Jones TwinCraft
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 powder board that kept its width and gave up its length — so it still spins, pops and rides away switch.”
The Jones TwinCraft is new for 26/27 and it is not a variant of anything: it is a volume-shifted powder shape wearing a twin outline. The waist measures 25.6cm at the 146 and 27.2cm at the 162 — powder-board width on lengths short enough to throw around. Jones's terrain bars say Powder 10, Freestyle 8, All-Mountain 7, and the catalog calls it 'the floaty freestyle powder twin.'
Width is the whole mechanism. Float in soft snow follows surface area, and the TwinCraft buys its area sideways instead of lengthways — the 150 is as wide underfoot as a Mountain Twin 163, without the extra 13cm of board to swing through a spin or plant on a switch landing. The profile is True Camber, an unbroken arc with no rocker section, which keeps the full edge available when the board is tilted and stores energy when you press it flat. A 3/5 flex is what puts that camber within reach of an ordinary rider. Jones marks a Pow Kick at both nose and tail and publishes no mechanism for it, so we will not describe one.The stringer comes with a name and no explanation. Carbon is elastic and flax is damping — our read of the parts list rather than a claim Jones makes. The Low 3D Contour Base rounds the nose and tail edges to cut tip drag and lift the nose; note the grade is Low, where Jones specifies High on its dedicated powder shapes. This board's float comes from its outline.
The honest cost of the TwinCraft is written in that All-Mountain 7. A 26.8cm waist is slow from edge to edge on firm groomers, and 3/5 is not much board at speed in cut-up snow. The sidecut — 6.3m at the 146, never more than 7.1m — wants tight, constant turning, which is trees and pillows rather than long fast arcs. Buy it as a storm-day board and it is exactly the right tool; buy it as your only board and the Mountain Twin (All-Mountain 10) is the better purchase.
One warning about the TwinCraft matters more than the rest: that wide waist is float geometry, not a fit solution. If you have big boots and want extra width, go to Jones's actual W sizes on another model. Choose this board for the shape, then let us size it — Jones publishes no weight chart, and a volume-shifted deck does not read like a normal one.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: 2x4 insert pattern. Our pick: Jones Mercury FASE.
- Jones Mercury FASEThe catalog pairing — a medium-flex binding to match a 3/5 deck
Jones lists the Mercury FASE as the TwinCraft's factory match in the 26/27 catalog. Bindings are not included with the board; bring your own or add these, and we will mount them and set your stance angles in the shop.
Common Questions
- I wear a US 13 boot. Is the Jones TwinCraft the wide board I need?
- No, and this is the misunderstanding we most want to prevent. A short powder shape has to be wide to float, so the waist is a decision about snow rather than about feet. Jones builds W-width versions of several other boards for big boots. Tell us your boot size and we will point you at one of those instead.
- Can the Jones TwinCraft be my only snowboard?
- Only if your season is mostly storms and trees. Jones rates it All-Mountain 7 against a 10 for the Mountain Twin, so on a hard, thin week it is more width than you need underfoot and less support than you want on edge. As a second board for deep days it makes far more sense.
- What does the Pow Kick on the Jones TwinCraft do?
- Jones does not say. The name appears on the shape diagram at both ends of the board, and one catalog bullet credits it, together with the True Camber profile, with float and pop. No geometry, dimension or mechanism is published, so any more specific claim you read about it is a guess.
- Does the Jones TwinCraft come with bindings?
- No. The TwinCraft is sold as a deck on its own, and Jones pairs it in the catalog with the Mercury FASE. Buy that binding, or bring one you already own, and our shop will mount it and set your angles before the board leaves.
