Pete,
You're no more dense than the rest of us here. Yeah soft low speed and a fairly stiff stack beyond that. Seems to me all low speed control has been bled off. I find this a very odd setup for a pro rider on a MX track. Very progressive it would seem.
There is a tuning variable in this type of setup that most are probably overlooking though. Actually, I might play with this type of thing and see what kind of results we get with it. This stack is exactly 180deg of what I like mine to be. I can't imagine pleasing anybody, let alone a pro, with this on a MX course. Particularly in utilizing a high flow piston design. Strange, but whatever works is cool.
4banger, would you mind if I asked what spring rate is in the forks? Were there any preload spacers in there with the fork springs?