, which one is a 14 pound tropical surge and then the 14 pound storm ice and I would have to say both of them have work good for what I need them for and it’s only a 2 ounce difference between the two, my tropical surge is 14 pounds 4 ounces and my ice is 14 lbs. 2 oz.

[@jeremyfranklin1510]

Makes you think of endless bowling ball ideas.

[@larryschlutt7211]

Wish storm would do the same that hammer and radical do, put a hard cover over the weight block to add more hitting power. Also harden the cover as well so they don't crack as easy

[@larrycannon166]

The added music is really distracting.

[@Bones12x2]

Is it just me or does that dude have gigantic hands?

[@559043]

i like bowlers

[@rickbolin1350]

Boyd!!!!

[@brandoncastro6731]

Man I would kill to have a job like that!

[@coloradostrong]

You're probably not 338 pounds with no personality.

[@JamulDano]

How sad

[@PinoyBowlerGS92]

​@@JamulDano Better than working in a fastfood chain

[@thenoseknows9391]

I just watched a Japanese video of how bowling balls are made,and it went more in depth than this 💯💯💯💯 I mean it showed every lil detail of how it's made 🤣😃😀😁💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@klaudiabanaszak8528]

wow I never new that

[@klaudiabanaszak8528]

wowwwww

[@LogieD223]

Filmed around November 2019… that’s a long edit for it to come out 4 months ago!

[@EvsColeto]

It looks like they were pouring Omrga Crux's, so this video has to be a few years old

[@kyleb5169]

The time you see on the video was when FLO put the video up on their channel. I bet the original published on Storm's youtube channel is when it actually came out. FLO just decided to put it on their page a couple years later.

[@MoeSlislack]

i've always wondered how they made earnie mckrackens ball with the rose in the center. i'm guessing his movie ball isn't near as good as one of these.

[@jaxsontalbot7515]

What ball did they make ?

[@hg1651]

This has peaked my autism greatly.

[@ugafan1779]

Not sure why all the secrecy of the weight core. Plenty of youtube videos ranging from How it's Made to Chines factory videos all showing how the weight cores are made (mold with poured in material).

[@kevinabbott18]

where are the finger holes, does the pro shop do that?

[@biguglyskunk1248]

Yes

[@fitybux4664]

For the uninitiated, I guess pro-shops are the ones that cut the finger holes on these?

[@charlieromeo7663]

Yes. Bowling centers usually have a pro shop that measures the hand and fingers, and drills the holes. I remember years ago the local JC Penneys at our mall had a fairly comprehensive sporting goods department. There was an old dude there who drilled balls all day long. I used to watch him do the layouts and drilling. I pretty much grew up in our local bowling alley since my father bowled in several leagues a week. He was a PBA member back in ‘65 and ‘66.

[@EmilioMejia]

Did I miss when they put the holes in the ball?

[@kyleb5169]

No Storm doesn't put the holes in the balls. Your local pro shop operator (PSO) drills the holes in the balls.

[@fireboyny1037]

@Emilio Mejia You can look up channel Beautiful Work. They show how it made and hole ball

[@TerryPullen]

I was very disappointed that we didn't find out how they come up with the names for the balls.

[@cowleysmobilewelding]

Im still running a 24 year old sun storm

[@franklinhernandez683]

This is what I mean technology can do so many fantastic things these days that you can see people making bowling balls I'm pretty sure it was more people at work doing that years ago but look at this we can't use that same mentality and same technology to have peace wars technology is supposed to give us peace

[@johnsharrow9196]

Interesting but can do without the idiotic background music

[@brennen5998]

Tell ‘em john

[@Play_it_Leo]

Yeah the creepy old music has gotta go

[@peoplethesedaysberetarded]

Agreed. Felt like he was yelling over the doo doo DOO DOO doo music.

[@Older_Mountain-goat_1984]

Perhaps one day humans will evolve to not add music to videos, but currently, many still think music has to be added. I theorise they don't even think about it, it's a conditioned response. I never watched the vid due to the background foreground music, and I avoid such channels.

[@dwdidit3664]

Actually the same guy. The big fella, who wanted to work at a bowling ball factory, skipped to the future to talk to his thinner more hirsute self.

[@nagel133]

holy fuck its Peter Griffin!

[@Runehorn]

There is enough background noise here. Please stop with the music! It does not add anything to the video. And just makes it even more annoying to try to listen

[@wasupwilly]

When are you gonna Figure out what went wrong on those spectre's...??

