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Experience on Faction Prodigy 1 and Look SPX 13 GW
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Hello Guys,
first of, I am almost 16 years old, weigh about 65kg/143lbs and I am about 170m/5 foot 7“. I ride about 14 years now and I like to ski aggressive and fast. I ski in Germany/Austria/Italy. I have an budget of about 500-600€/540-650$.
I am looking for a ski that works on piste and in the park. I am quite new to park skiing and I will do like 75/25 piste/park. I have only ridden World Cup Race skis my entire life, not because I am in a race club, but because we got them for quite cheap.
My eyes fell onto the Faction Prodigy 1 and I think I will go with them, because I think they will serve my purpose and I get them for good money (269€/283$). But I am scared that they will be too unstable at high speeds (70-80 km/h / 43-50 mph). Do you guys have some experience with them and how fast can they „go“?
Also for the bindings I looked at the Look SPX 13 GW black, I can’t find a lot about them online, but they look good and aren’t too expensive (169€/183$). I thought about mounting them -3cm or is it too far for park skiing?
Thank you a lot in advance!
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Similar situation here. I went for the faction prodigy 2s just because they are a bit wider and I like skiing in a little pow (when there is any). They are holding up good so far and i had no major problems with speed wobbles etc when sending it down a piste. Racing skis are obviously going to be superior when riding piste but that’s just a sacrifice you have to make for a better park performance, but they still carve good for a park ski.
Edit: You can mount the Bindings of centre it doesn’t prevent you from skiing park (especially if you re a beginner like me) and considering you want to ride 75 piste.
**This post was edited on Mar 7th 2025 at 2:09:26pm
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I think you are right on the money. -3 is a good mount point, I personally mount a lot of my skis at -3, for whatever reason it's always worked well for me. That being said if you're pushing 80km/h being that far forward will be a little iffy, but you can't have both park performance and stability at speed and I think that's a good middle ground. SPX is a super underrated binding for the price Imo so I think you're all good tbh. And the Prodigy it's a solid ski so yeah
**This post was edited on Mar 7th 2025 at 6:55:19pm
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https://www.snowcountry.eu/24-armada-arv-88.html
Check out the Armada ARV 88 in a 176cm length, paired with a Strive 14 at €426.17? Should be a good setup for what you are looking for. They have some pretty good deals on Look Pivot 12 and 14s also.
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