Mia Brookes
The Lightness of Mia Brookes
Imagine this: You’ve just turned 19, you have two X Games gold medals, a couple of FIS’ finest Crystal Globes, a world championship trophy, a pro model board, a signature line of boots and outerwear, a fanatic global following, the adulation of your peers and legends of snowboarding alike, a sick kickflip, real guitar skills, the ability to sketch like an ‘A’ grade art-school student, and a tricked out Mustang sitting in the garage. You’re standing atop the big air drop in ramp at the 2026 Milano Olympics about to attempt yet another NBD for female snowboarding that will, if landed, likely win you a gold medal and make your life even more mental.
The fact that you are staring down at a 70-foot kicker at the bottom of a sketchy Italian scaffolding ramp with millions of people wondering what trick you’re going to throw next is ridiculous enough already.
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