Jones Mountain Twin - 2011
It’s a common belief amoung park kids that freeriders choose to tackle the burliest lines and biggest drops because they can’t cut it in the park. Sure Jeremy Jones might not be throwing-down double corks but he can ride jumps, the fact that our head of testing spotted Jeremy and Xavier de le Rue spinning off the pro line kickers in the Verbier snowboard park the day before the Verbier Extreme competition proves it! Jeremy signed big mountain freestyle nut job Jonaven Moore to his brand this winter, working together they’ve created a twin board which cuts it in the park, in the pipe, on the groomers and in the backcountry whilst reducing the boards negative impact on the environment. Is The Mountain Twin a rival to knock the mighty Burton Custom off it’s thrown?
Manufacturer's Description:
The all-mountain, all-terrain fun board. Ideal for all-mountain freestyle‚slashing banks, boosting wind lips, rallying ditches, and bouncing down pillow lines.
When you feel like rallying the mountain like it’s your own personal skate park, strap into the twin profile, directional flex, Mountain Twin. CAMROCK frees up the tip and tail offering extra float in soft snow while camber under foot combined with Mellow Magne-Traction give the Mountain Twin the snap and hold of a traditional board. A progressive free-style shape with a freeride heart, the Mountain Twin is designed for the fall line creativity of Jones team rider like Jonaven Moore.
Jeremy Jones’ Thoughts:- When I want to trade off between doing laps on the jump line, searching for smooth steeps, and sniffing out left over pow stashes I grab my Mountain Twin. The rockered tip and tail stay evenly afloat riding regular or switch and the camber and Mellow Magne-Traction combination keeps me confident on edge. The go anywhere maneuverability of the Mountain Twin make it my easy all-day choice from first chair to the afternoon backcountry powder lap.
Recommended for park riding.
Recommended for halfpipe riding.
Recommended for freeride riding.
High cost $
Available in MidWide.
Rocker Construction.
Twin Shape.
Green or Eco Friendly Construction.
Year: 2011
Available Lengths (cm):
155, 158, 160mW, 164mW
Riding Style: All Mountain
Specifications:
Full FSC sourced Poplar and Beech wood core
Film topsheet, reduces board weight and use of plastics
High Grade nano carbon sintered base
Camrock rocker
Blunted Nose and Tail
Mellow Magnetraction
Snowboard Review:
It goes without saying that Jeremy Jones can design a freeride snowboard. Years spent developing Rossignol’s freeride offering with countless pro models means Jeremy knows his onions. I was intrigued to find out if Jeremy’s take on an all mountain freestyle board lived up to the hype and expectation surrounding Jeremy’s solo venture.
I took the Mountain Twin out in conditions that most boards and especially rockers tend to struggle in, heavy afternoon spring snow. The Mountain Twin uses Nidecker’s Camrock camber/rocker hybrid profile, an attempt to take the best of both worlds. Camber runs between the bindings and the nose and tail are rockered, in the case of the Mountain Twin, camber is probably being a bit generous, to the untrained eye it looks like the board uses standard reverse camber through the whole length, and on the snow you kind of get that feeling too, to say the MT is loose is an understatement, it’s one seriously slippery weasel, but it kind of works in most terrain. The spring corn was a bit of a laugh on the MT, which skipped over all the undulations so I ventured into the pipe and was pleasantly surprised. The blunted nose and tail mean the MT has an abnormally long effective edge which is definitely a plus when holding a solid edge makes the difference between airing out the top of the pipe, or cussing and blinding at the bottom of the vert. Out of the pipe the long effective edge is a mixed blessing, it grips well carving but made the MT feel a bit cumbersome on the smaller jumps, that said, transitions between edges was wickedly fast, like dancing the electric boogaloo, maybe faster. The Mountain Twin is so easy to turn that I reckon a beginner would get on with it.
The Mountain Twin is a board that does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a joy to cruise around on, holds an edge like a vice and is capable in the pipe and off jumps. I would have loved the opportunity to take the MT out in some powder lined tree runs which with the loose feel of the Camrock would be a delight. Riders who are coming from a camber snowboard background looking for a hybrid camber/rocker profile might find the Mountain Twin sits a little far to the rocker side of the fence for their liking, on icy run-ins and refrozen corduroy the looseness of the MT can be a little unsettling for those used to the planted feel of a cambered board.
