Chris Rossi

love it!

@rawly its testimonials like yours that make the whole process worth while. Enjoy the ride. @gavski really appreciate the support. @Mastercrafter Input and design ideas come from all of our team skiers and testers, consumers, dealers, and from my personal experiences on the ski. I then sift though all the input and decide on the best design changes that I believe will translate well for our consumers as well as our pros. The consumer experience on the ski is very important to us at Radar. Winning pro events is amazing and something we are passionate about but we also spend as much effort to make sure that our consumer base will be able to peak perform on the product. I can say without a doubt that I am as excited to hear of your personal best on a radar product as I am to hear that Joel Poland ran 41 on the ski at the World Championships. As @MDB1056 mentioned, we have a dream team at Radar with a lot of years of experience and knowledge that I am fortunate enough to work with and none of what I do would be possible without them.

Two totally different build and style skiers with great results. Yes they are pros but nice to see them peak performing on the ski.

Congrats to Stephen Neveu for his podium finish at the Worlds! He rode his 2024 Vapor to his first worlds medal.

Very exciting for sure! Thanks for the kind words.

Anyone happen to catch Joel Poland running 41 yesterday on his 24 Vapor and becoming the top seed for the finals of the World Championships? Whether you’re at the pinnacle of skiing like Joel or just learning to run the course, the new Radar Ski Vapor will take you where you want to go. If you are on an older model Radar or have always wanted to try one, now is the time. Congrats Joel on a remarkable accomplishment and thanks for being the first Radar through 41! What a time to do it!

@Cnewbert for the vector boot, we measure to the lower stitch line that’s below the rear bulge in the heel. If you’re all the way forward on the plate, I’d try moving boots back and seeing how you feel.

When I have skiers try the new 24 Vapor, I have them take a set at the factory short/deep settings and then have them ski a second set with the long/shallow settings. The goal here is to find the set up that feels better to them. Once they choose which factory set up they prefer, the next goal is to find the ideal boot placement. I disagree with Horton as I do not believe the 24 Vapor is highly boot placement sensitive, rather that skiers tend to set their boots to factory and then just get hyper focused on fin settings. So I recommend NOT touching the fin once you have done the short/deep vs long/shallow experiment until you find your ideal boot placement. Start at factory boot location for the set up you chose and then try moving the boots forward. If it feels better, try going further forward until it feels worse and go back to the location that felt the best. If boots forward feels worse on your first try, then try going back with the boots. If back with the boots feels better, try going back further until it feels worse and find where it feels best to you. Once you find your favorite boot location, then you can adjust the fin if necessary. Boot placement is the MACRO adjustment and fin settings are the MICRO. We spend countless hours finding the factory set ups so in most instances, they will be the go to set ups, but we are all structurally different and utilize different techniques to accomplish our skiing goals so this is the way I go about finding the ideal individuals set up.

The very best handle on the market today is the Radar Skis Vapor Barlock handle. It has the best grip Ive ever had, is long lasting, and its very light. Everything I look for in a handle and it retails for $89.99 and even has a curved option. https://radarskis.com/products/vapor-barlock https://radarskis.com/products/vapor-barlock-arc

I run my front boot slightly rotated out toward the pinky toe. I find that it is the most comfortable for my stance. There is always a give and take for any adjustments we make with regard to set up. Pinky toe rotation outward in theory would improve the off side while taking away some going into the onside. I set my boots up in my garage and put my feet in them. I then hold my arms out in a "T" position and twist my upper body in each direction. If I have troubles reaching the same rotation on one side, I adjust the foot rotation until it feels symmetrical. The only caveat to this is if both feet are extremely rotated I may try to reduce both and see if I get the same results with my upper body twist exercise.

@Stevie Boyi would suggest try the long/shallow set up before making changes to the short deep. See which base setting feels like a better starting point. Then reach back out. What is your current water temp?

Wishing you a speedy recovery back to full strength Adam!

First and foremost, thank you very much for all your kind words regarding SprayMakers. It truly does make it worth all the effort that goes into it. And thanks for all of the fantastic questions! Keep them coming!

Just wanted to take a sec and thank all of you loyal listeners of the SprayMakers podcast. Trent and I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing this experience with all of you and would like to once again seek out questions/topics that you would be interested in hearing us discuss on the final episodes of the season. We will pick a few each week and give a shout out to those that submitted the questions we choose. One question per comment please but no limit to how many you can submit. Thanks again for listening!

While factory settings tend to work for the majority of skiers, some will want to explore alternative set ups to fine tune the ski for their unique build and style. My recommendation is to start with boot placement adjustments with no change to the fin. As @ColeGiacopuzzi mentioned, boots forward “locks” the tail in more (less tail slide thru the turn) and boots back “frees” the tail. This is due to how much ski there is behind your feet and the leverage or hold that creates. A ski that has too much tail slide will finish the turn pointed 90 degrees to the course (which feels great) but this set angle can not be held due to the downcourse running boat. A ski that has too little tail slide will feel stuck on rails that do not allow the skier to ski “early enough” to complete the course. I prefer to run my boots as far forward as I can and still make balanced, consistent, upcourse turns. I’d recommend staying 1/4” forward or back of factory recommended boot location for the majority of skiers. Once I find my ideal boot location, I will ski for some sets there and see if I adjust to the way the ski rides. If further customization is necessary, then I’ll adjust the fin.