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The Good Ride Take

The Good Ride Take On Jones Snowboards
We all know that Jeremy is a legend but many people are always skeptical about a new company.  Jones Snowboards now has a year under its belt and is making pretty good snowboards with the help of Nidecker Manufacturing.  The quality is not as sterling as Nidecker but they still put out a great board that will last for a long time.  We are big fans of their hybrid camber tech and the very mellow magnetraction that they use with their boards. We like that they offer wide boards as well as regulars.  All in all this is a safe buy and one of the best new snowboard companies out there thanks to Team Jones and Nidecker.

 

 

The Good Ride Take on Hybrid Camber
For the most part there are two types of hybrid camber that we see out there these days.
1. Mostly Rocker Hybrid Camber
This type of ride, like many boards, has camber and rocker but unlike other rockered boards the center has a mini camber. This is usually 1-3mm high, sits only between the bindings and then curves up right after. From a distance this board looks like a rocker board but when you look closer you see the little camber between the feet. This is not as loose as hybrid rocker but it’s very close. It is very stable between the feet and easy to one foot or flat base in any condition out there. Mostly Rocker Hybrid Camber is very versatile. You will see this design on anything from Freestyle to Freeride style snowboards. This will work well with all ability levels and riding styles.

2 Mostly Camber Hybrid Camber
There are all types of designs but this type usually looks like a Camber board and rides much closer to an old school Camber board.  ONe thing you will notice is usually when you step on the board the tip and tail rise up a lot more than a normal camber board will.  Some are mostly camber and others have a bit more rocker but you will always notice they have camber.  This allows for a stable, fast carve friendly feeling you get with camber but also makes it more catch free and floaty in powder.  This doesn't float effortlessly like hybrid rocker, mostly rocker hybrid camber or flat to rocker but it does better than camber.  You will mainly see this on aggressive freestyle to all mountain to freeride style snowboards.

 

Company Information

The Jones  Solution 2012

Ideal for Backcountry Freeriding and
Wilderness Exploration

Like a beacon of light in the haze of the splitboard revolution, the Solution is the world’s premier backcountry assault weapon. The pop, stability and float of this coveted all-terrain splitboard make fantasy a reality no matter where your alpine dreams may take you.

The Solution stands at the top of it's class featuring inner and outer edge Magne-Traction and a directional rocker profile with traditional camber underfoot. Set back or centered, the Solution's resilient but forgiving flex pattern allows you to strap into the driver seat and put the pedal to the floor in any terrain - steep, deep, technical or all of the above. If you question what’s around every corner of every snowy mountain range the world over, there is only one answer for the splitboard you deserve. The Solution is the solution.

 

The Jones  Solution 2011

The first ever Magne-Traction Split board.

Ideal For all-terrain backcountry freeriding, wilderness expeditions, trans-range touring.

No lift. No problem. Blaze a trail to free-ride freedom on the Solution, the world's first Magne-Traction splitboard. Directional Rocker matched with camber underfoot make the Solution your answer for any line within the sight of your eyes and the reach of your legs.

Directional Rocker

 

A hybrid rocker/camber flex pattern defined by more tip rocker then tail rocker and slight camber between the bindings. The rockered tip gives the nose added float and improves maneuverability while the camber underfoot gives you added edge hold and response. A slightly rockered tail maintains the power and stability of a traditional board but helps keep the tail catch-free initiating turns and landing switch.

My experience is that most falls in freeriding start from the nose of the board, you either go over the bars in powder, the nose gets caught under a weird crust and tosses you, or you hit a hard tranny at the contact point of the tip and get bucked. Directional Rocker eliminates most of these falls by moving your front contact point closer to your front foot and allowing you to swivel the board side to side without the tip catching on the snow surface. Thanks Shane! (Shane McConkey was the inventor of rocker.)

Blunt Nose

 

The Flagship, Hovercraft, and the Solution all feature a BLUNT NOSE that extends the profile and width of the board further toward the tip than a traditional board. Increasing the volume of the nose and tapering the tip profile at a much flatter angle than normal improves float by reducing the drag of the nose against the snow.

How a board glides in powder, crust, corn, or any snow condition more then an inch deep is dictated by its front contact point and just past it. Next time you are in soft snow watch how much snow comes over the corner of the nose near the contact point. The billowing snow means you are plowing through it which is obviously slowing you down. By adding a blunt nose you get the float benefits of a much longer board tip without the added length or swing weight.

