Greg Bretz

Career

Bretz began entering halfpipe competitions at age 11. and finished first in Stoneham, Quebec and second overall behind after Iouri Podladtchikov. Within days of this competition, it was announced that he had made the US team alongside Shaun White, Louie Vito, and Scotty Lago for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He finished fifth in the men's super-pipe at the 2013 Winter X Games in Aspen. He finished first at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix halfpipe, qualifying him for the Sochi Olympics. He qualified at #1 again the following year at Breckenridge, but the competition was cancelled due to bad weather. At the 2018 competition, he placed third at Mammoth Mountain behind Chase Josey and Ben Ferguson with a score of 81.50. He competed but did not qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics.