Can La Sportiva Keep Its Soul? The Prodigio Experiment

American trail running changed what it asked of a trail shoe. The sport got longer, faster, and more runnable. Cushioning increased. Road-running technology moved onto the trail. And a company built around precision, protection, and technical mountain terrain had to decide what should change and what shouldn’t.

This film follows La Sportiva through that transition, from the Bushido III to the Prodigio family, and the tension between nearly a century of mountain heritage and a new generation of trail running. Featuring Anton Krupicka, Giulia Delladio, Tobias Pschera, Sam Winebaum, and Julian Carr.

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01:37 | The Bushido III
02:54 | What a Modern Trail Runner Needs
04:26 Betting on the Prodigio
05:19 The Prodigio Pro
06:36 Winning Over American Runners
07:08 What Couldn’t Change
08:42 Reinventing La Sportiva
09:37 We Still Want the Mountain
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