Rossignol Jibsaw Review: A Redesigned Park Board with a New Personality

Introduction

The Rossignol Jibsaw received a complete overhaul for 2024, and the changes show up everywhere you ride the board. The new platform uses Rossignol’s AmpTech Elite camber profile: 70 percent camber underfoot with 15 percent rocker in both the nose and tail. The idea is to keep the load, pop, snap, and drive of traditional camber while adding easier turn entry and exit, better powder float, and a more forgiving sweet spot for presses.

It is available in 150, 153, 155, 157, 159, 158 wide, and 162 wide. For this ride test it was paired with Rome Black Label bindings and K2 Thraxis boots on a day that offered nearly every early spring condition at once: blue and grey skies, warmer temps, chopped chunder, ice, a little wind, and perfect corduroy.

Who This Board Is For

This is a mid-level park rider’s board, and that is who it rewards. If you are not pushing the board to its absolute limits, there is a lot to like here: big press sweet spots, an easygoing jib feel, and a shape that genuinely rides well.

The trade-off is significant for returning fans. The flex has been softened overall, with softer tips and a noticeably stiffer midsection where the camber sits. Compared to the previous Jibsaw, it no longer has the same snap and rebound. If you owned an older Jibsaw and loved what it was about, this may not be the same board anymore.

Flex and Stability

The new flex pattern has consequences on firm snow. Flap and chatter resonate back underfoot, and the midsection is the most stable part of the board. Hit something really firm and you will get your body jarred, but you will not get buckled around. Keep your knees slightly bent and you will be fine.

There is also a power leak to be aware of. The camber section loads up easily, but roll back onto the rocker section and it folds, so you lose some of what you put in. It can pop, but it is not the snappiest board out there.

Butter and Jib Performance

This is where the redesign pays off. The softer tips and rocker create big sweet spots that lock into butters. You can over-flex the board if you try, so tone the pressure down a little. Even then it will still hold a deep butter, and pressing sideways is forgiving: just don’t press super hard.

Jibbing follows the same story. The board locks into a deep tail press or nose press and holds it to the end of the feature. You will not get serious snap out of it, but a quick ankle flick is enough to pop off. It will not boost like the old board, but it gets you on and off features smoothly. When you get sideways, the stiffer midsection cradles the feature without clapping out, giving a genuinely nice boardslide feel and a well-balanced ride.

Edge Grip and Carving

Added contact points in the middle of the board give more edge grip, which is welcome. The problem comes when you try to drive hard from the back foot through the center and push off the tail: it folds and buckles and cannot sustain a deep, hard carve. Stick to short, tight, quick carves or medium mellow arcs and the board behaves.

Edge-to-edge power transmission is fluid and consistent. It is not great or mind-blowing; it simply gets the job done.

Buying Advice

Rossignol reshaped and re-flxed this board, and the results split riders into two camps. If you are a mid-level park rider who wants a playful, press-friendly board, you will probably have a great time on it. If you are chasing the old Jibsaw’s snap and pop, you might want to look elsewhere. It is also worth noting Rossignol already offers the Juggernaut as their beefier freestyle option, so the gap this board now fills is a specific one.

Comparable boards worth cross-shopping include the Bataleon Goliath Plus-style planks, the Ride Kink, and the Bataleon Disaster. For binding and boot pairings, the Rome Vice, Bent Metal Joint, and Union Strata are worth a look.

Conclusion

The 2024 Rossignol Jibsaw is a well-shaped, playful park board with excellent press and butter performance, a stable midsection, and added edge grip. What it gives up is snap: the softer tips and folding tail mean what you put into ollies and jumps, you partially lose. For mid-level park riders who value jib feel over boost, it works. For longtime Jibsaw fans expecting the old personality, this is a different board.