Radar Graphite Vapor Water Ski 2024

The Radar Graphite Vapor Water Ski 2024 is engineered for skiers who demand high-end performance with a more forgiving ride feel. Using the same elite shape as Radar’s Pro Build Vapor, the Graphite construction incorporates a polyurethane Aero Core that allows the ski to sit slightly deeper in the water. This subtle shift results in smoother, more progressive turns and a dampened, more connected feel—perfect for skiers who split their time between the slalom course and open water. Designed to perform best between 30–36 MPH, the Graphite Vapor delivers responsive edge transitions, strong cross-course acceleration, and a stable ride across varying conditions.

Constructed for both competitive and crossover skiers, the Graphite Vapor is wrapped in Sigmatex carbon fiber for enhanced torsional strength and flex control. Bio Resin adds durability and eco-conscious construction, while the Race Base and Enduro Tip/Tail features ensure high-speed tracking and smooth glide through the wakes. This ski provides a perfect blend of balance, power, and predictability—ideal for riders looking to improve shortline performance or carve clean arcs with ease.

Key Features:

• AERO CORE – Forgiving and consistent response. The polyurethane Aero Core is lightweight, resilient, and designed to absorb micro vibrations, offering a softer, deeper ride feel. It allows the ski to maintain better water contact for smoother, more intuitive turns.
• SIGMATEX CARBON – Consistent flex every time. This advanced carbon weave maintains structural integrity throughout the ski, delivering reliable flex characteristics for every set. It ensures that your ski performs consistently from edge to edge and turn to turn.
• BIO RESIN – Plant based and better. Radar’s sustainable bio-resin system not only reduces environmental impact but also enhances the ski’s bond strength and longevity. It supports cleaner construction without sacrificing performance.
• RACE BASE – Earlier lines and easier turns. Designed for elite-level glide, the low-friction Race Base improves water flow across the ski’s bottom, helping you generate speed quickly and engage the edge earlier in each turn.
• ENDURO TIP/TAIL – Built for speed. Reinforced tip and tail zones improve durability and strength under load, ensuring that the ski holds its line and responds cleanly during high-pressure turns and wake crossings.
• RADAR LAB MADE – Thanks Herb. Built at the Radar Lab—the heart of Radar’s R&D—the Graphite Vapor benefits from decades of design refinement and pro-level testing. Each ski is tuned with precision for real-world performance.

The Radar Graphite Vapor Water Ski 2024 is your go-to for versatile, high-performance skiing with a forgiving touch. When paired with the Carbitex Vector BOA, you get a complete package engineered for power, precision, and personalized fit—whether you're charging buoys or carving clean arcs in open water.

Optional Binding: Carbitex Vector BOA

Enhance your setup with the Carbitex Vector BOA Binding, Radar’s premier binding choice for skiers who want the perfect combination of support, flexibility, and responsiveness. Constructed with Carbitex OmniFlex carbon textile, this binding delivers directional stiffness for powerful edge engagement while still allowing natural forward flexion for comfort and freedom of movement.

The BOA® Fit System lets you micro-adjust the fit on the fly with a single dial, ensuring a secure, uniform fit throughout your session. Built on Radar’s lightweight Feather Frame chassis, the Carbitex Vector BOA offers unmatched foot-to-ski energy transfer, reducing fatigue and increasing control through aggressive cuts. Its asymmetrical design and dual-density footbed provide ergonomic support and superior shock absorption, making this binding a top-tier choice for competitive and high-performance skiers.

SKI TECH

Shape
The wide spot on the ski has moved forward and width has been added from the middle of the ski through the tip. This gives the ski a more tip to tail taper and more support through the front part of the ski. The increase in taper presents the ski with a slightly more tip-up riding attitude and allows the ski to pull through the turn in a more connected, powerful way. The result is less body movement needed to get tight radius turns. The new ski also has slightly less volume in the tail. By reducing this surface area, the tail of the ski is able to smear outward while also staying planted in the water. Ultimately, the updates in shape help it to ride much closer to the ideal line for any given speed and rope length.

Rocker
The tip rocker on the new Vapor starts just after the wide spot. This relieves tip pressure and increases forgiveness, allowing a skier to have a bigger platform to stand on coming into the turn. This also helps keep the ski keep moving outbound in the transition and makes the ski incredibly more predictable in the turns it creates. Moving back from the wide spot, the rocker lines are all new. These new lines create a ski with increased tail rocker which softens the way the ski rotates or carves through the turn. The result is a feeling of increased angle from a wider place with an instant acceleration.

Concave
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.

Bevels
The front of the ski carries a sharper, more angular bevel design to harness the increased water flow from the new concave design. This gives the skier more ability to feel how the water interacts with the tip of the ski to create sharper, more predictable turns. In the tail of the ski, the bevel is softened, allowing the water to wrap around the bevel easier. The tip of the ski pulls harder through the turn while at the same time, the tail is able to smear while staying planted in the water. This feathered approach makes the turns feel much more natural and less forced.

Thickness
Sidewall height carries constant to provide balance for the increased lift created by adding width. In an effort to keep the ski nimble, sidewall thickness is reduced to produce the connected, tight turning radius of the ski.

Edge Angle
The 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.

The Vector Boa packs a punch. Featuring Carbitex CX6 strips to give you ultimate response and a Boa reel to dial in your fit perfectly every time. You’ll be wondering where this boot has been your whole life.

• Boa Lacing System
• Carbitex CX6
• Wrap Tech Level 3
• Molded 3D Tongue
• Symmetrical Fit
• Feather Frame Chassis

**Rear Feather Frame only fits Radar Skis. 

Technology

Feather Frame Chassis
The Feather Frame Chassis stands on a pedestal as the only boot system to completely integrate the mounting system, baseplate and outer shell into a single component. This allows you to stand closer to the ski and offers a better connection.

Carbitex
Carbitex is a carbon fiber textile material that is more reactive than any other material on the market. This reactivity translates into an unparalleled connection to the ski.

Boa
The Boa integration into the boots offers an instant response found only in the Radar line. Transform your experience through a fast, customizable, and comfortable fit.

Intuition
Our exclusive partnership with Intuition gives you a heat-moldable, lightweight, pre-formed fit. Intuition foam ensures you have a perfect fitting liner for ultimate performance.

Wrap Tech
Wrap Tech fuses the external skeleton of the boot to the base textile layer which gives the boot the ability to conform to the shape of your foot, in turn giving you more response.