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The Jones Dream Catcher Women’s Snowboard took me by surprise the first time I rode it. It was fast, fun, maneuverable, and easy to ride. The Jones Dream Catcher has a stable ride that can cruise through choppy snow and charge turns on steeps. It has a fun personality that can play around in and out of the park. It’s a very competent and predictable board in any condition from hard snow to powder.

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How This Review Happened: I own this board and had Paige test it out to get her take on it.

Size: 142

Days: 30+

Conditions: A little bit of everything, powder, hard snow, good groomers.

Riders: Steph (5’4”, 109 lbs, Shoe size 7.5) & Paige (Shoe Size 8)

Boots: Vans Ferra

Bindings: Union Milan

Set Up: 20.1 Stance Width, 15 front -15 back

Approximate Weight: Feels normal under-foot.

Flex/Buttering: Even though the flex is medium to medium stiff in a shop, it’s really easy to butter on snow. You can feel exactly when you get the board on the reverse camber part of the nose or tail. Holding the butter is very stable tool. It has a medium stiff flex of 6/10 that keeps it stable but still allows you to bend the board if needed. Butters are easy, and it has great pop.

Sizing: 142, 145, 148, 151, 154 Paige and I both felt fine with the 142. I usually lean towards more playful boards so I like the 142. But the 145 would work with my specs as well.

On Snow Feel: Feels very stable when riding around, easy to engage the edge and turn from side to side. It is a little washy when riding one foot. The camber helps to keep it fairly stable when riding. It feels much more stable than most rocker or hybrid rocker boards but it tends to slide around a bit compared to boards with more camber when gliding on a flat base.

Edge Hold: Very nice edge hold on hard snow and even ice. The lightly serrated edge (Jones’ Traction Tech) along the side-cut helps the Jones Dream Catcher to grip nicely on hard-pack and ice but not too much that it feels catchy. Unlike some more aggressive side-cut disruptions with other boards, it doesn’t grab in softer snow which is a bonus. This side-cut works well for most conditions that you want to ride in and even some you don’t but might have to anyways.

Turn Initiation: Really easy and fast to turn and maneuver from edge to edge. I was able to get it on edge without much effort. It holds the turn for a shorter amount of time than other boards with more camber. In comparison to the Jones Twin Sister, the Jones Dream Catcher was a faster turner and much easier to handle in tight spots that require quick turns.

Turning Experience: Simple and fun to turn. The Jones Dream Catcher is fast edge to edge, its great for small and medium radius turns. The large radius turns are ok but I found the board didn’t want to keep on edge for too long when carving. Skidded turns were very easy as well.

Carving: It can carve but wasn’t my favorite out of the Jones line for this. I found the camber to be pretty mellow, so you can get it on edge and hold it but it doesn’t have that snappy spring back into the next turn that you would get from a “carving” board.

Speed: Felt great at higher speeds, was easy to get up to speed as well. The 6/10 flex helps to keep it stable and cuts down on the chatter you get from softer boards. It also has a sintered base to help keep it quick on the snow. Jones’ bases often have a pretty good glide for the price point and this is no exception.

Uneven Terrain: I really liked it in choppy and bumpy snow. It is stable enough to charge through chunder, and quick enough to turn in between moguls.  It’s a great board for someone who often rides on weekends and is still out there getting after it on a Saturday afternoon.

Powder: Rides great in powder with the directional nose, and the added reverse camber in the nose helps a lot too. If you want a lot of directional float then setting it all the way back will get you a difference of 4.5″ between nose and tail or 2.25″ back on board.  That’s a lot for an all mountain/one board quiver kind of ride and it can hang with some freeride boards when it comes to directional float. It’s hard to get any better without sacrificing its ability to ride well centered/switch on groomers.

Switch: The Jones Dream Catcher rides great switch, you don’t even notice that it is a directional snowboard. The camber in the middle along with rocker in the nose/tail makes for a pretty easy ride either way. It doesn’t ride as well as some directional twins or true twins but it’s much better than you would think when looking at its shape.

Jumps: Really fun on jumps, plenty of pop on an ollie, and easy to spin. Feels light under-foot as well.

Jibbing: The Jones Dream Catcher is fun on jibs, the directional nose doesn’t affect jibbing at all. It is quick and maneuverable so you feel free to throw it around whenever you feel like it.  If you want to jib all day there are better boards but this is really good for its flex and shape.

Pipe: There wasn’t a pipe to test it in, but I think it would ride pipe OK. I would like more camber if it was going to be my “pipe board” so it could drive better from wall to wall. But you can dabble for sure and have some fun without having to worry about edge hold or stability.

Overall : The Jones Dream Catcher Women’s Snowboard would be great for someone learning how to ride, but it can also be ridden aggressively so you can grow with the board. It is a directional board that has more rocker in the nose than the tail for extra ease in powder. It’s very competent when riding switch or riding more centered on the board as well. If you want a one board quiver that has more directional float than the Jones Twin Sister and turns faster but rides easier as well as better when switch/centered than the Jones Women’s Flagship then this is a great call.

Paige’s Perspective

The Jones Dream Catcher is a board that can take you anywhere on the mountain. It was a smooth ride off-piste, cut through groomers, and floated effortlessly through powder. The Dream Catcher is quick to respond, extremely maneuverable, and is easy to turn. This made turns in between narrow tree lines feel easy and confidence inspiring. Even at a short length, the 142cm board with a centered stance was easily able to stay on top of powder.

The Traction Tech is intended to give the board extra stability in harder conditions, but still allows for a smooth catch-free ride through soft snow. This board would do well in the park, as it rides great switch and has a playful amount of flex. While this might not be a go-to carving board it gets the job done, holding a line when you tell it too. The board felt solid at high speeds, even when transitioning from steeps to off-piste terrain.

This board would suite beginners, as it was very easy to manipulate. Additionally, the board was also able to ride aggressively, making it suitable for riders looking to advance their abilities.

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