You legit don't need to presume that I don't watch contests and/or understand what I'm seeing.
He's already podiumed at high profile events including euro X and a city big-air or two. Henrik has about as many variations of dubs as the top-tier comp guys (maybe not all 4 ways ala bob, gus, tom, andreas and russ), and as you yourself pointed out, many of his tricks are unique to the point of being exclusive and almost assuredly more technically difficult.
You will see an evolution in judging this season that will recognize the difficulty of said tricks as many tricks in his arsenal (butter dubs, lobster flips, and bio 10's/14's) have reached a level of universal appreciation. In several instances last year, Henrik was literally doing tricks people had never seen before, and in the context of a formally judged contest, that can make for a hell of a time for judges put on the spot. Henrik may or may not "try" to win, and yes, he definitely seems to use contests as a sort of "platform" to convey a message (not as much as Phil), but despite that, he still stands a better than fair chance to snatch a W or a podium this year. It's not like he's pulling a participatory boycott ala Pep and Andy, he's going out and doing some of the biggest and most tricks anyone is doing. And, no, I'm not talking about him being rewarded for vague style considerations, I'm talking being rewarded for spinning and flipping as much as anyone else albeit on unique axises.
Henrik would've podiumed at Dew #2 last year if he had gone with a grab other than safety/method/lobster on his jumps and if his landing on the dub 12 had been better and not slightly frontseat/hand-draggy and slightly over-rotated.
So, I don't know what your point was, but mine still stands: Henrik is not to be counted out of any slope contest he enters.