Mellow Magne-Traction

 

Like a serrated knife slicing into the snow, Magne-Traction improves your edge grip by adding multiple contact points along the running length of your board. The Flagship, Mountain Twin, and the Solution all feature a refined Magne-Traction design where the bumps are biggest between your bindings for maximum edge control and smaller outside your feet allowing you to feather your turns without catching an edge.

Why trust your life to an edge with only two contact points when Magne-Traction gives you the grip of seven points of contact?! I have gotten to the bottom of countless steep, icy faces and thanked my Magne-Traction for giving me the edge control to hold on. Magne-Traction is also a key ingredient for rockered board designs. Adding rocker to your board makes it glide more smoothly, but it makes it harder to really lock into your turns and hold a solid edge. Though Magne-Traction on full-camber boards tends to feel too locked in, once I started testing different rocker designs it was clear that Magne-Traction was crucial to offset the drift typical of rocker flex patterns.

FSC Wood Core

 

FSC was established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests. The FSC wood cores come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.

Full Wood Core

 

Poplar core and beech. That gives the board more comfort and is more robust. The real all terrain core.

Film Topsheet

 

A thin piece of film replaces the traditional plastic topsheet. This eliminates plastic and reduces the weight of the board.

Sintered Base

 

Fastest natural base material available. Durable, absorbs wax faster and retains wax longer. Our sintered base added with carbon nano particules as well as additives, creates a better glide. This base is specially developed by Nidecker, and is very resistant to impact.

Recycled Base

 

P-tex scraps are recycled into new bases.

 

Specs

Jones Solution 2012 specs

 

SIZE(cm)	154	158	161	164	163w	168w
NOSE LENGTH (mm)	250	250	250	250	255	265
RUNNING LENGTH (mm)	1100	1140	1170	1210	1170	1210
TAIL LENGTH (mm)	190	190	190	190	195	205
NOSE WIDTH (mm)	287	290	292	296	301	304
WAIST WIDTH (cm	24.7	24.9	25.2	25.4	26.2	26.2
WAIST WIDTH inch	9.7	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.3	10.3
TAIL WIDTH (mm)	286	288	290	294	300	302
SIDECUT RADIUS	8.0	8.5	9.1	9.3	9.3	9.3
mini-max stance	52/64	52/64	52/64	54/66	54/66	54/66
mini-max stance inches	20,5/25,2	20,5/25,2	20,5/25,2	21,3/26	21,3/26	21,3/26
SETBACK (cm)	20	20	20	20	20	25
MID STANCE	580	580	580	600	600	600
MID STANCE inches	22.8	22.8	22.8	23.6	23.6	23.6
INSERTS (#)	6x2	6x2	6x2	6x2	6x2	6x2
RIDER'S WEIGHT (kgs -	70-100	50-80	60-90	65-100	65-100	>70
stance mini cm	52	52	52	54	54	54
stance mini inch	20.5	20.5	20.5	21.3	21.3	21.3
stance max cm	64	64	64	66	66	66
stance max inch	25.2	25.2	25.2	26	26	26
Tech	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x
Mat	Carbone-kevlar	Carbone-kevlar	Carbone-kevlar	Carbone-kevlar	Carbone-kevlar	Carbone-kevlar
rocker	special Rocker	special Rocker	special Rocker	special Rocker	special Rocker	special Rocker
Flex	Dir FR	Dir FR	Dir FR	Dir FR	Dir FR	Dir FR

 

 

Jones Solution 2011 specs

SIZE [cm]	164	168W
NOSE LENGTH [mm]	250	265
RUNNING LENGTH [mm]	1210	1210
TAIL LENGTH [mm]	190	205
NOSE WIDTH [mm]	296	304
WAIST WIDTH [cm]	25.4	26.2
WAIST WIDTH [inch]	10.0	10.3
TAIL WIDTH [mm]	294	302
SIDECUT RADIUS [mm]	9.3	9.3
mini-max stance	54/66	54/66
mini-max stance inches	21,3/26	21,3/26
SETBACK [mm]	20	25
MID STANCE [mm]	600	600
MID STANCE inches	23.6	23.6
INSERTS [#]	6x2	6x2
RIDER'S WEIGHT [kgs]	65-100	>70
Tech	magnetraction 3x	magnetraction 3x
rocker	special Rocker	special Rockeer
Flex	Dir FR	Dir FR

 

 

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The Jones  Solution 2012

 

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