Thanks for restarting this thread over here. I enjoyed it on epic and I'm enjoying it here as well. I love your athletic skiing and super quick feet. I think shorter poles will do a lot of good for you in terms of keeping you more forward. Your hands are really high especially on the biggest bumps and they seem to be pushing you back. The hands are also quite wide but they need to be with the length of pole you are using. If you chose to ski with a much rounder line you could get away with the longer poles but not the more aggressive zipperline technique you are utilizing. If you want to continue with that approach then the short poles will help tremendously. I have adjustables so I've played around with a lot of different lengths. The bigger the bumps, the shorter I go, although going too short sucks because your low back starts flexing too much and can hurt. With bumps that size I'd be at 110 and I'm 6'1".
I think I may have had an "Aha" moment from @karlo post above with the impala vids. He talks about standing tall for more room for absorption. When I begin my bump run I tend to start out with my knees significantly flexed. I was doing this with the thought process of getting in an athletic position and engaging my legs. But this may become my set point or base line amount of knee/hip flexion. Then as I approach the 1st bump I don't have as much room for absorption as I could have if I started taller. The other option is I could start on the crest of a bump in an absorbed position and then focus on getting tall in the trough. Either way I think will help me compared to what I'm doing now. Thanks!
I think I may have had an "Aha" moment from @karlo post above with the impala vids. He talks about standing tall for more room for absorption. When I begin my bump run I tend to start out with my knees significantly flexed. I was doing this with the thought process of getting in an athletic position and engaging my legs. But this may become my set point or base line amount of knee/hip flexion. Then as I approach the 1st bump I don't have as much room for absorption as I could have if I started taller. The other option is I could start on the crest of a bump in an absorbed position and then focus on getting tall in the trough. Either way I think will help me compared to what I'm doing now. Thanks!