British Snowboarder Mia Brookes has been officially recognised as the youngest snowboarding world champion in the history of the sport, reports the Guinness World Records organisation.
Mia Brookes pictured earlier in her snowboarding career when she became the Junior World Freestyle Snowboard Champion.
At the age of 16 years 39 days, she won the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, on 27 February 2023.
After fighting her way back from a serious injury, Team GB’s Katie Ormerod finished in18th place following her two qualification runs in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle. The top 12 progress to tomorrow’s final.
by Fashion Editor Clare Meaney
Roxy has introduced some new and exciting ski and snowboard outfits for this season.
The brand’s campaign is led by the American Olympic halfpipe gold medallist Chloe Kim (pictured left) who is helping to showcase all the latest garments which are suitable for all abilities.
The Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum in the Austrian ski resort of Hochgurgl, which contained hundreds of historic and rare motorbikes, plus other vehicles, has been destroyed by fire.
The museum, located at The Crosspoint on the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road that links Austria to Italy, was a popular attraction for skiers and snowboarders in the winter season and the 100,000-plus motorcyclists who ride the route from Tirol’s Ötztal Valley to Italy’s South Tyrol in the summer, with many stopping to visit the museum.
ONE year ago today, on July 25 2018, Ellie Souter from Surrey, one of the most progressive Junior Female Snowboard Athletes in Great Britain, took her own life on her 18th birthday in the ski resort of Les Gets, France.