Ski: 2025-2026 Faction Dancer 79, 178 cm
Available Lengths: 158, 166, 172, 178, 184 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 176.6 cm
Stated Weight per Ski (178 cm): 1640 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski (178 cm): 1687 & 1693 grams
Stated Dimensions: 118-79-107 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 118-78.5-106.5 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (178 cm): 17 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 52 mm / 18 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 11.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar + titanal (2 layers) + fiberglass laminate
Base Material: sintered
Factory Recommended Mount Points:
“Newschool” line: -6.9 cm from center; 81.4 cm from tail
“Progressive” line: -8.4 cm from center; 79.9 cm from tail
“Classic” line: -9.9 cm from center; 78.4 cm from tail
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What Faction says about the Dancer 79:
“Everything you love about Dancer, but with an unadulterated emphasis on performance on-piste. Sporting a slender 79 mm underfoot and a tighter radius, it guarantees lightning-quick turn initiation and edge-to-edge speed. The Dancer 79 stands out as the frontside marvel in the award-winning Dancer series. Its progressive mix of minimal rocker and parabolic shape is blended with razor-thin Titanal sheets for class-leading stability at speed, and unrelenting grip on hardpack snow. High-energy piste riding, with a sharp look and a touch of freeski soul, combine to make this one of this winter's most electrifying skis. As always, all this is backed by the finest, most durable Austrian construction, powered 100% by renewable energy.”
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Dancer 79:
Tips: 7.5-8
Shovels: 8.5
In Front of Toe Piece: 9-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-9.5
Tails: 9
Similar to the 96mm-wide Dancer 2, the Dancer 79 is quite strong overall. Apart from its tips and shovels, most of the Dancer 79 requires significant effort to bend when hand-flexing the ski.
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Flash Review: 25/26 Faction Dancer 79
Faction is expanding their Dancer collection of directional, metal-laminate all-mountain skis, and we’ve started getting time on the newest and narrowest ski, the Dancer 79.
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