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Henrik Harlaut signing with D-Structure

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StonerB
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First of all, mad respect to Henrik.. he absolutely kills it, and I would definitely consider him one of the best in the game right now.

On a side night, Phil Belanger, owner of D-Structure is also a judge for Dew Tour and I think maybe X-Games. Not that I would suspect Phil of ever judging unfairly, but sometimes I think that when you have a biase opinion of someone (i.e. Phil's opinion of Henrik) it can subconsciously affect how you judge them (for better or worse).

Is it fair for a owner, or even a team manager, to be judging their own riders in competitions as big as Dew Tour/ X-Games?
Sep 25 2009 8:38PM
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.frenchy
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he rlly good with blades (:
Sep 25 2009 8:40PM
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crazy_karl
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ski world aint a fair one.. regardless tho i feel like the top run always prevails
Sep 25 2009 9:09PM
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crazy_karl
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^well not always but atleast a majority of the time
Sep 25 2009 9:10PM
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Alex_G
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charles gagnier is on the d-team, doesn't affect his scores.
Sep 25 2009 9:29PM
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SakadatFunk
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
anybody know who was judging x games the year Charles won Slope.
Im still a firm believer that Tanner should have won. agree? disagree? where can we find those runs?
Sep 27 2009 8:47PM
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pierrot50-50
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shut up
Sep 27 2009 9:04PM
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KansasCityKilla
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HELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Sep 27 2009 10:13PM
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Dan-Man
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I think phil is a good guy and i'd never suspect anything like that outa him.
Sep 27 2009 10:20PM
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Keith_M
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Henrik would probably win anyway so i'm not worried
Sep 27 2009 10:37PM
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FUUUCK
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one footer and a switch 3 beats a straight slide and switch 5 IMO.
Sep 27 2009 10:43PM
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Peter.
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D-S is such a dope shop, and now they sponsor a dope rider

win win
Sep 27 2009 10:51PM
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backwardsrider
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Sep 28 2009 12:30AM
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ESKmedia
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OK lets put something clear here. The fact that Harlaut wins or not the x-games/dew tour/whatever comp doesn't affect Phil at all, I mean yes it's good for Phil to have Harlaut on his team otherwise he wouldnt sponsor him. But Harlaut doesnt run his shop by winning the xgames or so.

Marketing wise Phil chose him cause of his videos, cause who he is to kids, to skiing and what not. Harlaut is already at the top, no need for him to win the Xgames to help phil selling some skis.

But anyways, for those who don't know phil, he's passionate, he truely loves skiing (went to x-games several times if you don't know already) and wants this sport to evolve. He's fair and wouldnt still be judging if he wasn't.

peace


Sep 28 2009 12:35AM
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StonerB
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Agree fully. Phil's always been one of my favorite riders, and I grew up admiring his PoorBoyz segments, especially his segment in ready Fire Aim, cuz it was an absolutely mind blowing segment at the time, and he was just coming off of injury, to make it that much more amazing.

My question was not "Is Phil Corupt?" I was more interested to hear peoples' opinions on whether or not they think it is fair for team manager, or company owner, or ANYONE involved in the marketing for a ski company to be judging their own riders, Because not everyone has the integrity of Mr. Belanger (who has a background and history in the freeride world that few can compete with, and I believe is incredibly qualified to judge the top ranked events)
Sep 28 2009 8:00PM
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R.Fahey
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Almost the entire judging circuit consists of older pro skiers... so they are judging a lot of their friends.  I think they do a decent job of keeping things unbiased. 
Mikael is one of Henrik's biggest influences and he was judging Freestyle.ch.... henrik didn't qualify for that.  i don't think it'll be an issue.
Sep 28 2009 8:06PM
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DBeck
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