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The Prodigy 1.0 is a completely new ski for 18-19 and was more or less designed for Alex Hall.
My pair also had significantly more than the 3mm of camber listed in the specs.
The new ski has a full Poplar core with full sidewalls underfoot and 2.2mm edges.
The edges are definitely bigger than Factions other skis (excluding the Candide 1.0).
The sidewall extends for just over half the ski, with the tips and tails being capped.
On Snow:
The Prodigy 1.0s are pretty stiff skis.
They are also surprisingly good at dealing with crappy snow for a narrowish park ski.
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They are certainly superior in my mind to the similarly shaped ON3P Magnus for ripping around the hill.
As already mentioned, the Prodigy 1.0s are pretty stiff and damp.
A majestic mountain with a less than majestic hand drag in front of it.
At speed, they are a really fun ski for buttering on.
There’s not much risk of overpowering these thats for sure.
However, the stiffness does make them a lot of work when it comes to low speed playing around.
Even with the rocker, I found these harder work for doing tricks like butter combos out of rails.
Here, skis like the Magnus, EDollo, Blend, Vishnu Wet etc are far superior.
The rocker also keeps the tips/tails well out of the way on surface swaps etc.
These are actually a pretty fun ski in the park, for doing a bit of everything.
I didnt find them notably fun but they did a pretty good job of most things.
I loved them but they blew apart on me, two pairs in fact.
So how did the Prodigy 1.0s do?
The only actual construction issue of note was that while mounting I had a couple of spinners.
To me, that’s a good sign.
Ultimately, they are a stiff, quick but still relatively versatile and fun park ski.
With park skis becoming more specialized, i.e.
tending to be either stiff comp skis or soft/jib oriented skis, these are an interesting middle ground.
For someone looking for a bit of both worlds, these are a good option.
