Description

Radar Radar Vapor Lithium Course Waterski

Radar Radar Vapor Lithium Course Waterski

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Description

Radar Radar Vapor Lithium Course Waterski

The 2025 Radar Vapor Lithium Waterski is crafted from the same mold as our Pro model, featuring the iconic Vapor shape with a PVC core. Renowned for its durability and quality, PVC ensures a high-performance ride at a more affordable price, making this ski an excellent value. Designed for course skiing between 51-58 KMH, the Lithium construction is capable of handling anything from 15-41 off, delivering exceptional performance and agility.

As the culmination of Radar’s extensive ski-building experience, the 2025 Vapor incorporates all the lessons learned over the years. This ski is engineered with a meticulously balanced rocker line and optimized bevel shape, resulting in a ski that finishes turns with more angle and speed, effortlessly sweeping away from the wake. By sharpening the bevel in the front half and narrowing the tail, we’ve created a ski that intuitively enters turns and maintains sustainable angles throughout.

The new rocker line flattens fore and aft of the wide spot, providing a larger platform that naturally positions you over the front foot, enabling tighter and more consistent turns. The lower rocker line enhances feedback from the ski, offering a more intuitive and natural ride. With its seamless flow from turn to turn and the signature speed of the Vapor series.

2025 Radar Vapor Lithium Waterski Construction Features

• PVC Core – Tested and proven response.
• Sigmatex Carbon – Consistent flex every time.
• Bio Resin – Plant based and better.
• True Feel Base – A better connection to the water.
• Enduro Tip/Tail – Built for speed.
• Radar Lab Made – Thanks Herb.

Terrain:

• Course / Competition

2025 Radar Vapor Lithium Waterski Construction:

• PVC has been an industry staple for well over a decade. It is trusted and proven as a core because of its long-lasting strength and quick response. PVC foam revolutionized skiing in the 2000’s and remains a force to this day.

Shape

• The first thing we addressed on the shape of the ski was the width profile, while keeping the max width of the ski the same; we added more radius to the profile to provide more pivot and rotational pull through the turn. We also added width behind the wide point to keep the ski more level and stable in the turn. This provides the ski with built in tip pressure and reduces the need to “climb” over the ski to make a turn. The ski is now able to move under the line at a quicker rate with a more natural feel. By reducing volume in the tail of the ski we were able to create more leverage that enables the whole ski to move better as a single unit through the turn. This results in attainable angle that can be carried all the way through the finish of the turn. The last adjustment in shape was the narrowing of the tip. This combined with our new rocker line enables more bevel contact resulting in a secure feeling that lets you stand over the ski with confidence to rip turns knowing that the ski will move with you from apex to center line.

Rocker

• By increasing the taper of the rocker line fore and aft of the flat spot we enlarged the sweet spot of the ski even more. The flatter the rocker is underneath your feet the more improved feel and connection you have with your ski. This allows you to move yourself and the ski better as a single unit. A bigger platform also gives you the ability to be more reactive and dynamic with your movements, ultimately giving you the control to move in and out of the turn with power. The lower rocker in the front half of the ski gives a truly unique feeling. By being flatter to the water you’re able to move over the ski with more confidence knowing that there is more contact, and support built into the ski. As you move over your feet the bevel is engaged and tighter, more consistent turns bring you back under the rope and cross course to the next buoy.

Concave

• We have been extremely happy with the concave we created in the last shape. The deeper concave with a steeper entry gives the speed and side to side drive a Vapor is known for having. Speed is only good if you can control it, and this The additional concave depth running throughout the bottom of the ski is one of the most noticeable differences in this new shape. This channels more water directionally from tip to tail, resulting in significantly more side-to-side drive and holding power. More drive and hold allow a skier to be faster as they near centerline which results in a more up-course path. Another result from an increased concave is increased pressure on the bevels, allowing the ski to feel extremely connected to the water. This gives a skier the freedom to control the path of the ski with more ease.

Bevel

• Sharpening the bevel from your feet forward has given the new Vapor more grip and control than any ski we’ve created to date. This helps the ski decelerate so it can make tighter, more up course turns. It’s important to note that these tighter turns are attainable due to the bevel transition built into the tail of the ski. By softening this bevel behind your feet, the ski can stay more balanced so that angle and drive are able to be maintained from the apex of the turn through centerline.

Thickness

• Sidewall height carries constant to provide balance. To keep the ski nimble the sidewall thickness is reduced which also produces the connected, tight turning radius of the ski

Edge Angle

• The 2025 Radar Vapor width allows the ski to achieve maximum edge angle both in the turn and while cutting. This width sets the precedent in our line as the pinnacle of performance both in the course and while free skiing.

2025 Radar Vapor Lithium Waterski Recommended Speed:

• 32-36mph / 51-58kmh

2025 Radar Vapor Lithium Waterski Riders Weight Guide:

• 65 inch: 49-65kg
• 66 inch: 56-81kg
• 67 inch: 73-91kg
• 68 inch:  82-100kg
• 69.5 inch: 90+ kg

PVC Core

• PVC has been an industry staple for well over a decade. It is trusted and proven as a core because of its long-lasting strength and quick response. PVC foam revolutionized skiing in the 2000’s and remains a force to this day.

Sigmatex Carbon

• Sigmatex is an industry leader in the carbon fiber world. Their looming process is computer controlled giving them the ability to use ultra-high modulus carbons with complete precision..

CPD Bio Resin

• CPD has created a plant-based bio resin that is changing the game. Utilizing a biofuel base that has 28% renewable resources allows them to create a resin with the same molecular makeup as a traditional resin. This means the same strength and performance that you are used to all while saving the planet, now that’s a win-win.

Enduro Tip/Tail

• By introducing a nylon block in both the tip and tail of our Vapors we have increased durability and made the water flow more efficiently