Jones Women's Rally Cat
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
“2.2 kg of cambered deck on a 6.0–6.6m arc: the Women's Rally Cat sells geometry, and does without damping.”
The Jones Women's Rally Cat is the same platform as the men's board of that name — Directional Twin outline, True Camber, a friendly 2/5 flex — with the geometry redrawn for a lighter rider. That redraw is the point. Lengths run 139 to 154 instead of 151 to 170, waists sit between 23.6 and 24.6cm, the sidecut spans 6.0 to 7.0m against the men's 7.0 to 8.9m, and a 148 weighs 4.9 lbs (2.2 kg). Jones scores it All-Mountain 10 / Powder 7 / Freestyle 9.
The Rally Cat's technology list stops at four entries: a Master Core, Biax fiberglass, a Sintered 8000 base and a Premium topsheet. There is no carbon-flax stringer, no Koroyd, no basalt in it; the Airheart 2.0 above it carries Koroyd, the stringer and triaxial glass. Two things follow. The deck is light: 4.9 lbs (2.2 kg) at the 148, where the Dream Weaver 2.0 is 5 lbs at that same length and the Howler 5.3 lbs. And it twists readily, since two fibre axes resist torsion less than three and nothing is layered over them to put the stiffness back. What the stack has no answer for is vibration — nothing in it damps.
Grip is the profile's job instead, and on the Women's Rally Cat the profile is an unbroken camber arch set at a medium height. It presses the contact points down, which is where the hold and the rebound come from, while Medium Traction Tech notches serrated contact points along the edge for glazed morning groomers. Under the tips, a Low 3D Contour Base rounds the nose and tail so the board can be rolled onto its edge rather than tipped in, and so the tip lifts a little in soft snow.
On snow, the tight radius is what a rider registers first: in the four lengths we stocked the sidecut reads 6.0m to 6.6m, so short turns are the default rather than an effort. Freestyle 9/10 covers side hits and switch landings, though a Directional Twin is not symmetric and will not feel identical in both directions. Powder 7/10 is the honest number — no taper, a shallow contour, real work on a deep morning — and speed in cut-up snow is the ceiling, because a light, soft, undamped deck gets deflected there.
In the line, the Airheart 2.0 ($649.95) answers the same brief at 4/5 with Koroyd and triaxial glass for stability at speed; the Tweaker 2.0 is the true twin; the Dream Weaver 2.0 scores Powder 10. At $499.95 the Rally Cat buys geometry, not reinforcement. It ships bare — Jones names the Nebula FASE and Equinox as its factory matches, and we mount and set your angles in the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: 2x4 insert pattern. Our pick: Jones Nebula FASE (Jones's factory pairing — not stocked at PTO).
- Jones Nebula FASEThe pairing Jones names for this board — medium flex, all-mountain
Jones lists the Nebula FASE as one of two factory matches for the Women's Rally Cat. A medium binding flex is the right company for a 2/5 deck: enough support to load the camber, not so much that it overrides the bend. PTO does not currently stock it; bindings are a separate purchase and we mount and set stance angles on whatever you ride.
- Jones EquinoxThe second binding Jones names for the Rally Cat
The alternate factory pairing on the catalog page, and the same intent: keep the binding inside the flex range the board is drawn around. Not a binding PTO stocks either — tell us what you plan to ride and we will fit it to the deck.
Common Questions
- Is the Jones Women's Rally Cat just the men's board in a different colour?
- No. The two share a construction and a flex grade, but every number that meets the snow differs: 139–154 rather than 151–170, waists of 23.6–24.6cm, a 6.0–7.0m sidecut against 7.0–8.9m, and 2.2 kg at a 148 against 2.7 kg at a 156. Jones scaled the geometry for a lighter rider; it did not soften the board.
- Can I ride the Women's Rally Cat switch?
- Within reason. Jones gives it 9/10 for freestyle, so switch landings and side hits are ordinary business. But the shape is a Directional Twin — twin-like without being symmetric — so the two directions will not feel the same. If they need to, the Women's Tweaker 2.0 is the true twin in the line.
- Is full camber too much board for an intermediate?
- Less than the words suggest. Jones sets the arch at a medium camber height, grades the flex 2/5, and mills a shallow 3D contour into the tips, which together make the board easy to bend and easy to roll onto an edge. The trade is tolerance: camber replies more sharply to a mistimed edge than rocker does.
- Does the Women's Rally Cat come with bindings, and is there a wide size?
- It sells as a bare deck, and no — Jones publishes no wide version of this model, with the widest waist in the run at 24.6cm, so tell us your boot size before you commit. The factory pairings Jones names are the Nebula FASE and the Equinox; neither is a binding we stock, but we will fit and adjust whichever one you choose.
