I love my older generation surf rocker version in 154. Bring it back! It's going to the up-cycle program at the end of this season. Kudos to Jones for taking sustainable initiatives.

Originaly an hardbooter (47 years old with over 20 years in french competitions), I love my storm chaser : It's like a slalom-special board, vivacity, hook, it turn's so well, and what a feeling in the powder, just magic.
A great board.
Thanks Jeremy for have made it realty.

Since buying my ultracraft I have realised the ease and power in the shortened tail. Makes powder days and even groomers for that fact so much more fun

Planche très maniable et très volumineuse, un régal en poudreuse, et également joueuse sur la piste.

Planche très maniable et très volumineuse, un régal en poudreuse, et également joueuse sur la piste.

The Ultracraft has become my resort board of choice. Fast and stable on the groomers yet soft and floaty on the pow...well done Jeremy!

The board is beautiful! Nothing feels better then laying down some carves on groomer. Handles like a rally car in the trees. But when it's pow pow, your life will never be the same.

The only down fall- the fish tail is a little prone to cracking. I have 2 stormchaser( the 2018 blue and 2019 yellow). At high speed deep carving on groomers both fins have cracked, on both boards.

I could switch to the mind expand and eliminate the problems. But damn I love the stormchaser

Have the previous version. Not the surf rocker, the camber/rocker combo. Super fun but this new one is much improved. Rode it at a demo last winter in fresh 10 plus" and float was as good or better than my old one. Biggest difference is this board is much better on the hardpack areas. Felt alot less like a "quiver" board, more like a freeride focused daily driver. Still loose and slashy for sure, but more control at speed where it's firm. Worth the upgrade!

Best snowboard I've ridden. At 160lbs, 5'8", the 150cm has been a dream to ride in deep snow, glades, tight trees, and moguls. It turns effortlessly almost just by thinking. It's also very predictable and doesn't surprise you with unexpected grabbing or biting. Slash and turn, surfy, and plain fun, it's my favourite board.

When you get the feel for carving the board, it really goes. I found I have to set the edge and then weight it appropriately to get a carve going and when I do, it puts in a really tight carve (more than you initially expect). The key is to not put in more effort and to let the board do the work. Otherwise, the surf nature kicks in and you'll get into a more slashy, surfy turn. Set it on the edge and let the board do the work though and it's impressive.

Surprisingly, despite being a surf shape, it does really well on steeps. I had full confidence on steep double blacks even in variable snow. Other shapes are perhaps more at home on crusty steep stuff, but I didn't feel held back. For my riding style (prefer nimble turns), I found it inspired confidence on steeps because I had no concerns at all about being able to make a very fast turn to control speed. I actually find I rely much less on jump turns when I'm on the Mind Expander.

It's also fast, which surprised me. My skier friends have noted that too. I think that has more to do with the Jones base quality than anything.

I enjoy this board so much that if Jones ever says they'll discontinue it, I'll buy a back up one so I still have one after I wear out my current board.

Incredible board! Love it

Please, please bring back the full rocker profile of the Mind Expander. I love how the rocker profile feels so surfy under my feet, especially in tight terrain, trees, etc.
I’m a huge fan of the Mind Expander, I currently have a few Mind Expander boards set up the twin, split board, and the ultra. As well as a secondhand one I bought with the full rocker as a back up for when mine dies

This is an amazing board. It does everything. Any place, any conditions. Rolls edge to edge like a surfboard. It's just too narrow. Give us a 154 wide option please!

The Old Mind Expander (Full Rocker) was a niche powder board that gave an experience that justified its name. Now that its cambered, I dont really see why it exists. Why get this over the Stratos? Its just redundant.
Bring back the rocker ME and give this board the glory it deserves as an insane Pow Stick

Fun board with great feeling on the mountain, but..
Really poor build quality, after just 1 season it looks as beaten up as my 4+ seasons Burton. Already falling apart.
Using recycled materials to build a product that lasts nothing is far from sustainable (one of the marketing points).
Such a shame, because otherwise it would be a great board.

The board is my third board and second from the Jones collection. I am 66 years old and absolutely love riding the Mind Expander on groomed and powder runs. Fast and loads of fun!!!

Ron Lewis
San Diego, Ca

After many nights watching reviews, scouring top 5 lists, and cruising reddit forums I was ready to hit the buy button on the Mind Expander. 166W to be exact paired with the Meteorite Surf bindings. I’m 6’4” @ 250lbs. The board showed up at my doorstep quickly and safely. The board looked great and the finish was exactly what I expected. Jones knows what they are doing, no surprise.

I got things dialed and was able to get out that following weekend for a day on some groomed hardpack via 30deg bluebird day. Coming from 15+ years on a heavily cambered freeride board (167cm) I knew there would some getting used to the new feel. I have to say the first day took some patience on the Mind Expander. The length and stiffness felt great, the base had good glide, and it felt like a great balance of damp/lively. But I just couldn't quite get it to hold an edge like my old board. I chalked it up to relearning the limits and intended ride experience of the board, change in sidecut/camber profile, and the rather hard snow conditions.

Fast forward 2 weeks later, my kids and I took a spring break trip up to the North Shore in MN. I brought the Mind Expander and my old board to give a proper side by side. Day 2 of our trip we had a huge storm come across Lake Superior and dump 13”+. We rode through the storm that day AND rode the following day on fresh tracks for the first half of the day. The Mind Expander completely came to life. The surfy feel on top of fresh snow was SOOOO much more fun than my kinda twitchy old board. Super easy edge to edge turns, excellent float in the deep wet snow, damp and stiff enough to cut through push piles and clumps plus support my weight which exceeds the top end of the spectrum a bit. I’m sold on the surf style ride feel and the Mind Expander. Excited to get it out to some dry powder and off piste riding next season and really get comfortable with the playfulness. Well done Jones team!

Really nice board. Handels well on a powder day, great for tree riding, and also carves up the groomers. I gave it a 4 star only because it chatters for those dust on crust days. Great local company and they are nice to their customers.

Rides amazing.
Maneuverability is great and love the ability to slash turns and the board floats great on the powder

This board rides exactly as described. Do not buy this board if you bomb groomers and ride a wider stance and do not buy this board if you like to carve as this board is a "slarve" board on hard pack. Obviously this is not a freestyle/freeride board. It prefers to cruise the side hits and slash crud Bob Marley style instead of old school NOFX. Watch some old videos of Craig Kelly. If that's your style of riding then get this board because I'm 55 and this is the closest thing to the magic boards of old and very close to the feel of the Mike Estes pro model Barfoot from the early 90s. This was the best all around snowboard I have ever ridden from deep pow to bumps to steep trees. I rode it for a couple of seasons at A Basin and the surrounding backcountry in the early 90s. The Mind Expander is so close to the vibe of that board and those times. It's very nimble in trees and bumps and on steeps but comes alive in pow. It loves to feel a turn through the entire rail from initiation to out the tail. And if your a surfer it delivers that classic "finishing" feel of throwing some tail.

The women's mind expander changed my life. Floaty, whippy, FUN! Great for ripping open lines and still does great in tight trees.