Are there any dryland drills people do to get better at absorbing bumps? I sometimes have problems with being too inflexible (body and mind ), hitting a bump and getting launched.
Pump track
Everyone should have one of these in their yard.
When I first started trying this, I was late. Someone told me to actively suck up my feet, and I found this worked better (for me at least). If you wait for the bump or roller to push your feet up, and you wait for that to happen, you miss most of the absorption. For me, pro active absorption works better than passive absorption.The goal is to be able to relax the legs and let the terrain push your feet up and then extend the legs to maintain ski/snow contact. The rollers would be easier for starting out.
A BOSU ball laid flat side down.
Go side to side keeping your head level and hands in front of you for a couple of minutes and you just had a pretty good bump run.
Note to self, must get a new BOSU ball to replace the one the dog chewed.
reACT trainer. Not sure if they still make them, but my local gym has one.