Terrain Use: Jumps, Speed, Powder, Backcountry, Groomers, All Mountain

Pros: Durable, Stable at high speeds, Popular model, Strong edgehold, Popular on mountain, Stiff, Well known brand

Other Thoughts: This board is a highly venerable stalwart of hill bombing, regular or switch, but is simply not nimble or responsive enough at moderate to slower speeds for satisfying carving, and too stiff for fluid and easy freestyle trickery. I currently own an '09 160 and an '09 158. I'm 170 and ride both of these ducked at reference stance. Surprisingly, there is significant difference between the two. The 160 feels far more stable during high speed turning. The 158 tail gets knocked around and washed out far easier than the 160 for me, sometimes forcing me to safety-revert while bombing. It produces far more chattery and bouncy feedback when I speed check at moderate to high speeds as well. About me: I'm an all-mountain rider since 1984. I'm a size 10 who mainly rides DriverX boots due to an ankle injury. I used to be primarly a carving and bombing freak but in the last few years have really been turned on to mixing in heavy switch riding, butters, ollie and jumping rotational stuff. Like I everyone else, I love powder but living in California means that deep powder days are pretty infrequent. My current quiver is as follows: '07 164 K2 Nemesis '07 161 K2 Nemesis '09 160 Santa Cruz Gian Simmen TT Pro '09 160 Burton Custom X '09 158 Burton Custom X '06 157 K2 Nemesis '09 156 Burton Jeremy Jones '09 152 K2 World Wide Weapon '08 123 Rossignol Mini If I could only have one of these boards I'd take the Jeremy Jones. For me, the only thing I like it BEST for is slashing and moderate to higher speed rotational antics, but it does just about everything quite well so I consider it the most versatile board in my quiver.