The Pret Team
The Pret Team
Meet our athletes. They’re Olympians, world champions, and all-around trailblazers — an impressive group of pro skiers and snowboarders to say the least. See where their adventures take them and which Pret helmet they choose to rock on every run.
Caroline Gleich
Discipline: Ski Mountaineering & Backcountry Skiing
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite Helmet: Lyric X2
Projects: 1st Woman and 4th Person to Ski all 90 lines in “The Chuting Gallery”, Follow Through, Successful summit of Everest/Chomolungma, The Caroline Gleich Show
Links: carolinegleich.com, Instagram
Kyle Smaine - Athlete Legacy
Discipline: Freeride / Soul Skiing
Hometown: South Lake Tahoe, CA
Favorite Helmet: Fury X
Bio: Former World Champion Halfpipe skier turned soul skier. After years on the contest circuit, Kyle turned to new adventures and continued a successful career exploring the backcountry. In January 2023, Kyle was the victim of a deadly avalanche in Japan. His happy personality was infecious and his legacy will live on through the many lives he touched in his short but full life.
Tess Johnson
Discipline: Freestyle Mogul Skiing for US Ski Team
Hometown: Vail, CO
Favorite Helmet: Cynic X2
Bio: Professional freestyle mogul skier on the US Ski Team. I’m a 2018 Olympian, 6x World Cup podium skier, World Cup Winner, 2022 National Champion and 2019 World Championship Bronze Medalist. I love skiing so much and can’t wait to keep having fun with my friends on the snow.
Links: tessmogulskiing.com, Instagram, Facebook
Kai Owens
Giray Dadali
Kilian Echalier
Discipline: Freeride & Ski Mountaineering
Hometown: Châtel, France
Favorite Helmet: Cynic AT2
Bio: I grew up in the French alps where I learned skiing really early with my family. When I was a teenager I started freeriding with my friends. I participated to the FWQ for 5 years, then stopped to do more mountaineering skiing to reach steep and wild lines.
Links: Instagram
Jack Hessler
Hometown: Lincoln, MA to Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite Helmet: Epic X
Bio: I see the mountain as a canvas. I loves to explore new powder-filled areas and find obscure takeoffs and transition. I varies between trying to stay on my feet in narrow chutes and throwing freestyle tricks in natural terrain.
Links: Instagram
Helena Hoppenrath
Cole McDonald
Discipline: Freestyle Mogul Skiing for US Ski Team
Hometown + Resort: Park City, UT - Deer Valley
Favorite Helmet: Cirque X
Bio: I am a 19 year old Freestyle mogul skier for the US Ski Team. I am a 2022 Olympian and ranked 7th in the world on the World Cup tour. My goal is to get more World Cup Podiums and a Cork 1440 in a mogul competition.
Links: Instagram
Tami Razinger
Hometown: Born in Argentina, grew up in Vermont, now in Jackson, WY
Favorite Helmet: Vision X
Bio: I grew up in the ski racing world and then transitioned to freeride/big mountain. In 2015 I won the overall STEFT title. I competed on the Freeride World Tour Qualifier circuit and now pursuing film goals as well as various ski mountaineering objectives in the Tetons and beyond. This past spring, I reached the highest point in North America while summiting Denali!
Links: Instagram
Vanessa Chavarriaga Posada
Trish Bromley
Hometown: Learned the pizza and french fry basics on the Kids Buel rope tow at Caledon Ski Club in Ontario, now calling Whistler, BC home
Favorite Helmet: Vision X
Bio: I am one part cheerleader, one part peer-pressurer, two parts safety police, and probably your biggest fan. Too many parts? Math isn’t my strong suit, but I know that you plus two skis is bound to add up to a good time.
Links: Instagram
Vicente Katz
Hometown: Santiago, Chile, currently in Steamboat Springs, CO
Favorite Helmet: Cirque X
Bio: I grew up in Santiago, Chile and moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado to pursue my dreams of becoming a professional skier and backcountry ski guide. I can happily say my passion has become my life's work. I couldn't be more excited to grow my professional relationships, push the boundaries of my skiing ability, and continue to spread the stoke!
Links: Instagram
Jay Rawe
Hometown: Tahoe City, CA
Favorite Helmet: Fury X
Bio: I like long hikes off piste, strolling through the park, and seeing new places from peculiar angles.
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Born and raised in Florida, but (semi) recently found out I have snow in my veins. What was supposed to be one winter in Tahoe is coming up on 6 years. Seems like the Eagles may have been onto something…
Links: Instagram
Kevin Nichols
Hometown: Vail, CO currently living in Bozeman, MT Big Sky Resort
Favorite Helmet: Epic X
Bio: As a skier I've spent the past few years competing on the Freeride World Tour alongside my brother. As a person I am finishing up a bachelors degree in Secondary Education, Social Studies Broadfield and hope to be a high school social studies teacher in the next few years.
Links: Instagram
Jack Nichols
Dylan Marcellini
Discipline: Freestyle Mogul Skiing for US Ski Team
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA to Park City, UT
Favorite Helmet: Cynic X2
Bio: Hi y’all, my name is Dylan Marcellini I’m a 19 year old Professional Freestyle Mogul skier from California. I love to freeski, ride motocross, and fly fish in my free time. I’m currently a student at the University of Utah living in Park City to pursue my professional skiing career.
Links: Instagram
