This is an action that even Norwegian prodigy Marcus Cliveland exclaimed Insane when he watched the game!
On the evening of February 27, Beijing time, at the FIS Snowboard World Championships in Bakuliani, Georgia, Mia Brookes, a 16-year-old girl from the United Kingdom, made the first 1440 in women's snowboard history in the final jump of the women's slopestyle final! With this move, he surpassed New Zealand's 22-year-old Zoe Sinott who recently won two consecutive world slopestyle champions! After this fight, Mia became the youngest snowboard slopestyle champion in FIS World Championship history!
Let's review this set of platform jumps in which Mia Brooks won the championship:
Frontside 720 Indy grabber
Backside 900 Indy grabber
Cab 1440 Melon and Stalefish grabbers
It was certainly a history-making moment, and the excitement of the live commentators was about to spill over the screen. You know, the last women's snowboarding skill breakthrough was the cab triple underflip 1260 made by snowboard number one Anna Gassel in November 2018 and the cab double cork 1260 made in 2019.
cab triple underflip 1260
cab double cork 1260
However, this time Mia made the 1440 in slopestyle, which is much more difficult to complete than the big air, which has advantages in both assist skating and takeoff.
In this era of young girls and heroes, they are constantly making history and achieving their own legends.
At the age of 18, Gu Ailing, who made the first 1440 women's snowboard freestyle in history
Gaon Choi, a 14-year-old South Korean talent who won gold in the X Games U pool with a 1080
Mia Brooks, the first in snowboarding history today, 1440
Zoe Sinnott said after the game: "I did everything I could to defend my title, but I'm really excited and happy for Mia. Mia is currently leading the snowboarding competition, especially in the jumping section, and she will encourage all our girls to perform at their best. ”
Athletics is a stage for legends, and those who constantly challenge their limits work hard with tenacity, hard work, determination and dedication to turn the impossible into reality, and turn those Never-been-done into the first first in human history. This is the charm of skiing.