When USBC ruled that six Storm balls could no longer be used in its national tournaments, but did not revoke approval of them, it stated in its March 29 news release that: “These ball models remain USBC approved. Each USBC competition, whether tournament or league, has the option to adopt USBC's national tournament rule prohibiting use of these balls or to continue to allow their use.”
The USBC release also said that “As part of the agreement, Storm Products will discontinue...