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ANOTHER what ski thread! Charge/playful/tour..?

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Nikog
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I am trying to decide between the Faction Prodigy 3.0 183 or 190, k2 Mindbender 108 186, or Salomon QST 106 188

I am 6'2 - 175lbs - and want something that can rip those day or two old storms, trick side hits, and tour once or twice a year on (I will be putting shifts on them)

Leaning towards the factions but not sure about the length.. and QST seems pretty sweat this year.

I also have Mordecais - maybe better to mount the shifts on that and pivots on the new ski?
Oct 26 2019 11:29AM
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animator
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Put the shift on the Mordecai and put Pivots on the Prodigy 3. Your height says to me 190 but your weight says 183, where do you ski and how long are your Mordecais?
Oct 26 2019 11:39AM
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Nikog
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animatorPut the shift on the Mordecai and put Pivots on the Prodigy 3. Your height says to me 190 but your weight says 183, where do you ski and how long are your Mordecais?


might have to do that! I did buy the 100mm break but I have heard it is generous and I could bend to fit the 114 waist of mordecai.

Mordecai I have 186 - which I find pretty perfect. But wanting the prodigy to be chargier - maybe 190?

I ski BC - Fernie plenty and Revelstoke this year.
Oct 26 2019 11:57AM
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animator
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The Prodigy is gonna be stiffer than the Mordecai, a 190 would be real chargy. The obvious trade off is that it wont be quite as nimble as the 183, but if you have the Mordecai in a 186, the 190 would be my suggestion
Oct 26 2019 11:58AM
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Nikog
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animatorThe Prodigy is gonna be stiffer than the Mordecai, a 190 would be real chargy. The obvious trade off is that it wont be quite as nimble as the 183, but if you have the Mordecai in a 186, the 190 would be my suggestion


rad! I appreciate the help. I will probably mount the prodigy a little forward too which should help them feel a little shorter. Hopefully I can get the shift to fit on my mordecai..
Oct 26 2019 12:00PM
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animator
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Nikograd! I appreciate the help. I will probably mount the prodigy a little forward too which should help them feel a little shorter. Hopefully I can get the shift to fit on my mordecai..


The Shift brakes will be fine with a little bit of persuasion. The Prodigy's recommended mount is pretty far back (like -6 or -7 I believe), so mounting up at -3 or -4 from center would make it feel more balanced in the air and shorter, but it'll still rip the groomers.
Oct 26 2019 12:02PM
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Nikog
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animatorThe Shift brakes will be fine with a little bit of persuasion. The Prodigy's recommended mount is pretty far back (like -6 or -7 I believe), so mounting up at -3 or -4 from center would make it feel more balanced in the air and shorter, but it'll still rip the groomers.


hell yeah. Have a good season good sir.
Oct 26 2019 12:09PM
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wasatch_rat
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I'm about your size and I tried to have the shifts as a do it all binding last year. It was great at first but midway through the season I had just beat up the plastic and it started prereleasing pretty bad. I think if it were only a backcountry binding it would be amazing but after a while it struggled with mogul and hardpack abuse.
Oct 26 2019 12:36PM
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Nikog
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wasatch_ratI'm about your size and I tried to have the shifts as a do it all binding last year. It was great at first but midway through the season I had just beat up the plastic and it started prereleasing pretty bad. I think if it were only a backcountry binding it would be amazing but after a while it struggled with mogul and hardpack abuse.


thanks! I think if I put the shifts on the mordecai (pow day ski), the prodigy would be more of my daily driver and I hopefully shouldn't have that problem! I did already buy the shifts
Oct 26 2019 1:10PM
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Kevski
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Nikogthanks! I think if I put the shifts on the mordecai (pow day ski), the prodigy would be more of my daily driver and I hopefully shouldn't have that problem! I did already buy the shifts

Sounds like a killer central/eastern BC setup. Don’t worry bout the shifts, I think with your weight and the fact they’ll be on a pow ski especially, you’ll be hard pressed to have an issue. Got them on my k108s and have ridden them without issue for about 25 days of last season inbounds and out. I’m lighter still at 165ish and they only prereleased on a couple flat switch landings in the park, which is obviously not what they’re designed for.
Oct 26 2019 3:45PM
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