After 10+ years of the Turcotte X CFR partnership, Brett has become an indelible member of our family. The greatest ambassador of our sport, Brett is passionate about many different types of sledding. From dominating X-games big air, to shredding tight trees, to teaching clinics, to racing vintage sleds, to hill-climbing at the Jackson Championships, Brett does it all.
We love his stoke. Watch any videos on his youtube channel and his infectious energy will surely get you stoked to shred. His ability to link big airs in technical mountain terrain is unparalleled and CFR looks forward to how he progresses the sport each season.
8X X-Games medalist,
Muffler cooking specialist,
Jackson Hill Climb Championship rider,
Backcountry big air sender,
Burgeoning golf fanatic,
Freestyle sledding legend...
Years riding: 30+
Height: 5'7
Sleds and track length: Polaris RMK Pro 155 BOOST
Bar and colour: Turcotte VX Bar, Purple!
Riser type and height: FTP 2.5’’
Grips: Grey Hero
CFR - Any shout-outs to sled heroes that have inspired your riding?
Brett - I grew up watching Slednecks, Two Stroke Cold Smoke, and Turnagain Hardcore Films. I was a huge Jay Quinlan fan as a child. The dude went huge and always had the sickest Polaris sleds!
CFR - How has YouTube changed your sled career trajectory?
Brett - The YouTube scene has been a huge blessing. I'm able to share my rides with the world and it's opened up my reach and value to sponsors, being seen so much each month! It’s definitely a job and it takes time and effort, but each time out it helps me strive to be a better rider and creator!
It has been a big leap for my career and has helped me spread my love of the sport to the masses! It’s a balancing act though, and some days on film are better than others. But at the end of the day, it's a part of who I am and I would never ask to change that!
CFR - How does riding a Polaris shape your riding style?
Brett - The Polaris chassis is such an agile machine. It's crazy the places it allows me to send it into, whether it's tight technical trees, open alpine, or big airs, it really does it all!
CFR - You’ve won 8 X-games medals and thrived in high-pressure scenarios. At the Hill Climb World Championships in Jackson, do you still get nervous at the starting gate?
Brett - ABSOLUTELY! I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous… It's the world stage, there’s a championship title on the line, and I'm riding a $40,000 snowmobile up a mountain, and with one wrong move, it could become a total loss! I love that event, it fires me up every year!
CFR - How does an aftermarket bar and riser help your riding?
Brett - It allows me to get a cockpit that I'm comfortable with, the right height and width of the bar and riser setup is so individually based, each rider has separate preferences, so being able to customize the setup is crucial to overall ride performance and handling!
CFR - You teach clinics at Stoked Mountain Adventures, what’s a crucial skill that can help an experienced rider progress?
Brett - Being able to get yourself in and out of sticky situations, being OK with being uncomfortable, and having to be nearly perfect at any given time! It all comes from situations and seat time is king! You can’t replace experience, but you can learn from failure!
CFR - What colours/graphics are you into this year for sled wraps and accessories?
Brett - This year I’ve gone the route of the teal and purple much the same as found on the 1997 RMK 700 sleds! That sled was such an inspiration to me as a kid, I just love the look and style of them! So for 2025, I had Deviant Ink design me a wrap that uses the same colours, and spiced it up with my own touches!
CFR - Being a maestro of muffler cooking, any tips for us noobs?
Brett - HOLD IT WIDE! Get that pipe hot so your sandwich has at least a 6.9 knock factor when you take it out for the first bite!
CFR - Watching YouTube videos of you and Jamie sledding together is a riot! What makes a good sled partner?
Brett - Trust in your partner's ability, and ride close and within eyesight when it gets really really gnarly! Some of the most intense rides I’ve ever had have been with Jamie, and 9//10 we’re in each other's eyesight during the ride! If anything were to ever go wrong, we trust that we’d have each other’s backs. It's a brotherhood out there, you gotta be willing to push the limits and be safe doing it!
CFR - You’ve mastered sledding, is there any other skill you're working on?
Brett - I recently got super into golf! I’ve been told it's the only game you can never perfect, but that’s what keeps bringing me back to it! It's such a yin/yang for me, it's super relaxing! My entire career and life have been built on doing things at such high risk and high reward, and with golf, I can make a mistake and lose a ball and it costs me $4.00….not a broken bone haha.
CFR - If someone wants to learn how to jump their sled, what’s a good beginner tip?
Brett - Start small, get comfortable in the air, and progress at your own pace!
CFR - Sleds have become so advanced and relatively easy to ride (lots of guys can do wild maneuvers), where do you think the next progression will be in technical sledding?
Brett - Linking together high-level moves into lines, not just one-hit wonders, but adding one or several moves into one consecutive line!
CFR- Thanks Brett and have a great winter!
Brett - Thanks guys, I can’t believe it's been 10 years with CFR already, time flies when you’re having fun!!