Each member of the soul family is chosen for their love of the outdoors, art, photography, and most importantly, for protecting the playgrounds they love. We are excited to be a part of their lives and careers from skiing big mountains, surfing exotic waves, creating art, and capturing the most soulful images that inspire us to live momentously! #plantyoursoul
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah and shredding big mountain lines, Taylor Pratt is a do-all skier. He's got a deep bag of tricks too.
A ten-year veteran of the US Ski Team, Kaylin Richardson is a four-time National Alpine Champion and two-time Olympian. Since retiring from the World Cup in 2010, Kaylin has fallen even deeper in love with skiing. Kaylin's life philosophy is "laugh often" and she plans to do so - all the way down the mountain.
Also known as "The King of Corbet's Couloir" in Jackson Hole. Karl is known for his unique approach to skiing as well as going really really really big. There's a reason they call him Crazy Karl.
Born and raised in Park City, Utah, Harrison has a mogul background in skiing and spent a few years on the Freeride World Tour. He is proud to call the Wasatch his home.
We can't say enough about Andrew. His passion for the sport of skiing, sustainability and traveling, are insatiable. To call him a wanderlust is an understatement. Rumph can be found spending his winters in Aspen, and summers skiing big lines in the Andes at Ski Portillo, Chile. All along he continues to gain knowledge and push his limits in the mountains.
Brant’s ability to apply his ski racing and motocross skills to big mountain environments placed him years ahead of his competition and extreme skiing events in the late 1990s. He was one of the first skiers to utilize a full-face helmet, which matched his smooth, fast, and powerful skiing style.
Mike was born and raised in Park City, Utah and works as a full time photographer for some of the top outdoor brands around the world. You can find him around the country in his van with his wife and dogs at any given time.
Cody Forest Doucette was born in the heartland of Wisconsin, raised in the mountains of Idaho, educated on the beaches of Santa Barbara at UCSB and now calls the island of Hawai'i home. He has spent the past 10 years chasing storms, light and good times around the world with his twin brother, writer Kitt Doucette. He believes in the lofty goal of documenting both the beauty of the natural world and the complexity of the human condition in the 21st century. At a more basic level he has the daily goal of enjoying the ride and laughing at it all.
Blake works as a photographer and videographer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. His work revolves around the outdoor industry and can be found here. He's also our in-house spiral-torching intern.
Bryon Friedman is the founder, owner, and current CEO of Soul Poles, an environmentally conscious brand with a mission to innovate the greenest equipment in the outdoor industry by merging sustainable design with uncompromisng performance and truly original style.
You don’t need to talk to R. Nelson Parrish for very long to discover that he loves two things in life: barreling down mountainsides at breakneck speeds and making paintings that capture those magical moments when our perceptions of the world are especially vivid—so intense, stunning, and powerful that the rest of life does not pale in comparison so much as it seems to be a point of entry into mind-blowing highlights that make it all matter.
The smartest guy on the hill on any given day. Josh devotes his time to environmental conservation work with his company Advanced Conservation Strategies and finds time throughout the year to get buried in deep snow. That's Dr. Donlan, to you.