With that "funny" crook in the trunk it's hard to tell where the vertical lies, and estimate the true lean in the top.
It appears the top grew off a tree that was forced over when it was younger. Hence the crook in the stem. I've seen a million of them in the woods. I also worked in a million of them.
In those scenarios the resulting new "tops" often exhibit straight vigorous growth, with wide growth rings, and that, I have learned, always makes for clear and easy splitting grain.
In the Douglas fir it's not unusual to see internodes (whorls of limbs) spaced 5 to 6 feet apart. That's hauling ass. Falling and bucking those trees, if you get too relaxed, they're splitting bastards. Likewise the same with alder.
Typical in northwest rain forests. Your locale and species may differ.