Jones Women's Airheart 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 short-radius, full-camber all-terrain board: grip, rebound and switch across the resort, with deep-snow float booked as the cost.”
The Jones Women's Airheart 2.0 is a mid-stiff (4/5) directional twin built on True Camber, and Jones's terrain scoring reads All-Mountain 10 / Freestyle 9 / Powder 7. That 10 is the ceiling of the scale and several Jones boards reach it, so treat it as "no reservations across the resort" rather than a ranking — the useful signal is that freestyle sits two points clear of powder. The catalog's own word for the intended rider is advanced.
What sets the Airheart 2.0 apart from the men's Aviator 2.0 — which shares its Koroyd, Boost Core, Triax and Bcomp carbon-flax build, and its 4/5 flex — is geometry. Waists run 23.6cm to 24.4cm, and the sidecut is 6.4m at the 143 opening to 7.2m at the 155, against 7.1–8.4m on the men's board. That is a genuinely short radius for an all-mountain deck: tilt it and it begins arcing immediately, which favours quick, frequently-turned lines over long open trenches, and the narrow waist means very little leverage is needed to move it edge to edge. This is geometry scaled for a lighter rider, not a softened board — the flex number is untouched.
On firm snow the Airheart 2.0 does what unbroken camber does: edge contact from tip to tail, a line that holds under pressure, and a strong rebound out of the turn. Medium Traction Tech serrates the steel edge into extra contact points for bite when the groomer goes hard, and the Medium 3D Contour Base rounds the tips so the board rolls into a turn instead of hooking. Airs and switch landings follow from the near-symmetric outline and the camber underfoot — the Freestyle 9 is earned.
The honest limit of the Airheart 2.0 is deep snow. There is no rocker in the profile and no taper in the outline, so the nose has to be driven up rather than planing on its own; Powder 7 is a fair score, and a genuinely deep day belongs to the Women's Howler (Powder 9) or Women's Stratos (Powder 10). Full camber is also impatient at low speed. Within the line, the Women's Rally Cat posts identical terrain bars on the same shape idea at a 2/5 flex — the easier version of the same brief. The Airheart 2.0 ships as a flat deck; the Aurora is the catalog pairing we stock, and we mount it and set your stance in the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat deck — we mount the bindings and set your stance in the shop (Jones does not print an insert pattern for this model in the 26/27 catalog). Our pick: Jones Aurora.
- Jones AuroraThe catalog pairing PTO stocks — all-terrain response for the Airheart 2.0
Jones lists the Aurora as one of two factory matches for the Airheart 2.0, and it is the one we carry. Sold separately; we mount it and set your stance angles in the shop.
- Jones Mercury FASE®The other factory pairing named in the 26/27 catalog
The 26/27 catalog names the Mercury FASE alongside the Aurora as the Airheart 2.0's recommended binding. Listed here for completeness — bindings are sold separately from the deck.
Common Questions
- How is the Jones Women's Airheart 2.0 different from the men's Aviator 2.0?
- The build is shared: Koroyd, a Boost Core, triax glass, a Bcomp carbon-flax stringer and a Sintered 8000 base, at the same 4/5 flex, with the same terrain scoring. The difference is dimensional. This board runs 143 to 155, waists of 23.6–24.4cm, and a 6.4–7.2m sidecut; the men's board is longer and wider and carries a 7.1–8.4m radius. Tighter radius, narrower waist, less mass — geometry cut down for a lighter rider, with the flex left exactly where it was.
- Is the Airheart 2.0 any use in powder?
- Jones scores powder 7 out of 10, and that lands about right. Cambered end to end with no rocker anywhere and no taper in the outline, the tip has to be pushed up rather than floating up on its own, so deep snow becomes work. A soft resort day is fine. For genuinely deep days the Women's Howler (Powder 9) and Women's Stratos (Powder 10) are the boards built to do it.
- How do I pick a length, and does this model come in a wide?
- Jones does not build a wide version of it. The broadest waist published anywhere in the run is 24.4cm at the 155, and PTO carries 143 through 152. Length moves the turn radius here as well (6.4m at the 143, 7.0m at the 152), so the size you choose sets the shape of your turn, not only your footprint. No weight chart exists for it, so treat this as a conversation: send your weight and boot size and we will settle the length with you.
- Does the Airheart 2.0 come with bindings?
- No. Jones sells the Airheart 2.0 as a deck on its own. Two factory partners are named for it in the catalog — the Aurora, which we stock, and the Mercury FASE. Buy the pair together and we will fit them, set the angles, and check your boot against that narrow waist before the board leaves the shop.
