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Russ Henshaw Robbed and Assaulted
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At approximately 3:35 pm MST professional skier Russ Henshaw sustained severe trauma to his slopestyle score when Dew Tour judges tackled and beat him down as he left the finish area at the bottom of the course. Alexi Godbout who is also an extraordinarily talented skier was nearly caught up in the action, however he was able to avoid the assailants but was powerless to do anything as he watched the brutal attack on Russ.
I'm stoked for Alexi. He crushed it with sick grabs and smooth style and deserved to be on the podium, but Russ threw down the slope run to end all slope runs and finished 12 points behind Alexi. I know all of you will say that this is a judged event and judging is subjective and if I don't like it I shouldn't watch etc. and so on. However, I've been around skiing and slope contests for a while now and I consider myself a pretty decent judge of slope runs. I can potentially see Russ not winning, but for him to not even be on the podium? That is good old fashioned robbery. It reminded me of when McRae didn't make slope finals at Aspen Open last year, to give an example for those of you who know what I'm talking about.
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yo i just saw a few of the runs (godbout, wallisch, BB, russ, sammy) and i must say, out of all those runs i wouldve scored it the same way. russ' run wasn't as stylish or closer to perfection than the runs of the people who placed above him in my opinion
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laurant favre in 06 pipe was raped and murdered by the judges imo
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Russ is cocky and has been pretty much an overrated favorite of many since he was 16 years old. Who cares what his score was just let alexi have his damn moment.
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his run was so dope... i want to see more of that in slope comps... but it wont happen anytime soon
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Everyone is so hypocritical when it comes to doubles. It is actually unbelievable.
For Russ, a left dub 12 is not a technical trick. he has it completely on lock, and he doesn't make a move during the rotation. I don't think that because it is harder for an average skier should it be categorized as more technical at this level.
There is so much hate on this site about competition skiers being robots. If you are not interested in watching a robot, then you liked Alexis' run more than Russ'.
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you cant judge by someone's ability. you wouldn't want somebody who's having a hard time doing a 3 but sticking it perfectly in a comp win it, would you?
btw he did a right dub 12
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why does everyone think phil doesn't compete and gets shafted by judges? he came 4th at x games last year and is one of the most consistent guys in comps.
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not as well of a name? im sure more people know henshaw than goodbout
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Luke Van Valin lolz https://www.facebook.com/ishallrant
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