[@snikab]

I was typing the same thing 😂

[@imyopped4921]

probably bad formulation or wrong formulation

[@phillip357]

Same with my crux prime

[@steelersrule0075]

I heard the same the about the Nova i bought 3 weeks ago.

[@kennymarsh3943]

I hope it doesn't happen to my Nova

[@neongreg5687]

Shout out to Boyd

[@NorrisLikens]

Question!! As a new bowler, I have been looking for a Great looking ball. With Style, class, and unique flare. Think the James Bond of bowling balls. The only bowling balls I fell in love with were the Belmo Clear Balls (which you cannot get right now), I also liked the White Quantum Evo (which you also cannot get anymore) All the other balls have bright playful colors and seem to me like a bag of marbles. Why hasn't a company introduced a brand that produces balls like this, imagining a gold ball, or silver ball. That actually looked like metal. Something that when you looked at it you would say, wow that's beautiful! How about a jade stone color ball or a ball made to look like exotic stones. Am I the only one who thinks all the balls look like toys or marbles with no classy style? Even the bowling shirts are loud and colorful.

[@timbailey3112]

Hy-Road is one of my go to balls when the lanes get dry I also have a Storm Code X and love it!

[@stever6885]

If youre new to bowling and are looking for a great ball to start, Id recommend the Motiv Venom Shock, very versatile ball much like the Hy Road. Cant go wrong with either one..

[@timbailey3112]

@@stever6885 I have a hy-Road and love it I also have a Code X

[@manuelbou2576]

Because manufacturers appease to the masses. You have a rather unique and unpopular taste. Those balls u describe would just sit at a pro shop for months or years making no money to the business until that one random guy walks in and says: i want the James bond of bowling balls 🤣. But seriously you have to understand they are in the business of making money and making shiny silver balls isn't where the money is.

[@sirhc3842]

Even with the deep engraving, the wrong PSO can sand them off, which makes the ball illegal

[@jasonsharpbucks]

What is a PSO?

[@ghdesign_]

@@jasonsharpbucks pro shop owner

[@5yrsand-bs9uf]

BUT....WHERE do old bowling balls go when they're worn out?

[@logibear453]

Circus for cannonballs.

[@huntingandstuff9489]

Looks like bondo filling the letters

[@cal4625]

So you're not going to show us how the ball is actually made? Great.

[@mr.jimbusiness6326]

thank you!

[@gothicbagheera]

Storm has one of the highest employee turnover rates you can imagine due to the fact they treat the overwhelming majority of their employees like slaves.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

I haven’t seen a bowling center in a very long time.

[@electrolytics]

Fragrances. Fragrances?

[@dp-mcfly5158]

Looks like a ufo

[@TheCoolStuffHD]

When you can hardly hear the guy talking, why would you add annoying music in the background?

[@kjata77]

"Gravity"... LOL

[@FearTheWeird300]

How is a bowling ball made? Illegally 😁

[@billp4]

Do they have a fart smell? This would distract my opponent.

[@dangriffiths1392]

That's entirely untrue, Storm. My Virtual Gravity hasn't smelled for at least a decade! So you gonna give me a new fragrant ball??

[@stephenbagley8]

Have you tried cleaning and de-oiling the ball?

[@davew7766]

Looks like a bunch of balls made. Where are they all used.

[@massapower]

Made in U.S.A. BaBy!!😎👊👍🏻

[@kyleb5169]

Brigham City, Utah!

[@franklinhernandez683]

We can do all that humans can do all this is fantastic but that's all we can do is watch because humans now will only see wars non-stop technology is making it also just like that bowling ball it has made wars better faster and more frequent now together put

[@DeformedConscience]

There is no way that you searched for this video. Alone? ✔️ 3am? ✔️ Rabbit Hole? ✔️

[@FD347]

I wish I actually had a new ball for every time they actually said the word actually. Every sentence would actually sound the same if they actually left that word out.

[@hopefloats7573]

Hope you pay those people well because that looks like a monotonous job that wears on the body!

[@jvmiller1995]

Yes but not to well. No one wants a $400 bowling ball. LOL I was thinking the entire time all the positions that could be replaced with a robot. I am surprised to tell the truth that so much was hands on. Like the guy that just picked up and moved the molds on and off the table and the guy that filled the molds. It would be so cost effective to have a robot do those things.

[@sirhc3842]

Just watched the Lord Field manufacturing video from 11 years ago. They had lots of hands on in their process as well.

