Brett won the gold medal in slalom at the World Championships in Singapore, becoming the only Australian male to win a World slalom title. He won the Australian Men’s Open slalom title 4 times. In 1985 Brett set the Australian Open slalom record of 4@11.25m. He continued to improve the record breaking it a further 5 times until in 1995 he become the first Australian to run the 10.75m line, with a score of 1.25@10.25m. Brett is the only Tasmanian skier to win an Australian Open title.