Jones Mountain Twin vs K2 Cool Bean

As you might expect the Jones Mountain Twin does have a mountain twin shape so what that means is that between the contact points it's effectively a t...

Let’s cut to the chase. The main reason I am writing this article is to stress the surprising versatility of the Cool Bean. I’ve had mine for something like seven years now, and I’ve ridden it just about everywhere — from New York and Vermont and West Virginia to Colorado and Utah and Washington to Canada and Austria and Japan. Which means I’ve gotten to try it out in a variety of conditions, including not only groomed runs but ice and slush and dust on crust — and very ill-advised tree runs with rocks and roots peeking out of the snow