Jones Hovercraft 2.0 Snowboard 2026/2027
Pre-order · Ships September 2026
At a Glance
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Description
The Jones Hovercraft 2.0 is a directional freeride board for deep snow, and the only deck in the 26/27 range built on a recycled core. Jones grades it Powder 10, All-Mountain 7, Freestyle 4, at a flex of 3/5 it calls a happy medium. Rocker up front, camber under the feet, and the deepest taper grade the brand mills.
That core is called Re-Up Tech, and Jones's spec sheet says what goes into it: paulownia, poplar and recycled material from old snowboards. A flax fiber layer sits in the topsheet, described by Jones as carbon neutral, abrasion resistant, and able to absorb chatter when the snow turns rough. Everything else is deliberately spare. Two-axis glass. A porous Sintered 8000 base that drinks wax and wants it back regularly. No stringer, no Koroyd, no basalt.
Jones marks its shape tech Low, Medium or High, and this deck takes High three times over: 3D Contour Base, taper, Traction Tech. The rounded base edges are the float mechanism, lifting the nose by shedding snow from under it, and the deep taper stacks that lift ahead of your bindings. The serrated edge is the counterweight — Jeremy Jones's own line is that rocker surrenders grip and Traction Tech hands it back. A Speed Hull is printed at the tail. Jones publishes no mechanism for it anywhere in the catalog, and we are not going to invent one.
Wrong board for park and switch riding (Freestyle 4, deep taper, a true twin does that job), for anyone shopping for a stiff charger (3/5, no stringer), and for hardpack carvers who want a short, snappy turn: at 8.1m through 9.0m, this is the longest sidecut in our Jones order. We stocked 144, 148, 152 and 156 in Beige. Jones lists no wide version, so a bigger boot buys waist by going up in length. It ships bare, with the Mercury FASE and Orion named as its partner bindings. Send a boot size and a riding weight; we will land on the length, mount your bindings and set the angles at our bench.
Specs
- Shape: Directional, High Tapered
- Profile: Dir. Camber / Rocker (diagram: rocker — camber — tail)
- Flex: 3/5 (happy medium)
- Waist: 25.1cm (144) · 25.5cm (148) · 25.9cm (152) · 26.3cm (156)
- Turn radius: 8.1m (144) → 8.4m (148) → 8.7m (152) → 9.0m (156)
- Core: Re-Up Tech Core (recycled) — the only one in the line
- Laminate: Biax fiberglass — no stringer
- Topsheet: Flax Fiber — carbon-neutral flax layer, abrasion resistant, absorbs chatter (Jones)
- Base: Sintered 8000
- Base contour: High 3D Contour Base + High Traction Tech
- Tail: Speed Hull (named on the shape diagram; Jones publishes no mechanism)
- Terrain: All-Mountain 7 / Powder 10 / Freestyle 4 (Jones)
- Sizes: 144 · 148 · 152 · 156 (Beige) — no wide version made
- Weight: 6.8 lbs / 3.1 kg per board (156, flat deck)
- Binding: Sold flat; pairs with Jones Mercury FASE / Orion
- Rider weight (Jones): 144 · 148: 90-140 lbs / 41-63 kg | 152: 110-160 lbs / 49-73 kg | 156: 130-180 lbs / 59-82 kg
- Ideal boot size (Jones): 144: US 0-9 / EU 0-39,5 | 148 · 152: US 7-9 / EU 39,5-41,5 | 156: US 9+ / EU 41,5+
- Rider level (Jones): Intermediate → Expert
Details
- Type
- Snowboard
- Vendor
- Jones
- SKU
- J.26.SNU.HVC.000.144.1
144
Jones Hovercraft 2.0
By PTO Ski Team, Based on the official Jones 26/27 catalog specifications, read from the printed pages · Not ridden by us — this is a spec-and-catalog read, not a ride report on this board · Not applicable — desk review of the official catalog
The take
“Jones's recycled-core deck, and no shape was sacrificed to get there: Powder 10/10, the deepest taper grade Jones makes — on the widest turning radius we ordered.”
