DNA

Chris Sullivan

As much as the Radar concept was based around an Andy Mapple design, O’Brien assigned Chris Sullivan to lead the the company Serving as Brand Manager (as he previously had for Herb at HO) Sullivan was afforded a blank slate and full creative control to shape the vision of the fledgling company “Overnight we went from this huge brand at HO, to a small group of guys with one ski an idea, and unyielding passion,” Chris remembers While Herb and Andy were putting the finishing touches on the MPD, Chris had an idea that Radar should be a binding company “Herb started HO with an innovative binding idea, and I knew that was where I wanted to turn my focus for this company I wanted a boot that fit your foot similar to how any other performance footwear would So we needed to completely shift our understanding of what a water ski binding should be ”

The MPD boot would become the first binding to be built around a size-specific anatomical last (an aluminum cast of a lower leg and foot) resulting in comfort and fit never-before experienced in water skiing A closed toe hardshell-hybrid, the MPD boot was the first of the Radar Footwear lineage It shook the industry, and its roots are still evident within the current line of Radar bindings