Jones Tweaker Review

Overview of the Tweaker's Specs

* the 149, 160W & 162 are new for the 2024 model.

Who is the Tweaker Most Suited To?

The Tweaker is best suited to those looking for a playful easy riding board to treat the whole mountain as a park - and of course throw in some park laps along the way. 

It's not great for speed or really big jumps, but for smaller sidehits and small jumps, hips etc, it's super fun with it's instant pop and light, snappy feel. It also handles jibs and butters really well. 

Not for a beginner, despite it's relative ease of turns, but certainly doable for a higher end beginner/low intermediate rider, who is looking to ride more freestyle/playful. 

The Tweaker in More Detail

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 22.8" (580mm)

Stance Setback: Centered

Width at Inserts: 267mm (10.5") 

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs 

Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Tactical ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Weight: 6lbs 11oz (3020 grams)

Weight per cm: 19.36 grams/cm

Average Weight per cm: 18.59 grams/cm*

*based on a sample size of around 200 models that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 models. On the scales the Tweaker felt heavier than normal but on snow actually felt lighter than normal. Part of that is likely the looser than average feeling and ease of turn initiation, making it feel lighter than it actually is. 

Powder

We didn't have any to test in, but based on specs and feel of the board, the Tweaker would be better than most full camber true twin boards. 

The 3D Contour edges are mostly to thank for that.

Carving & Turning

Carving: Can get a little twitchy when trying to carve at moderate to fast speeds and can wash out fairly easily too when you're really trying to carve deep. It can handle slow to moderate speed carves in good snow conditions, but when it gets firmer it feels quite washy. 

Ease of Turning/Slashing: Super easy to initiate turns on and slash around on. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Super nimble at slow speeds. Can change edges quickly and easily. 

Skids: Not catchy at all. In one part, given that it's all camber, that might sound surprising, but when you take the 3D base contour into account, it makes sense why this thing is forgiving of skidded turns. 

Speed

It can handle some speed, but gets wobbly when you start to really open it out. The base is pretty fast overall, but you're limited to how fast you can go by it's relative lack of stability when it does have speed underneath it. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: Gets bucked around in crud fairly easily, but in its favor is the fact that it is super easy to correct when you do get thrown off your line. 

Trees/Bumps: Really quick edge-to-edge even at slow speeds, so weaves through trees and bumps effortlessly and hugs bumps well too. 

Jumps

Fun on smaller jumps and sidehits but not stable enough to be good at bigger jumps. 

Pop: Really easy to access the pop. With little effort you can get almost every ounce of pop this board has to give. Not much more when you really wind it up - and the total pop is decent without being epic. 

Approach: Gets a little wobbly on faster approaches, so it's harder to hold a line. Easy to speed check/make adjustments when you need to. 

Landing: A little shaky/twitchy coming off bigger jumps, but for smaller jumps it's forgiving of errors in the sense that it's not easy to catch an edge on and the board gives quite a lot as you land, so you don't have to get it perfect. For bigger landings though there's too much give and it can't absorb them as well, so if you're off it's less forgiving. 

Side-hits: Great for side hits! Super easy to maneuver and has really easy access pop. Again not ideal for those bigger sidehits, but really fun for the average sidehit. 

Small jumps/Big jumps: Small jumps for sure.

Switch

Really good for riding switch. Being a true twin, this was no surprise. Transitions are easy rotating into and out of switch as well. 

Spins

Really easy pop for when you don't have that much of a jump to get the air for a spin or doing spins on the slope without a jump or sidehit. Great for setting up and landing switch and feels light. For smaller spins, it's almost ideal. For bigger tricks, just like with jumps, it's not as reliable. 

Jibbing

Felt confident jibbing with this board. It's maneuverable for the setup, has easy pop and feels un-catchy. 

Butters

Really easy to initiate a butter with this board. Plenty of flex in the tip and tail and feels the same on tip as it does on the tail. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

The Tweaker is a fun, playful, loose-ish feeling board that has a good amount of snap. 

For a full camber board it's really uncatchy and slashes nicely. Where it doesn't perform quite as well is when things get bigger and faster. For small jumps and sidehits it's super fun but it gets a bit wobbly when things get bigger. Same for speed - at slow to moderate speeds this board is fun to turn, slash and carve on, but it gets a bit shaky when things get faster. 

Compared to other Jones boards it doesn't have as good an edge hold in icy conditions either. 

But despite the drawbacks of this board, it was really fun to ride and something that, so long as you don't expect to be bombing on it or hitting anything big, is a great choice for treating the whole mountain like a park and for park laps.