Jones Men's Tweaker 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
“A symmetric twin on unbroken camber, softened to 2/5 so the pop is actually reachable — freestyle first, deep snow last.”
The Jones Men's Tweaker 2.0 is the freestyle twin of the 26/27 line and a new shape this season. Two specs carry it: a True Twin outline — the tail mirrors the nose and bends by the same amount — and True Camber, an unbroken arc with no rocker anywhere in the profile. Jones scores it Freestyle 10 / All-Mountain 8 / Powder 6 and rates the flex a friendly 2/5.
That flex number is what makes the Tweaker 2.0 unusual. Camber is a spring, and a spring only returns what you manage to put into it — which is why cambered boards normally arrive stiff and demand a strong rider. Jones went the other way here. Jones names it and explains nothing further. A carbon fibre is elastic and a flax one is lossy — our reading of the ingredients, not a claim from the catalog. The Sintered 8000 base is fast and wax-hungry, and Medium Traction Tech notches the steel edge for grip on hard snow.
On snow the Tweaker 2.0 pops off anything — rollers, side hits, lips — at speeds and rider weights where a stiffer cambered board would refuse to flex at all, and the symmetric build means a switch takeoff loads exactly like the regular one. Rolled on edge, the full-length camber contact holds a groomer better than the soft flex suggests. The limits run in one direction: no taper and no rocker means the nose plants in deep snow (Powder 6 is fair), 2/5 moves around underfoot in high-speed chop, and camber still engages an edge earlier than a rockered profile does, friendly flex or not.
In the line, the Tweaker PRO 2.0 shares this outline and profile family but raises the camber to High and the flex to a mid-stiff 4/5 on a Boost Core with Koroyd and a Basalt Pro Layup — the expert freestyle build, and the one for a rider who bottoms out a soft board on landings. The Mountain Twin is a directional twin on CamRock scored Powder 8, so it floats better but is not symmetric. The Rally Cat shares the friendly 2/5 and the full camber but is a directional twin scored All-Mountain 10 / Freestyle 9 — the cruiser rather than the park deck. The Tweaker 2.0 is the one you take because you ride switch. It ships as a bare deck; we mount your Nebula FASE or Meteorite and set your stance in the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: 2x4 insert pattern (Float Pack). Our pick: Jones Nebula FASE.
- Jones Nebula FASEThe catalog pairing — a medium-flex freestyle match for the 2/5 deck
Jones lists the Nebula FASE (and the Meteorite) as the Tweaker 2.0's factory pairing. A medium flex keeps the binding from overpowering a friendly 2/5 board, which is the point of the deck. Sold separately; we mount it and set your stance angles in the shop.
- Jones MeteoriteThe second catalog pairing for the same board
Also named in the Tweaker 2.0's catalog block. Either one keeps the setup inside the flex range Jones designed the board around; tell us how you ride and we will point you at the right one of the two.
Common Questions
- What is the difference between the Jones Tweaker 2.0 and the Tweaker PRO 2.0?
- Both are True Twins on the True Camber profile, so the shape idea is shared. The split is stiffness and build: the PRO runs a mid-stiff 4/5 flex with the camber height raised to High, on a Boost Core with a Koroyd insert and a Basalt Pro Layup. This board is a friendly 2/5 on a Master Core with Biax glass and a carbon-flax stringer. The PRO is aimed at expert freestyle and high-speed park; the regular Tweaker is the one a progressing rider can load.
- Is a full-camber board too much for someone still learning?
- It depends what you are learning on it. A cambered board hooks an edge sooner than a rockered one, so a first week on snow is better spent elsewhere. But at 2/5 this is one of the softer ways into camber, and a rider who can already link turns and wants to start ollieing and riding switch will find it cooperative rather than punishing.
- How does the Jones Tweaker 2.0 handle powder?
- Modestly, and Jones says so — Powder 6/10. A twin has no wider nose or shorter tail to lift the tip, and full camber has no rocker to help, so on a deep day you manage float with your back foot. Fine on a soft resort morning; outclassed by any board built for the deep.
- Does the Jones Tweaker 2.0 come with bindings?
- No — Jones sells it as a deck on its own. The catalog matches it to the Nebula FASE or the Meteorite. Add one of those, or bring bindings you already own, and our shop bolts everything on and sets your stance angles before you ride it.
