At just 16 years old, British snowboarder Mia Brookes has already become the slopestyle world champion and is poised to be a prominent figure in the sport for years ahead.
Hailing from Sandbach in northern England, Brookes began her snowboarding journey as a toddler at the Stoke-on-Trent ski centre, where her grandfather served as an instructor.
Accompanied by her parents, whom her father Nigel described to the BBC as “three hippies who arrived in our motorhome,” Brookes traveled across Europe for training and competitions. By the age of 10, she was inducted into the GB Snowsport programme.
Successfully balancing her athletic pursuits with her education in Sandbach, the young prodigy claimed second place in her senior debut at the Corvatsch Europa Cup in December 2020, outperforming Evy Poppe, the slopestyle champion from the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Just two months later, she celebrated victory in Big Air at Davos.
