Board: Rossignol Jibsaw
Size: 155
Camber Option: Amptek Freestyle. 60% camber between the feet 40% rocker everywhere else.
Bindings: K2 Indy
Stance: 22.5 Wide 18 Negative 15 Goofy
Boots: K2 T1 DB Size 10
My Weight: 175lbs
Resort: Breckenridge
Conditions: Sunny warm spring mornings with fresh firm groomers and terrain park features.
Flex: The Jibsaw starts out as a stiffer twin, but after a solid 10 days of riding it breaks in to a nice middle of the road flex. You’ll find the most flex of this board in the tips, this is a result of the camber profile as well as the boards shape. Then it stiffens up underfoot and goes back to a little softer between the feet. There is a decent amount of torsional flex which helps make it a bit more playful when you want it.
Stability: The only spot of the board that you will notice chatter is out in the tips which I’ve said in previous reviews. Over all this board flies across varying terrain with ease.
Ollies: Load up the camber and engage the rocker zone to get amazing snap. This board can pop and it doesn’t hesitate to boost off natural features or lips. Side hits take on a new dimension with the pop off this board.
Pop On Jumps: Jumps come with ease on this board and never once do you feel that it won’t make it to the sweet spot of a jump. The camber zone can really be felt.
Butterability: The tip shape is so unique for this board that it gives a wide surface area for butters. Add to that the flex pattern and you have a recipe for spreading some buttery love across the slopes.
Jibbing: You have to hit the sweet spot perfectly with this board to lock it into the press, but once you do, you’re going to look like a star. This board can jib with the best of them. Having camber between the feet really lets it lock into boardslides with ease.
Carving: Short mellow turns are easy. The edge to edge transition in those types of carves has a subtle initiation. It’s hard Euro style carves that take a bit of tweaking. Instead of center flexing into the board you want to drive your energy and legs outward to engage on the outsides of the camber zone, this will let you drive the arc of the carve.
Rider in Mind: Park freestyle guy that will butter, jump off of natural and unnatural features, and play around outside the park.
Personal Thoughts: Last year it felt like they softened the board up and this carries over for 2016. For hybrid camber and rocker profile this board is very versatile. You get the snap of camber yet the play of rocker. Contrary to things I’ve said in the past, Rossignol is making a great product.
Check out the 2014, 2015, and 2016 reviews of the Jibsaw.
Comparable Boards: Marhar Regent, Rome Mod Rocker, Jones Mountain Twin
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This board was loaned to us for review by the Rossignol Snowboards marketing department.
*Disclaimer this board did not change for 2017 so we carried the 2016 review over.
14 Comments
Yo Angry – Jibsaw vs One Magtek…some questions for you:
1. What’s the stiffer board out of the 2?
2. Both have a similar RCR profile but the camber portion with the jibsaw is 60%, while with the one magtek it’s 40%…does this make a huge difference in the “playfulness” of each board?
3. The jibsaw has 7 mag bumps and the one magtek has 5 bumps…does this mean the jibsaw is in effect more “grabby” and/or “responsive on edge” than the mag or is the difference in ride negligible?
Thanks for the knowledge as always! I’m considering adding one of these boards to my quiver to replace a Yes Greats…
One Mag is stiffer in the tail and center, about the same in the nose. Honestly I didn’t notice a difference between the mag bumps. More bumps generally = more grip. As far as the camber profile what you get is more snap out of a turn with the Jibsaw. If you want a board with a happy medium between the two look at the Jibsaw HD.
Hi Angry,
I’m on the market and looking for a new board. I’m an intermediate rider who loves to hit the whole mountain like a park, but in my local resort there isn’t one. I really like to butter all day long, and doing some tricks like 360 nose roll and others, but I really love to carve, also…I come from a Slash Paxson that I hated too muc (no ollie power, no icy grab, no torsional flex and no stability on tip and tail during butters) On last sunday I’ve ridden the Capita DOA 2017 that I’ve found wonderful: I appreciated the carving possibilities, the really good pop and the buttering capabilities! I would to take one but I would to ask you if I could compare it with the rossignol jibsaw and the DWD larson (I’m big fan of you reviews and you wrote about it nice things). My priorities are: butter, pop, carve.
Thank you so much!
Both the Jibsaw and Larson are softer than the DOA. The Larson is probably the softest board of the three which makes it the easiest to butter. The sidecut is decent for laying carves, but nothing that super stands out as being the best. The Jibsaw has great pop due to being predominately camber, it also rips a turn aggressively and has rocker in the tips which help with buttering. If you’re ridden the DOA and liked it, I would just get that though as you know what you’re getting.
Thank you so much.
You’re not only my gear bible, you’re wise too.
See you! 🙂
Would this board be a good all mountain twin board for the smaller icier hills in North Carolina? I don’t have much interest in the park, but I do want to work on my switch riding.
Thanks
Most definitely sir.
Compared to marhar archaic??? Stiffer softer samsies??
Softer and more playful in the tips. It would be more on par with the 2018 Marhar Halfbreed or Regent.
I rode the jibsaw from a couple years ago…. Then went camber ….nitro – eero. Kinda wanna go back to the hybrid camber. Just don’t wanna go softer than what the jibsaw was at…. So if the archaic was stiffer. I’ll be happy. Thanks
Yeah it’s stiffer, but remember it’s not a camber rocker it’s reverse then camber under foot. Changes how the flex points are engaged on it.
How’s this comparie with a flow era? Stiffer?
It’s not stiffer, just has more snap between the feet.