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Dancer 3 Sam
$920.00
The Dancer 3 Sam Limited Edition ski combines our award-winning freeride ski with illustrations of the high-alpine imaginary world, celebrating ski-mountaineer Sam Anthamatten's deep connection with his home terrain of Zermatt, Switzerland.
With only 150 pairs made globally, they feature the artwork ‘The Spirit of a Line’ – hand-designed by Swiss artist and Faction freeskier Simon Charrière, who built his career on the powerful, yet simple emotive experiences of the mountainous world.
Based on the Dancer 3, an all-condition, all-terrain freeride ski, perfect for skiers who want a single, do-it-all ski. With tip and tail rocker and a 106 mm waist, it excels in powder, blasts through crud, and carves effortlessly on hardpack. Two ultra-thin metal sheets of titanal deliver smooth stability without adding bulk.
Built in Austria using sustainable construction and 100% renewable energy, the Dancer 3 is the ultimate combination of performance, sustainability, and dependability. No matter the conditions, the Dancer 3 gives back more than you put in.
Terrain
Freeride
All-Mountain
Powder
Ability
Personality
Freeride flat tail
Traditional flat tail design is built for speed, ultimate edge grip and control throughout charging turns. Brought into the modern day with a slight tail rocker, this shape is easier than ever to slash your turn into a slarve and won’t hook up in fresh conditions.
Product Features
Poplar Core
Poplar is a light-colored, medium-weight, and durable softwood with excellent flex and vibration absorption. It enhances performance by providing impressive pop, buttering, and stability. Poplar ensures skis offer exceptional grip and torsional stability on the downhill and in the park.
Dual Span Titanal
Titanal is a top-tier, sturdy metal alloy with isotropic strength, meaning it’s equally strong in all directions. This quality ensures skis that love being on edge, blasting through bumps, and staying stable in variable snow, making Titanal the ideal chassis for your dream freeride ski.
Recycled Materials
We work closely with production partners to eliminate material waste. We mix base, sidewall and topsheet material scraps back into the raw material used for production, reducing carbon emissions and maintaining the same level of quality & durability.
Locally Sourced Materials
To reduce the impact of our production supply chain, we strive to source materials from European companies that are based close our factories. Reduce distance, reduce emissions, reduce impact.
100% Renewable Energy Factory
Our skis are crafted in a state-of-the-art facility powered entirely by renewable electricity and heated with biomass energy.
XL 2.5mm Edges
A ski's edge is critical to its performance and handling. Our skis are crafted with XL edges that are 25% wider than the industry average. They're built to last.
Full Strength Sidewall
Added protective strips along the core, shield the woodcore, edges, and topsheet from impact and damage.
Elliptical Sidecut
The Elliptical Sidecut features a longer radius underfoot for quicker, easier pivots, and shorter radius in the tip and tail for effortless turn initiation. This innovative sidecut supports a wide range of turn lengths, angles, and mounting positions, enhancing your skiing versatility and control.
Anti-Chip Micro-Cap
The Anti-chip Micro Cap protects the ski's tips and tails from wear and tear.
Mustache Flex
The 'Moustache Flex' pattern is ideal for most skiers. It offers stability in front of and behind the binding for solid edge hold, with a smooth, progressive flex in the tips and tails to absorb bumps and snow debris.
Technical Specifications
| Ski size | Tip width (mm) | Waist width (mm) | Tail width (mm) | Radius (m) | Weight per ski (g) |
| 172 | 134 | 106 | 124 | 18 | 1970 |
| 178 | 134 | 106 | 124 | 19 | 2050 |
| 183 | 134 | 106 | 124 | 21 | 2100 |
Complete the Setup
Overall rating: 4.925 / 5 from 40 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
The Dancer 3 Sam Limited Edition ski combines award-winning freeride performance with unique artwork, celebrating ski-mountaineer Sam Anthamatten's connection with Zermatt. Limited to 150 pairs, it excels in various snow conditions and is sustainably built in Austria. Customers praise its versatility, high-speed handling, and ability to thrive in choppy snow.
Summary topics
- Versatility: 83%
- High-Speed Handling: 12%
- Metal Sheets: 9%
- Performance in Choppy Snow: 9%
Review topics: ["design","shape","width","grips","ski","sheet","snow","speeds","chargers","dancer 2","handle","edge","playfulness","turns","piste","skiers","float","groomers","rounder"].
Review highlights
- "Deep snow or hard packed groomers, these are insanely reliable!" —
- "An amazing ski capable of chopping up all snow conditions with ease, providing a great sense of trust!!" —
- "Super ski, very comfortable off-piste, pivots well on the fresh snow and hold the edges well" —
Reviews
Great skis!
"Great skis, I use them for resort/ gate guiding with a marker duke pt 16 binding. It is heavy but that’s what I wanted. Use it like a free ride ski. I used them in New Zealand too and were amazing for steep terrain and handling all types of snow. Can carve well too. Takes high speed so well. I’ve used my studio 3s as a powder/ lighter weight touring ski with dynafits and they’ll be great for my back country guiding."
Great comp ski
"Whether it’s crusty chalky moguls or chopped up pow a few hours after open these skis are a Freeride weapon. Cliffs on hard pack or side hits there’s no wrong piece of terrain for these skis."
Versatile All Mountain Skis
"These are a great option for a ski touring setup as they a quite light weight."
Freeride ski for hard-packed snow
"Stiff ski, very good with hard packed snow in freeride, kind of heavy tho so keep that in mind (compared to a park ski of course). Pretty fun ski, carves really well (similar to volk mantra M series). Don't expect the best floatability in powder since it's not meant to be a powder ski."
Delighted with Faction Dancer
"Was looking for a ski that was more suited to a full range of skiing that included powder and after lots of looking landed on Faction Dancer skis. Was so impressed I bought Dancer skis for the family. We had a great season skiing in Canada and Europe made possible by Faction Skis. Highly recommend to everyone."
Versatile ski
"Great for pow, almost feeling like im gliding Great all-moutain capabilities"
Killer skis
"Had a pair of Dictators and loved them. Love these even more. Great all around. Super fun in the powder and off piste. They love to run fast and are nimble in the trees"
awesome ski but heavy
"i start ussing the ski for freeride and powder but i got the problem that it is to heavy for touring and when i want to do some backcountry runs and go back the ski is to heavy"
Excellent ski in pow
"Excellent ski in pow"
