The Jones Storm Chaser discovered its method into our mellow freeride class, however you may positively argue it ought to be within the non-mellow freeride class. It is proper on the border and beefier than you’d anticipate.
On this overview, I’ll check out the Storm Chaser as a mellow freeride snowboard.
As per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I’ll give the Storm Chaser a rating out of 100 (primarily based on a number of components) and see the way it compares with different mellow freeride snowboards.
General Score
Board: Jones Storm Chaser 2025
Value: $649
Model: Mellow Freeride
Flex Score: Medium
Flex Really feel on Snow: Medium (bordering on mid-stiff) (6.5/10)
Score Rating: 88.8/100
In comparison with different Males’s Mellow Freeride Boards
Overview of the Storm Chaser’S Specs
Take a look at the tables for the Storm Chaser’s specs and obtainable sizes.
Who’s the Storm Chaser Most Suited To?
The Storm Chaser is finest suited to somebody on the lookout for a quantity shifted board so as to add to their quiver (most probably) however need one thing that is not too mushy or playful – they need it to nonetheless have a little bit of muscle behind it.
This board has its fairly apparent strengths and weaknesses, so would seemingly not make a very good one-board-quiver for many – although I am certain there are some whose model would match with this board as a one-board-quiver. However in any other case, it might be an excellent praise to a quiver to go together with a mushy/playful park board and/or all-mountain-freestyle board and or all-mountain to aggressive all-mountain board.
Not for rookies – and even decrease degree intermediate riders aren’t more likely to hit it off with this board, IMO.
O.ok. let’s take a extra detailed take a look at what the Storm Chaser is able to.
Demo Information
Board: Jones Storm Chaser 2025, 152cm (275mm waist width)
Date: February 20, 2024
Powder
In what powder I may get it in, it felt sick. And its specs would recommend that it might be high-end in deeper powder too.
Carving
The Storm Chaser felt actually good on a carve. With all that taper and being a 152, you would not essentially anticipate it to be nearly as good as it’s, notably when using sooner, nevertheless it holds on very well. Actually enjoyable for carving and I felt I may actually push it.
Turning
Ease of Turning/Slashing: I rode the Storm Wolf earlier than I rode this board and whereas this was positively simpler going for initiating turns and slashing, it nonetheless wasn’t tremendous straightforward turning or slashy or something. It isn’t as torsionaly stiff because the Storm Wolf, however there’s nonetheless fairly a little bit of torsional stiffness happening there.
Maneuverability at gradual speeds: Once more, higher than the Storm Wolf, however not tremendous agile. That torsional stiffness, plus the large width on it, have been seemingly massive causes for that. Sizing right down to 152 wasn’t sufficient to negate that barely delayed feeling on turns. It is extra-wide even for a quantity shifted board.
Catchiness: Undoubtedly some catch-feeling in there. Nothing extremely catchy and fewer of that really feel in there than with the Storm-Wolf, however not catch-free, in my expertise.
Pace
Whereas I would not say its the board you’d get in case you actually need to push the pace and actually bomb, it was up there for pace for a quantity shifted board.
Uneven Terrain
Crud/Chunder: Did very well in tough snow. Absorbed all of it and felt secure and damp in it. It is weight helped it right here. Took quite a bit to get this factor to lose a good reference to the snow.
Bushes/Bumps: Whereas I actually did not discover it lightning by way of edge-to-edge quickness, it was fairly good for weaving between the timber. A part of that was that it additionally wasn’t overly sluggish edge-to-edge both, however a part of that was the truth that you are using this gorgeous brief – and the tail is especially brief – and that basically helps for sneaking tight gaps between timber. It might even be sick in powdered timber.
Jumps
Whereas that additional weight and damp feeling helped it with stability at pace and in tough snow, it did not assist it really feel nice for getting air. It simply felt prefer it was actually reluctant to go away the bottom.
Pop: Took fairly a bit to get this board to pop and if there was good whole pop in there someplace, I wasn’t capable of finding it.
Strategy: Whereas it was fairly secure on strategy, it wasn’t one thing that made me really feel able to launch when approaching jumps and side-hits.
Touchdown: Nail it and you haven’t too many issues. However something not nailed may be sketchy. Whereas not tremendous unforgiving in case you do not land straight, it additionally wasn’t tremendous forgiving. And tail heavy landings have been, for apparent causes, lower than very best. The actual fact the tail is kind of stiff, that can assist to save lots of a tail heavy touchdown generally, however nonetheless not going to be straightforward.
Facet-hits: Not for me. Even straight airs. It simply felt actually reluctant to need to get airborne.
Change
You may seemingly simply take a look at the picture of this board and perceive why this factor wasn’t nice using swap. Its one saving grace nonetheless, was that the stiffness within the tail did help you experience swap with out it being a whole trainwreck. However yeah, total, not a pure using tail first, for apparent causes.
Spins
Not nice, naturally. Past how suss it felt taking off and touchdown swap, it wasn’t the best to setup or land nostril first both. And yeah, was simply awkward. Undoubtedly not what it was made for, although, in fact. It is weight did not assist right here both.
Butters
Should muscle it a bit to get the nostril and tail urgent. Not as a lot as with the Storm Wolf, however nonetheless requires extra effort than the common board. Most likely goes with out saying, however I will say it anyway – the nostril and tail felt very totally different to one another! The tail was awkward to press due to how small it was and the form and the nostril was awkward for the way lengthy it was and likewise that pointy form did not assist, I do not assume.
Rating Breakdown and Ultimate Verdict
Take a look at the breakdown of the rating within the desk under.
| FACTOR | Score (/5) | Weighted |
|---|---|---|
| Powder | 5 | 30/30 |
| Turns | 3.5 | 10.5/15 |
| Carving | 4 | 8/10 |
| Bushes | 4 | 12/15 |
| Crud | 4 | 8/10 |
| Pace | 3.5 | 7/10 |
| Jumps | 2 | 2/5 |
| Change | 1.5 | 1.5/5 |
| TOTAL (after normalizing): | 88.8/100 |
The Storm Chaser presents a surfy mellow vibe on first appearances, nevertheless it turned out to be a beefier beast than I might have thought. Whereas it isn’t extremely stiff or extremely aggressive, prefer it’s larger brother, the Storm Wolf, it is nonetheless one thing that prefers a bit extra of an aggressive enter and may deal with a extra aggressive strategy than I might have thought.
Nonetheless not overly aggressive or something and positively mellower than the Storm Wolf, however, let’s put it this fashion, that is the least mellow experience that I’ve included within the mellow freeride class.
