Description
Radar Senate Pro Build Slalom Waterski
Radar Senate Pro Build Slalom Waterski
- Enhanced Stability: The extra width added to the Vapor shape gives the Senate Pro Build exceptional stability, allowing skiers to feel confident and in control, both in the course and on open water.
- Versatile Performance: This ski performs equally well in competitive slalom courses and for open water skiing, offering a dynamic and thrilling experience for a wide range of skiing environments.
- Lightweight and Responsive: The PMI foam core, wrapped in Textreme spread tow carbon, provides an incredibly light and agile feel, making this ski fast and highly responsive, perfect for skiers seeking performance at speeds of 46-55 KMH.
- Aggressive Design: The fast and aggressive nature of this ski may be too intense for beginner or less experienced skiers, making it better suited for intermediate to advanced users.
- Premium Price: The use of high-end materials like PMI foam and carbon construction likely makes this ski more expensive, which could be a downside for budget-conscious skiers.
- Narrow Speed Range: While it excels at speeds of 46-55 KMH, it may not perform as well outside of this specific range, limiting its versatility for skiers who enjoy slower or faster speeds.
Description
This ski is crafted using PMI foam, renowned as the lightest and most responsive foam on the market, ensuring a feather-light feel and unparalleled agility. To take it a step further, this foam is wrapped in Textreme spread tow carbon, making the Radar Senate Pro Build the fastest and most aggressive Senate we’ve ever designed. It’s truly a racecar for those skiing at 46-55 KMH speeds in the course, offering a thrilling ride that’s second to none.
The Senate’s exceptional ability to carry speed is unmatched in the industry, allowing skiers to maintain width on the boat with ease. This unique characteristic not only offers a sense of freedom for those navigating the course but also provides an exhilarating experience for skiers tackling open water turns. We have enhanced the Radar Senate’s performance by taking our innovative Vapor shape and adding two-tenths of an inch in extra width. This addition creates a remarkably stable riding platform that offers the perfect balance, allowing skiers to feel at home on the water. The ski’s refined profile ensures that every skier, regardless of their level, can experience the coveted speed and angle that defines a high-performance ride.
2025 Radar Senate Pro Build Waterski Construction Features:
- PMI Core – Lightweight, high density, most responsive.
- Textreme Carbon – Lighter, stronger composites.
- Carbon Rods – Zonal flex for the optimum layup.
- Bio Resin – Plant-based and better.
- Radar Lab Made – Thanks Herb.
Terrain:
- Course / Competition
2025 Radar Senate Pro Build Waterski Construction:
- PMI foam is undoubtedly the lightest, most responsive foam on the market. We wrap that foam in Textreme spread tow carbon to make this Senate the fastest, most aggressive Senate we’ve ever created. Now those skiing 28-34 MPH in the course truly have a racecar of a Senate to write home about.
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 and know 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. Thus, allowing 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 Senate is known for having. Speed is only good if you can control it, and this concave also provides grip that allows the ski to naturally slow down as it enters the turn. This ultimately enables the ski to carry a more constant speed through the turn which improves your cadence and rhythm with the boat.
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
- At two tenths of an inch wider than the Vapor, the width of the #2024 Radar Senate allows the ski to roll on edge at a moderate level. This width allows a skier to progress with ease as they instantly feel the balance and control of the bigger riding platform.
2025 Radar Senate Pro Build Waterski Recommended Speed:
- 38-34mph / 46-55kmh
2025 Radar Senate Pro Build Waterski Riders Weight Guide:
- 65 inch: Up to 77kg
- 67 inch: 73-91kg
- 69 inch: 82-100kg
2025 Radar Senate Pro Build Waterski Innovative Features:
PMI Core
- PMI Foam is the industry leading core with its lightweight, reactive qualities. The use of PMI results in a ski that rebounds back to its original shape at a rate 10x faster than PVC which means quicker turns and an earlier acceleration out of the turn.
Textreme Carbon
- Textreme is a manufacturer of a spread tow carbon which allows us to reduce weight and increase strength. It most importantly provides us a more consistent flexing and a durable ski. Textreme has been utilized in everything from America’s Cup race boats to Tour de France bikes because of its powerful attributes.
Carbon Rods
- Carbon Rods allow us to introduce Zonal Flexing. These hollow tubes create stiffness and strength in the ski where it is necessary without creating change in unwanted places.
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.
