When you hear the phrase “full rocker,” it might call up memories of floppy powder noodles, slow-motion butter spins, and kids in XXL cargo pants doing switch pillow drops. But it’s time to take your brain and wipe it clean, because that’s only a fraction of what full rocker can do. The Meridian puts the concept on a high-intensity interval workout, eliminating the soft midsection and narrow application window of old and replacing it with a ski that’s ready to charge the whole mountain and pay cash for the damage. Stiff from tip to tail and featuring a long, low-profile decambered radius, the Meridian gains the ability to rip through chop and carve firm snow without a hint of chatter or tip flap. At the same time, all of the pivoting, smearing, and surfing skills that made full rocker popular back in the ‘00s are still on offer, making the Meridian a weird and wonderful contradiction that has attracted a dedicated and diverse following of big-mountain experts, freestyle freakshows, and everything in between. It’s time you knew: full rocker has a posse and the Meridian is its vehicle of choice. Hop in and hold on.