Additional Info:-
Having found a thread on the net, it appears some people have been a little confuse by this review. Reviews are supposed to help consumers make a decision, not confuse them further so I’ll try my best to explain how I felt this board rode. Firstly, I mentioned that in the slush some rockered snowboards can struggle, sure if the piste is smooth then rockers work fine, you benefit from not having the start of your effective edge catching when you dig in a carve, granted on these occasions rocker is better in slush. Late afternoon, when the spring slush is super heavy and usually in big mogul like lumps, I find that unless the board has sufficient reinforcement in the tail and nose, you just get bullied about; cambered boards dont tend to get too affected by this because the camber works against the bumps. The Mountain Twin has enough reinforcement and guts to feel strong and forcefull in these conditions, it doesn’t get bumped around too much. The second point of confusion was that I said the board felt almost too loose on ice. Although the Mountain twin uses camber between the bindings, it’s really shallow (if you pick one up in the shop, you won’t notice it until you lie it down on a flat surface), so when you ride it on hard icy snow it feels as if the board is almost pivoting from the center point like on a banana deck. For those who are used to having these pressure points fore and aft of the bindings it can feel a bit un-nerving. Our head of testing Tom, rode the Nidecker Legacy in March which uses the same Camrock profile, his observations were exactly the same.
So the Mountain Twin has enough guts to cut through heavy slush mounds, but could do with a little bit more camber between the feet to feel planted on hard mid-winter snow.
Posted by Rich Ewbank in • Jones
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on September 12, 2010 at 01:13 AM
Hey, the specs on the jones mt twin changed right before production. Normal width decks are 155 and 159….
on October 07, 2010 at 07:12 PM
I’m 6’,170 lbs. with size 12 feet and looking at the 157mw One MagTek, the 160mw Jones MT and the 158 Gnu Danny Kass (at 26.0 cm, it’s wide enough). Could you please contrast the ride of the One MagTek vs. the Jones MT? Or maybe all three?
I think the mellow Magnetraction of the Jones and the Kass is probably pretty similar. Supposedly the Kass has slightly less rocker than the other C2BTX Gnus as well.
on November 21, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Hi, Rich
I have question to you regarding the size of jones MT. I am about 80 kg( 176.4 lb.) and 1,75 m. (5,74 ft.) with boot size 9, what size of the board more usable for me 155 or 157? About my riding style I prefer all mounting freestyle like drops ,jumps on the backcounty :) and prefer powder but not the skiing trace and park. I think I need buy 159 but I have answer from Sales Manager of Jones Snowboards that my best size is 155 and I am really confused. My wight 80 kg+ backpack with all necessary staff(avalanche safety and etc) it can be up to 90…
So I will be very appreciated for you answer Thanks
on November 22, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Hi Alex,
You are definitely going to want the 158.. or 157(they’ve got properly mixed up in the sizes this year!). With the Camrock profile, the board will feel shorter until you put it on an edge anyway. I hope that helps.
on November 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Hi !
I really had a crush on this board, and wanna be sure it’s the one I need before I buy. I’m 183cm, 75 kgs, 11 years riding. I ride a 158 NDK Diablo from 2005, and I like it so much. The only trouble is in powder : I need a lot of speed and back leg to stay over ! So my dream board would be this diablo, playful, stable, even high speed and/or carving WITH a powder hability. Regarding your high level of expertise, is the MT my board ? Thanks a lot.
P.S. super site, lots of real info, not only manufacturer’s one ! Don’t have that in France ! Congrats !
on November 28, 2010 at 06:19 PM
Rich, Thanks for you answer. You are absolutely right about size ( my current board is 157 :)) So I hope my choose is right also and 159 size will pretty well for me( anyway effective edge of mt less than my current :) )
on November 28, 2010 at 06:33 PM
Raphael,
Yeah the Jones twin 158 is a great choice for you… or you could look at the Rossi Angus 157. I rode my Angus which has the same profile as the Jones Camrock profile yesterday in Obertauernin about a foot of fresh snow. For a 157 the float os soo good, so bouncy, agile and lively to ride and no need to lean back hard to get float. I rode my 158 Rossi Jdub today and dipped into a little powder and immediately felt the camber pushing the nose down… if you want float in powder on a shorter board Camrock/Amptek.. whatever you want to call it is the business! And they also grip hard in carves… the only difference being that the tail doesn’t feel as lively as a cambered board, but hey, I think it’s a sacrifice worth making.
on November 28, 2010 at 06:59 PM
Thanks for your help Rich ! So I’ll try the MT, and I’ll be back for my personal (and humble) test ! Tks again !
on November 28, 2010 at 07:05 PM
I look forward to the review Raphael. Hey, everybodies opinion on this site is extremely welcome. We’re not pros so our opinion is no more important than yours.
on November 28, 2010 at 07:27 PM
I’ll be back ! Before that time, a word from you about the Lib Tech Travis Rice ? Reading a lot on web and magazines, this board seem’s to be the same type of board, profile and program as Jones MT, but in much better… What do you think ? Tks, Bye, Enjoy the ride !
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