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Jones Mountain Twin vs K2 Excavator
Jones Mountain Twin
38 positive (88%) · 4 mixed (9%) · 1 negative (2%)
Trust + time weighted: +84%
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Jones Mountain Twin: A good jack of all trades board that works well if it's the only board you are going to ride. However, it's a bit lack luster in the emotions department. Don't expect great pop, great carving, great float, etc... It's just a simply 75% board that does everything well enough that it could be your only board if that was your only option. I've personally ridden 2 of these through the years and I honestly kept the second one less than 3 months once I was reminded how uninspiring it was to ride.
Mountain twin regular will be great to practice your carves.
I have the non-pro. I pretty exclusively ride trees and bumps and it is great.
I've ridden both, I started with the non-pro which I loved but found it a bit soft for my tastes.
If you gotta ask, the regular JMT is plenty of board for you
K2 Excavator
28 positive (74%) · 10 mixed (26%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted: +76%
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As for pow boards; I've really enjoyed the K2 excavator and Nitro Squash the past few seasons.
An Excavator is my 80% daily. I ride it less in spring when sl it slushy, have another board for that. The K2 is just a beast, crazy fun in powder, great in trees, keep your edge sharp and should be fine in ice.
Parent context: I see you ride at Bogus too, also my home mountain. How’s it hold up on the icy days Reply: Pretty solidly. I’m not a huge ice-riding guy, so I don’t have a great frame of reference for *how* good it is, but it never once came out from under me last year, and I don’t recall any days where I was really fighting to keep it locked in.
I picked up an Excavator early last season and it pretty much instantly became my daily driver. It’s *awesome* in pow, and I had no trouble at all in getting it to carve, even in my soft work boots.
K2 Excavator is great for pow and carves well on the groomed.