Noooo - _ - Have any of you tried this?! This is an actual thing. You don't even have to go into fast fall to not land on the platform. And peach can definetly change the height she goes by changing the angle of her up b. Let me get some exact inputs. It might be holding side ways instead of down. That might be what I am saying wrong about this. That is probably the confusion.
I never denied the effect of holding left or right reducing the height of the umbrella, the inputs you gave made it seem like I was missing something, and I was, you actually said in your first post, that you have to smash down, which I tried, and it did not make any difference, quit shifting the goalposts here, does smashing down when you up b shorten it? No. It doesnt. Does smashing left or right change height and angle? Yes it does. The whole point of this thread was to tell us about a 'new' tech that is already widely known.
I had no idea you could shorten the up b. This is actually useful for using the parasol agressviely
If you want to make a thread about this technique and its uses, just call it something like 'Angled Up B usage discussion' rather than 'Up B shorten?', or, even better, go on this
peach thread.