The Jones Hovercraft 2.0 is the odd one out in the 26/27 range, and on purpose. Where its siblings run a Power, Master or Control core stiffened by a Bcomp Carbon Flax Stringer, the Hovercraft 2.0 is built on a recycled Re-Up Tech Core with flax fiber, biax glass and no stringer at all. Jones does not treat that as a footnote — its own catalog line calls this "a nimble and explosive alternative freeride board built with our most advanced 3D shape tech and cutting-edge recycled materials."
The shape did not get compromised to carry the story. Jones grades its shape tech Low / Medium / High, and the Hovercraft 2.0 takes the top mark on all three axes it carries: High 3D Contour Base, High Tapered, High Traction Tech. The contoured base is the float mechanism — rounded nose and tail edges cut friction at the contact points, displace snow from under the board and lift the nose clear of the surface, and let you roll onto an edge rather than tip onto it. The deepest taper grade Jones mills stacks on top of that. The serrated Traction Tech edge is the counterweight: Jeremy Jones states in the catalog that it exists to offset the edge drift a rockered nose introduces, and among the boards we ordered, the Hovercraft 2.0 is the only one pairing the deepest taper with the most aggressive serration.
What buyers should weigh honestly is the radius. The sidecut runs 8.1m at the 144 out to 9.6m at the 164 — the widest arcs of any Jones board in our order, where a Storm Chaser 142 turns on 6.3m. This board wants long, open turns; it resists short, snappy ones on firm snow. Two other things go unstated by Jones and we will not fill them in: the Speed Hull printed on the tail diagram has no published mechanism, and the Re-Up core's contents are documented nowhere, though Jones does say the flax topsheet absorbs chatter. The one hard number available is weight — 3.1 kg at the 156, against 2.9 kg for a Stratos of the same length.
The Hovercraft 2.0 ships as a flat deck; Jones names the Mercury FASE and the Orion as its partners, and we mount and set your stance in the shop. Take it because deep snow is the point of your season. Its All-Mountain 7/10 is a real ceiling, not false modesty.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: 2x4 insert pattern. Our pick: Jones Mercury FASE.
- Jones Mercury FASEOne of the two pairings Jones names for this board
Jones lists the Mercury FASE and the Orion as the Hovercraft 2.0's official partners. The 26/27 catalog prints no flex rating for either, so we will not claim one is stiffer or better matched than the other. Bindings are sold separately; we mount them and set your stance and angles in the shop.
- Jones OrionThe second official pairing — same standing as the Mercury FASE
The other binding Jones names for this deck. With no published flex figure to separate them, we treat the two as equally endorsed and would rather fit you to whichever suits your boot and riding style. Not included with the board.
Common Questions
- Is the recycled Re-Up Tech Core a compromise?
- Jones does not publish enough to answer that honestly. It names the core, says it is recycled, and releases neither its contents nor any ranking against its other cores — so claims that it is livelier, damper, better or worse are all guesses. The one measurable figure the catalog does give is weight: 3.1 kg at the 156, where a Stratos of the same length is 2.9 kg.
- What does the Speed Hull on the tail actually do?
- We cannot tell you, because Jones has not said. The name is printed once, on the tail of the shape diagram, and the 26/27 catalog carries no description of it on the board page or in its technology sections. We would rather leave that blank than invent a mechanism nobody published.
- Can the Hovercraft 2.0 hold an edge on a groomer?
- It grips — High Traction Tech notches serrations along the running length specifically to counter the edge drift a rockered nose brings. What it will not do is turn tightly. The radius is 8.7m at the 152 and 9.0m at the 156, a long arc for a board that short, so it rewards wide, open turns and resists quick ones.
- Which size, and are bindings included?
- No bindings — it ships as a bare deck, and Jones names the Mercury FASE and the Orion as its official partners. On size: Jones publishes a rider weight range per size (see the spec table) but makes no wide version of this board, so a larger boot has to gain waist width by taking a longer length (25.1cm at the 144 up to 26.3cm at the 156). Tell us your riding weight and boot size and we will settle it, then mount and set your angles before you ride.
