Storm Products Inc. is an American company involved in the manufacture and sale of
bowling balls
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and
bowling-related accessories. The company headquarters and main manufacturing facility are in
Brigham City, Utah
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, with two smaller facilities in
California
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and
Texas
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.
Storm has produced many bowling balls used in the sport by competitive players, and has numerous sponsorship agreements on both the
PBA and
PWBA Tours. Storm currently employs about 165 people (about 120 in Utah). The company manufactures about 500,000 balls a year, and ships to 70 countries.
[
Storm Products also owns the Roto Grip and 900 Global bowling ball brands.]
History
Storm Products was founded by Bill and Barbara Chrisman in 1985. The company originated as High Score Products, a chemical company that developed bowling ball cleaners.[
In 2014, Storm Products announced it had made an investment in Global Manufacturing LLC of ]San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, makers of the 900 Global brand of bowling balls and 3G bowling shoes. However, Storm stated that 900 Global will operate as an independent company with separate research and design teams. Further, bowlers with Storm sponsorships on the PBA Tour
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could not use 900 Global equipment, and vice versa. In April 2020, 900 Global's manufacturing moved from Texas to Storm's Utah facility, due to executive orders by the Governor of Texas related to the COVID-19 pandemic
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. The design, research, development and marketing teams remained in San Antonio.
On September 29, 2020, Storm fully acquired all assets of Global Manufacturing, adding 900 Global and 3G products to the Storm marketing portfolio. As a result, Storm and Roto Grip sponsored players on the PBA and PWBA tours can now use 900 Global equipment, and vice versa.[
]
Notable Storm-sponsored bowlers
List as of May 31, 2022.
Storm
*Diandra Asbaty
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* Josie Barnes
*Jason Belmonte
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[https://www.stormbowling.com/athletes]
*Verity Crawley
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*Norm Duke
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* Tom Hess
* Leanne Hulsenberg
* Liz Johnson
*Kelly Kulick
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* Thomas Larsen
*François Lavoie
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* Tim Mack
*Danielle McEwan
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*Randy Pedersen
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*Mike Scroggins
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* Jesper Svensson
* Darren Tang
*Kyle Troup
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*Chris Via
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* Pete Weber
Roto Grip
*Tom Baker
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*Carolyn Dorin-Ballard Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (born 1964, Linden, New Jersey) is one of the top female Ten-pin bowling, ten-pin bowlers in the world. She is a member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (1990–2003 and 2015–present) and has bowled in Profess ...
*Stefanie Johnson
*Wes Malott
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* BJ Moore
*Shannon O'Keefe
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*Kristopher Prather
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*Rocio Restrepo
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*Anthony Simonsen
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* Michael Tang
* Stuart Williams
900 Global
* Chris Barnes
*Daria Pająk
Daria Pająk (born 11 January 1993) is a competitive bowler on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour in the United States. Following early bowling success in Poland, Pająk moved to the United States in 2012, eventually going ...
*Sean Rash
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*Stephanie Zavala
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References
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