[@kyleb5169]

@@jvmiller1995 Storm is a family oriented company that treats its employees like family. I've talked with many Storm employees on a regular basis (going to bowling with a couple of them in 10 days) and I hear nothing but great things about the company.

[@paxnation3193]

My dad is the president Tyler Jensen hi steve

[@tillyoudiefromit]

bet that guy makes an obscene amount more than the workers.

[@charlieromeo7663]

That isn’t a bad thing, nor is it wrong.

[@tillyoudiefromit]

@@charlieromeo7663 Yeah it is. You've just been brainwashed.

[@onemorething100]

Why the hell would they put fragrance in a Bowling ball?

[@Wspre_]

To cover the horrible factory smell

[@argenisarteaga5285]

Where is OSHA?

[@eternalproductions]

Huggbees

[@ScrewThisGlueThat]

It seems like Bowling is a dying sport... but somewhere it still has a following. My mother and Grandmother were both avid bowlers. I like to go when I can, but it really hard to find alleys anymore.

[@showcasecharlie11]

😂😂😂dude...there are bowling alleys everywhere. It isn't dying. Just bad business owners who don't put into the business. Lanes, balls, equipment, everything is constantly changing. You can't stay in business in 2023 with 1955 buildings and equipment. Take our local BA for instance, all new refurbished lanes, returns, neon and strobe lights, large flat screen score screens with video replays and video replays of professional games of the pin score you bowl on each frame, restaurant and fully stocked and manned pro shop selling the latest and greatest of balls, equipment and service for that equipment, custom fitting and drilling for your new bowling ball.

[@NotoriousFoxxx]

Im just now getting into it and i love it. Its huge here in missouri. Im talkin HUGE

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Too noisy.

[@bdito2161]

Please remove the music during talking. It's very distracting and makes it hard to hear what's being said.

[@DialedIn57]

Very annoying music

[@MrFISHING1100]

my sure lock has lost its fragrance....

[@Banana69999]

You probably have Covid

[@InfinityReptar]

@@Banana69999 Lol

[@CurtisL8.3066]

Take it to a pro shop and have it returned to box finish. It will be as smelly as it ever was when they are done

[@kyleb5169]

Everything loses its scent eventually. It's the natural process of life. Things degrade over time.

[@WSM1974]

That one never had a fragrance to begin with

[@ingAMD81]

Surprised about the high manual labor, time to automate this simple process .

[@dangriffiths1392]

Also, I had no idea Jonah Hill was into bowling...

[@mizelle4096]

I'm sorry...a fragrance infused bowling ball? hard pass.

[@user-nr2td7jl8c]

I know you yanks will never understand, but I think its crazy how you still use things like punds and feet an inches in the 21st century lol literally nobody but you know what youre talking about.

[@NotoriousFoxxx]

I will NEVER understand the point of a scented bowling ball.

[@Wspre_]

To cover the horrible factory smell

[@glichasasha750]

Mmmmmmm it smells like bacon

[@traviswestcott8870]

Hasno clue what it is supposed to smell like! You work there! Detail is key to any employee that cares or owner and I love storm, but that looked bad!!!!!

[@01FUMBLE]

music suck

[@fernandosotov.1463]

What a horrible audio edit...

[@gerarteuben3333]

Unbelievable, at least 90% of the process could be automated and have a better quality product.

[@lmaofao9071]

they should make it in china for lower production cost

[@kyleb5169]

No they shouldn't. Storm is a local family owned company, not some big manufacturing company. We need less cheap crap made in China and more high quality stuff made in the U.S. Motiv makes 100% of its balls in the U.S. in Muskegon, Michigan.

[@PinoyBowlerGS92]

I would rather have high quality Bowling Balls made in Korea, Japan & US than China

[@rickprusak9326]

The guy sitting down with the color hose in his right hand looks bored, wishing he was sitting on a bar stool at the local beer Garten down the street from the bowling ball factory. Maybe he's thinking about how close to quitting time it is, so he can haul ass to the bar 🍸 and guzzle some cold suds.

[@Telephonebill51]

I'm still having a hard time believing the pros use weighted balls "because they spin easier". Christ, why the hell is that legal?

[@Bravereality]

Wait, you're joking, right?

[@rickprusak9326]

If fat cells can be made into bowling balls, the overweight guy in the beginning of this video could make about 123 bowling balls. Maybe in the near future, overweight people can donate their fat belly and fat butts to make bowling balls. Reuse and recycle at its best.