Over the past two years, Belanger has become an increasingly influential member of the ski industry. Belan helps to head PleHouse Films, Camp Revolution, and D-Structure ski shop. He may be the best pipe skier in the world who has never medaled at WX. A dual discipline WX competitor, he suffered a broken back at WX '03 in Slopestyle (finished 14th), yet he went on to place 6th in SuperPipe--broken back and all (plus he was using one of Phil Larose's skis and one of his own).
The most successful contest skier of The Three Phils, Belan became the envy of the skiing world shortly after the 2001 U.S. Open when he started dating ski diva Sarah Burke.