Know your board
The dimensions of a snowboard define how that board performs on snow. The dimension specs of all our models are fine tuned for specific styles of riding. Understand how waist width, flex and sidecut and stance dimensions effect board performance to find the best board for you.
Know your snowboard waist width
The waist width of a snowboard is a critical performance dimension. If your board is too wide, it will feel slow moving edge to edge. If your board is too narrow, you will drag the toe cap or heel cup of your binding in the snow when you turn sharply. Riding a board with the ideal waist width is most critical for riders with big feet, as “heel cupping” can be dangerous on steep terrain.
Note that ideal waist width may vary based on board design. Both the Storm Chaser and Hovercraft/Ultracraft are designed to be ridden wider than normal.
| Ideal waist width by men's boot size | |
| 24-25 cm | US men's 5-7 |
| 24.8-26 cm | US men's 7.5-9.5 |
| 25.2-26.3 cm | US men's 10-11 |
| 26.3-27.5 cm | US men's 11.5-14 |
| Ideal waist width by women's boot size | |
| 23.7-24.5 cm | US women's 5-7 |
| 23.9-24.9 cm | US women's 7.5-9.5 |
| 24.1-25.3 cm | US women's 9.5-11 |
Know your waist width snowboard - by Jeremy Jones
Jeremy breaks down how a snowboard’s waist width affects board performance and details the waist width specs of several foundation board models of the Jones line.
Big Horn Series
If you wear US men's 11.5 or bigger, look for our Big Horn Series boards
with minimum waist width of 26.3 cm.
Know your snowboard flex
Your riding level and riding style decide if you need a Medium or Stiff Flex board. Relative to the rest of the snowboard market, we don’t make soft flex boards. Medium flex boards offer good stability at speed and are easy to turn and maneuver. Stiff flex boards are really stable at high speed and in rough snow conditions, but they require solid strength and technique to ride smoothly. If you are a beginner, intermediate or freestyle focused rider, a medium flex board is your best choice. If you are an expert rider, or are looking to increase your confidence riding in steep, rough terrain, look at our stiffer models. Note that many expert riders like medium flex boards especially when riding pow.
Several Jones models feature V-CORES that affect the flex of a board from tip to tail. Boards with V-CORES are slightly softer in the very center of the board for improved maneuverability and stiffer from the inserts through the tip and tail for stability and pop.
Medium flex models
(6/10 - 7/10)
Men's Ultralight Stratos Split
Men's Ultralight Project X
Women's Stratos + Split
Men's Stratos + Split
Women's Dream Weaver + Split
Men's Frontier + Split
Freecarver 6000s
Hovercraft 2.0 + Split
Men's Mountain Twin + Split
Men's Tweaker
Mind Expander Split
Men's Mind Expander
Women's Mind Expander
Mind Expander Twin
Storm Chaser + Split
Stiff flex models
(8/10 - 10/10)
Ultralight Butterfly Split
Men's Ultralight Solution
Women's Solution
Men's Solution
Men's Ultra Flagship
Women's Flagship
Men's Flagship
Freecarver 9000s
Ultralight Hovercraft Split 2.0
Men's Ultra Mountain Twin
Women's Airheart 2.0
Men's Aviator 2.0
Men's Ultra Mind Expander
Storm Wolf
Models with
V-cores
All women's and youth models
Mind Expander Twin
Storm Wolf
Men's Aviator 2.0
Men's Flagship
Men's Mountain Twin
Hovercraft 2.0
Men's Frontier
Men's Ultralight Project X
Men's Stratos
Men's Tweaker
Know your flex snowboard - by Jeremy Jones
Jeremy breaks down how board flex affects performance and details the flex specs of several key boards in the Jones line.
Know your snowboard sidecut
Snowboard edges do not follow a straight line from tip to tail. The edges follow the shape of an arc. The size of this arc is called the Sidecut radius. Sidecut effects turn performance. A board with a long sidecut will excel at making big, fast turns. A board with a short sidecut will excel at making tighter turns at slower speeds. A board with a medium sidecut will excel at making turns of any size at medium speeds.
You can still make slow, tight turns on a board with a long sidecut, and you can make big, fast turns on a board with a short sidecut, but you will need to put more energy and muscle into the turn.
Short sidecut
(6-7 m)
Freecarver 6000s
Mind Expander Twin
Storm Chaser + Split
Women's Airheart 2.0
Women's Stratos + Split
Women's Mind Expander
Men's Mind Expander
Men's Ultra Mind Expander
Mini Mind Expander
Medium sidecut
(7-8.4 m)
Men's Mountain Twin + Split
Men's Ultra Mountain Twin
Men's Frontier + Split
Men's Stratos + Split
Men's Aviator 2.0
Men's Ultralight Project X
Women's Twin Sister
Women's Dream Weaver + Split
Tweaker
Long sidecut
(8.5-10 m)
Hovercraft 2.0 + Split
Ultralight Hovercraft Split 2.0
Men's Flagship
Men's Ultra Flagship
Storm Wolf
Men's Solution
Men's Ultralight Solution
Women's Flagship
Women's Solution
Freecarver 9000s
Know your snowboard sidecut - by Jeremy Jones
Jeremy breaks down how sidecut affects board performance and details the sidecut specs of a few foundation board models in the Jones line.
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