GB’s Mia Brookes Takes Silver in First WC Event of 24/25 Season
2nd September 2024
Last modified on September 3rd, 2024
The finals at the event in Cardrona, New Zealand, were unable to be held on Sunday due to the weather conditions so the results were taken from the qualification round held on Saturday.
There were sustained windy conditions in the past few days followed by an overnight storm on Sunday that forced the closure of Cardrona chairlifts.
Mia Brookes is the current Snowboard Slopestyle World Champion, and she finished in second place with her technical and clean rail section impressing the judges.
Podium pics or it didn’t happen! 🥈👀
Mia Brookes is celebrating her second-ever @fissnowboard Slopestyle World Cup podium in style! 🍾https://t.co/q48TmYUe9U pic.twitter.com/Xz38syVz8P
— GB Snowsport (@GBSnowsport) September 2, 2024
The event was won by Kokomo Murase from Japan with the USA’s Rebecca Flynn finishing in third place.
“It was definitely challenging but it was a sick place to do it, one of my favourite resorts,” said Mia.
“To just put down a run on the day is a big achievement in yourself, so I am hyped that I put a run down.”
Women’s snowboard podium. Image c/o Winter Games NZ.
GB’s Txema Mazet-Brown came 12th.
Slopestyle finals at the @fissnowboard Cardrona World Cup were canceled due to weather, with qual results standing.
Congrats to Mia Broikeson 2nd place! 🥈⚡️ Big shoutout to Txema Mazet Brown for debuting with GB Snowsport and crushing it with a PB, finishing 12th! 💥💪 pic.twitter.com/BGzRMTDGhg
— GB Snowsport (@GBSnowsport) September 2, 2024
The event in Cardrona marked the start of the qualification period for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in 2026.
Mia Brookes is one the most promising athletes competing for Great Britain with high medal hopes for the 2026 Games.
- GB snowboarder Mia Brookes is World Champion
- Mia Brookes is BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
- GB.s golden snowboard girls
We previewed the event in this earlier PlanetSKI article with news of other elite athletes currently training in New Zealand and elsewhere in the southern hemisphere:
Cardrona, Image © PlanetSKI
In the men’s competition the 19-year old Canadian, Cameron Spalding, won with Norway’s Mons Roisland in second place.
New Zealand’s Rocco Jamieson took third place.
The FIS event was part of the Winter Games NZ in Cardrona on the South Island.
The Winter Games NZ programme continues with the FIS ANC Premium Freeski Slopestyle this Wednesday and Thursday.
It ends with the FIS Freeski Halfpipe World Cup presented by La Roche Posay & Cardrona Alpine Resort on the 7th and 8th of September.
Relates Articles:
- GB Snowsport reflects on successful season
- GB wins gold and silver at X-Games
- Eve Muirhead to lead Team GB at 2026 Winter Olympics
