GB Snowboarder Mia Brookes is World Champion. Yes, you read correctly. The 16 year old has taken the snowboard slopestyle title in her first senior World Championships.
Competing in the 2023 World Ski Championships, Bakuriani in Georgia (the country not the US state). Mia made history by becoming the youngest World Champion in the history of snowboarding having turned 16 only last week. Subsequently, Mia also becomes the youngest British freestyler – snowboarder or skier – to become a World Champion.
Lying in second place before her final run Mia needed some spectacular to take gold – and she duly delivered. Becoming the first snowboarding to land a CAB 1440 double grab in a women’s competition.
“I’m really, really happy – like I’ve never been so happy in my life,”
“I feel like I’m going to go and cry!”
“I actually can’t believe it,”
“When I did it, I wasn’t sure I’d done it, but I thought about it and was like…yep, I’ve done a 14!”
Mia Bookes
You can enjoy Mia’s winning run in the video below;
“What Mia’s done out here today is just next level”
“We all know Mia’s got the talent, but this is her first season on the World Cup circuit and her first World Championships so to land a run like that with all the pressure of a World Championships tells you everything you need to know about her.
“We’re all so stoked for Mia, her coaches Mikey & Ben, her parents and the whole team around her.”
GB Snowsport Head Coach, Pat Sharples.
Congratulations Mia Brookes! We look forward to writing about many more of your successes in the future.