Mia Brookes: Team GB has a new World Snowboarding Champion!
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Mia Brookes wins gold to become first British snowboard slopestyle world champion
Mia Brookes is the new World slopestyle champion, and she did it in style!
The 16-year-old from Cheshire tore up the slopestyle course, which included a series of huge jumps and tricky rails, scoring a whopping 91.38 on her second run.
She also landed the first CAB 1440 double grab in a women's competition.
That means she performed FOUR rotations having taken off from the jump with her unnatural leg leading (that's like using your left hand to write with if you are right handed,) and grabbed the snowboard twice while flying through the air! Amazing!
The Brit said she was finding it hard to speak after the final: "I honestly feel like I'm going to cry. I've never been so happy in my life!"
She pipped New Zealand's Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott into the silver medal spot, with Japan's Miyabi Onitsuka claiming bronze.
1. Mia started snowboarding when she was just 18 months old! That's before some babies are able to walk!
2. She divides her life between Cheshire and the Swiss Alps.
3. She lives with her parents in a campervan when she is in the mountains and trains every chance she gets.
4. Mia was too young to compete in the Winter Olympics in 2022 but is aiming for the top prize in 2026.
5. When she is not spending her time on the snow, Mia loves cycling and skateboarding. Her favourite training fuel is uncooked broccoli!
- Published27 February 2023
- Published27 February 2023
