Hovercraft Splitboard

The nimble backcountry racer

Ideal for backcountry chutes, bowls and tree runs

Alternative Freeride

Shape

Traction Tech

Blunt Nose

Progressive Sidecut

Quick Tension Tail Clip

Directional Shape

Flex

Stiffness: 7/10 - Playful

Directional flex pattern

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DON’T CALL ME A POW BOARD, POW BOARD

The Hovercraft Split is purpose built to surf the earth and features a directional shape that truly shines in the backcountry. It’s nimble, squat outline provides the float of a much longer board, and the short running length makes it super maneuverable in the tight trees and skinning up. The blunt nose and directional rocker of the Hovercraft keep you surfin’ on top of the soft stuff, while the stiff tail keeps you stable through any unexpected crust. For added edge grip on icy skin tracks or firm descents, the Hovercraft Split features Inner/Outer Traction Tech 2.0 edges. New for 2020, the Hovercraft Split is built with an Engineered Veneer Topsheet and Rounded Recycled ABS Sidewalls for improved topsheet durability.

Personality

Directional Rocker Crafting

A hybrid rocker/camber flex pattern defined by more tip rocker then tail rocker and camber between the bindings. The rockered tip floats the board’s nose and improves maneuverability while the camber underfoot provides edge hold and response. A slightly rockered tail maintains the power and stability of a traditional board but helps keep the tail catch-free initiating turns and landing switch.

My experience is that most falls in freeriding start from the nose of the board – you either go over the bars in powder, the nose gets caught under a weird crust and tosses you, or you hit a hard tranny at the contact point of the tip and get bucked. Directional Rocker eliminates most of these falls. — Jeremy Jones

Traction Tech

Like a serrated knife slicing into the snow, Traction Tech improves your edge grip by adding multiple contact points along the running length of your board.

Traction Tech is a critical feature for rockered boards. Rocker improves glide in mixed conditions, but the decreased edge contact makes it harder to really lock
into your turns and hold a solid edge. Traction Tech is crucial to offset the edge drift of rocker. — Jeremy Jones

Blunt Nose

How a board glides in powder, crust, corn or any snow more than an inch deep, is dictated by it’s front contact point and just past it. Next time you are in soft snow watch how much snow comes over the corner of the nose near the contact point. The billowing snow coming out from behind the tip means you are plowing through it which is obviously slowing you down. By adding a blunt nose you get the float benefits of a much longer nose without the ‘snow plow’ rounded tip and it’s extra swing weight. — Jeremy Jones

Progressive Sidecut

At the far ends of the sidecut, the radius is incrementally increased as the edge reaches the contact point. Gradually increasing the sidecut radius towards the contact point delivers smoother turn initiation and exit as the edge tracks in and out of the snow with a less abrupt transition.

Quick Tension Tail Clip

Built-in climbing skin tension system using pre-cut notch that eliminates the need for a traditional skin tail clip.

Wend Natural Wax

Jones boards are ready to shred straight out of the shop and are factory waxed with WEND natural wax.

Flip Flop Base

Producing two or more base color options minimizes p-tex waste. Order may be filled with either color. Color does not vary by size.

Sintered 7000

Durable natural base material with added carbon for speed and good wax absorbency.

Biax Fiberglass

A dual-direction, dual-layer, stitched fiberglass laminate that provides a fun, forgiving and snappy ride.

Factory Tuned

All Jones Snowboards are factory de-tuned at the tip and tail so you can go right from the shop to the mountain.

Oversized Recycled Edges

All Jones boards are made with oversized recycled steel edges for added durability and improved production sustainability.

Karakoram STD Clip

Jones Splitboards feature premium Karakoram K-clips plus tip and tail hooks. Adjustable tension K-clips increase board torsional stiffness and offer a superior connection to simple interlocking clips.

Stainless Steel Reinforcement

Stainless steel plates are embedded into the nose and tail for improved board tip durability.

Recycled Rounded ABS

New rounded sidewall finish that improves board durability by protecting top sheet from chipping. Available on all splitboards and Surf Series models.

Super Sap Bio Resin

All Jones boards are now built with bio-based, renewable epoxy instead of petroleum based epoxy. The raw materials used to make Super Sap Bio-Resin are co-products or waste products of other plant-based industrial processes. Producing Super Sap requires 33% less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional epoxy.

Engineered Veneer

New composite wood veneer topsheets. Wood veneer topsheets dampen ride and absorb board chatter.

Classic Core

Full wood premium poplar core that offers fun pop, even flex and solid durability.

Gear 101
Alternative Freeride boards are designed to be ridden substantial shorter than a Directional Freeride board.
For a Hovercraft, go 4 - 8 cm shorter than your Directional Freeride board.
Choose the ideal size Alternative Freeride board using your weight and boot size (see the size chart below).

If you wear US Men’s 11.5 or bigger, look for our Big Horn series boards with minimum waist width 26.3 cm.
Not sure your ideal snowboard size? Check out our sizing guidelines for each model.

Know your board
The dimensions of a snowboard define how that board performs on snow. The dimension specs of all our models are fine tuned for specific styles of riding.
Understand how waist width, flex and sidecut and stance dimensions effect board performance to find the best board for you.

For reference: drawing of the Flagship 161

Size Chart

Product Size	Weight Range (lbs/kg)	Bindings Recommended Size	Weight / Production tolerance +/- 15%	Skins Group	Effective Edge Length	Nose Length (cm)	Tail Length (cm)	Nose Width (cm)	Waist Width (cm)	Tail Width (cm)	Taper	Sidecut (m)	Reference Stance (cm)	Centered Stance (cm)	Setback (cm)
152	110-160 lbs / 49-73 kg	S/M	3,1 kg / 6,8 lbs	C	119.1	39.4	15.5	29.84	25.4	28.69	1.15	8.9	-	54	3
156	130-180 lbs / 59-82 kg	M/L	3,4 kg / 7,4 lbs	C	122.5	40	15.5	30.48	26	29.35	1.15	9.3	-	56	3
160	160-210 lbs / 73-95 kg	M/L	3,5 kg / 7,7 lbs	E	125.7	40.4	15.9	31.01	26.4	29.87	1.15	9.5	-	58	3

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High Performance, Sustainably Made Gear
We design gear that balances performance, durability and sustainability. We strive to make equipment you can trust with the most eco-conscious materials possible. New for 2020, all our snowboards and splitboards are molded with Super Sap Bio-Resin.
Proud member of 1% For The Planet, we donate 1% of sales to fight climate change by supporting our non-profit partners Protect Our Winters and Community Carbon Trees.