TLDR at bottom.
I currently ride a 2017 Jones Mountain Twin. I like this board a lot, it really inspires confidence going from a beginner deck at the time. There’s many desirable attributes about it but as my riding technique has changed over the years I think I might want to go in a different direction.
When I go out west my favorite thing to do is be off-piste on gladed runs and bowls, and run in the trees. In a sense I turned into more of a freeridish rider than a freestyle I think. One thing I noticed about JMT is that it seems like edge to edge is a little slow and maybe takes some convincing to get the board to change direction is really tight stuff.
For stiffness I think it’s fine, I think going any stiffer and it might be a little too powerful where it might not be lively enough to have fun on because I’m not charging 100% of the time.
The other aspect I wish it was a little better on is icy groomers. It seems like I have to get REALLY careful in very hard pack like end of the day resort conditions like as soon as it hits a patch like this it just wants to spit me out and wash out on me. On snow that isn’t super old, this thing rails though.
So TLDR, if I can find a board comparable to JMT that can be faster in the trees without sacrificing performance on gladed freeride terrain (hopefully improve on this), have similar stiffness, and be a little better on hard pack and ice, that would be sweet.
I currently ride a 2017 Jones Mountain Twin. I like this board a lot, it really inspires confidence going from a beginner deck at the time. There’s many desirable attributes about it but as my riding technique has changed over the years I think I might want to go in a different direction.
When I go out west my favorite thing to do is be off-piste on gladed runs and bowls, and run in the trees. In a sense I turned into more of a freeridish rider than a freestyle I think. One thing I noticed about JMT is that it seems like edge to edge is a little slow and maybe takes some convincing to get the board to change direction is really tight stuff.
For stiffness I think it’s fine, I think going any stiffer and it might be a little too powerful where it might not be lively enough to have fun on because I’m not charging 100% of the time.
The other aspect I wish it was a little better on is icy groomers. It seems like I have to get REALLY careful in very hard pack like end of the day resort conditions like as soon as it hits a patch like this it just wants to spit me out and wash out on me. On snow that isn’t super old, this thing rails though.
So TLDR, if I can find a board comparable to JMT that can be faster in the trees without sacrificing performance on gladed freeride terrain (hopefully improve on this), have similar stiffness, and be a little better on hard pack and ice, that would be sweet.
