Jones 2024 Snowboards – Overview

Including the splitboards and odd boards like the pow surfers, there are 44 different snowboards that Jones sell. Although that sounds like a huge amount, they often have mens, womens, ultra, split and youth versions of the same boards, which bump the numbers way up.

If you are looking for Jones boards other than their main popular options, you might have a hard time finding them instore, so you can try the Jones website.

Just like lots of brands have their higher end versions of boards – Burton with their “X” models, Nitro with their “Pro”, Capita with their “Super/Mega”, Bataleon with their “+”, while Jones have the Ultra and Ultralight.

There are three main levels of boards that they offer – the regular, the stiffer and faster Ultra versions, and the Ultralight lightweight versions.

What makes Jones Snowboards unique?

1. Powder/freeride shapes
2. 3D base shaping
3. Stiffer overall flex
4. Eco/environmentally friendlier stuff

Jones are well known for making freeride or powder boards, although they do have one true twin – the Tweaker. Although the Mountain Twin, Twin Sister and Mind Expander sound like it – they aren’t true twins.

Eco friendly stuff

They push the eco and green side of the manufacturing pretty hard. There is nothing environmentally friendly about making a snowboard, but there are always things that you can do which make it – not as terrible.

Since 2020, their snowboard and splitboards have been made with 100% solar power. Plenty of sun in Dubai.

Bio resin

All of the Jones boards are made with 100% bio-resin, which means that it has a smaller carbon footprint than petroleum based epoxy.

Koroyd

Koroyd shows up occasionally in a few high end boards, with a few from Nitro but quite a few in the Jones line. Basically, Koroyd absorbs vibrations at a very light weight, even at very low temperatures.

The less vibrations that get through a board the better, you end up with a more stable ride, and a more consistent edge hold even in chopped up snow.

3D Contour Bases

There are plenty of brands that use some sort of base shaping – Bataleon, Lobster, Rome, some Burton.

All of the Jones regular snowboards have some level of base shaping, as well as a few of their splitboards.

It comes in 3 different versions – 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.

By having a spooned shape on the nose and tail of the board, it makes the ride forgiving, makes turns easy to start, and a little bit better float in powder.

The small tradeoff, is the tiniest bit of slack or extra angle needed to get the edge to grip. Whether or not that is a noticeable amount – who knows.

3D Contour Base 1.0

This is the most subtle option, with just 2mm of spoon in the nose and tail. This starts after the rocker sections of the board.

3D Contour Base 2.0

This version has 4mm of spoon in the nose and tail, and it starts earlier than version 1.0, at the rocker point.

3D Contour Base 3.0

This is the most extreme version, which has 7mm of spoon in the nose, and somewhere between 0 and 7mm in the tail – depending on the model of board.

Stiff flex

Compared to other brands, in general Jones boards are all fairly stiff.

Jones Camber Profiles

Christenson Surf Rocker

The rocker on the nose of the board starts just before the front foot (inserts) and the tail rocker starts under the back foot.

Used on: Storm Chaser, Storm Chaser Split, Mountain Surfer, Mini Mind Expander

True Camber

Although this is described as a regular or traditional camber profile, the 3D contour base shaping does cancel it out a little. Normally a traditional camber profile would run all the way to the contact points of the board, which gives you a very direct feel overall, but with almost no forgiveness.

The 3D contour shaping lifts the contact points of the board, so while it does have a regular camber profile, it is looser and more forgiving when you ride with a flat base, but once the board is put onto its edge – you get the full feeling of a regular camber board.

So, looser than normal feel when riding with a flat base (compared to full proper camber), but all the same edge hold and reliability when you are turning the board.

Used on: Aviator 2.0, Airheart 2.0, Tweaker

Directional Rocker

I think that the name of this profile makes this sound a little more confusing than it really is. This profile still has a large camber section between the feet, with rocker on the nose and tail. Good float from the rocker sections, with a stable overall cambered feel.

Used on: Ultra Solution, Solution, Ultra Flagship, Flagship, Stratos, Project X, Stratos Split, Ultra Stratos Split, Frontier, Frontier Split, Youth Flagship, Youth Solution, Prodigy, Ultra Prodigy, Womens Flagship, Womens Solution, Womens Stratos, Dream Weaver, Dream Weaver Split

Christenson Surf Camber / Rocker

Camber between your feet, with rocker on the nose and tail.

Used on: Storm Wolf, Ultra Mind Expander, Mind Expander Twin, Mind Expander, Mind Expander Split, Womens Mind Expander

CamRock

This profile has camber between the feet, with a relatively small rocker section on the nose and tail.

Used on: Ultra Mountain Twin, Mountain Twin, Twin Sister, Mountain Twin Split

Wide Jones boards for riders with big feet

As a rough rule, most brands call any boards with a waist width of 260mm or greater “wide” models. Pretty similar for Jones, although they all start at 263mm and go up from there.

These are grouped as the Big Horn Series, but for most cases they are just the regular wide models, which are indicated with a “W” after the length of the board, eg 164W is a 164cm board, in a wide width.

On top of the regular models that have a wide option, there are also the Mind Expander boards, and the Storm Wolf/Chaser that fit in this category, as they have a wide width anyway – for all riders.

If you have size 11 boots or bigger, that is when you would want to be considering a wide board.

Both versions of the Freecarver are new this year, and they are all-mountain, carving boards.

Differences between the Jones Freecarver 6000s and 9000s

The main differences between the two is the sidecut radius – the 6000s has a 6 metre sidecut, while the 9000s has a 9 meter sidecut. On the 6000s, you will have quick and short turns, while the 9000s will make long, drawn out turns.

Both have a wide waist width, base contour only in the nose, and a fast base.

They have a different fiberglass layout, with biax in the 6000s and triax in the stiffer 9000s.

Jones 2024 snowboards

There is a ton of information to take in with these boards, before you take into account the number of models. If you need any help choosing a board, leave a comment down below and I will try to help.