Remember the name Julia "Jules" Marino at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
The 19-year-old snowboarder is poised to become a breakout star at the Winter Games in South Korea in February. With her fearless, high-flying style on the slopes and girl-next-door appeal, she could become the next Olympic endorsement star, too.
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Marino last week landed a big deal with Mountain Dew, a unit of PepsiCo. The Westport, Conn., native joins fellow action athletes Danny Davis and Red Gerard on Mountain Dew's sponsorship team. More impressively, she's one of the few female athletes on a Mountain Dew roster that includes the NBA's Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook and NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr.
On the slopes, Marino is the only woman to land a Cab 900 double underflip. She won the Big Air event at Fenway Park in 2016, and four medals at the Mountain Dew-sponsored X Games Aspen and X Games Norway in the Big Air and Slopestyle competitions.
"Jules has already built an impressive career in just one year and we cannot wait to see her continue to succeed," Chauncey Hamlett, Mountain Dew senior director of marketing, said in a statement. "She is an outstanding snowboarder and her pursuit to push limits only strengthens our core value of raising the bar for snowboarders globally."
Said Marino, also via statement: "I'm so happy to ride alongside Danny and Red as part of the Mountain Dew snowboarding team. Mountain Dew's dedication to supporting snowboarding growth and progression is awesome and being a part of their team just feels right."
NOTES: For the first time, NBC will air all of its Winter Olympic programming live across all time zones. On most nights during the 2018 Winter Games, NBC's prime-time broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Mike Tirico will take over for Bob Costas as prime-time host. Costas has been in the role since 1992. NBC's coverage will begin Feb. 8. The network will televise the opening ceremonies on Feb. 9.
