The Road to There: April 2014

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Core Fitness and Training Center

I am so honored to be a bigger part of a brand new gym, Core Fitness & Training Center. I have trained with one of the trainers at this facility for about 5 years, and now under new ownership, Core Fitness is a new sponsor of mine! I cannot wait to represent this amazing new and updated facility! Whether looking to lose weight, train for a sport (like myself), gain muscle mass, or simply increase your social life, Core Fitness is the place to be! They offer outstanding personal training packages or basic gym memberships. Core fitness is also much more than a business, they are a family, and I am so stoked to call them my family!

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Finally a Video!

People keep asking me what exactly it is that I do, so with help from Roger, I put together a documentary from my competition at Big White, Canada. Hope you enjoy!

Summer Training

Even though the competition season just ended, doesn't mean I get a break. In fact, off snow training is the time to work the hardest to get in shape for the snow season. I plan on getting back into my daily workout schedule, which includes cardio, crossfit, weightlifting and yoga. I also will continue being extremely strict with my diet. Skateboarding is something I will master this summer as well, it transfers over to snowboarding perfectly. Everything I do counts and will be a huge benefit to my journey to the world cup!

Big White Canadian Nationals

My season definitely went out with a bang in Big White, Canada for my last two competitions of the season. The course was super fun, and I felt very confident with it after two days of training we had. April 5th was Junior Canadian Nationals; anyone to the age of 20 could compete. After a long day full of lots of crashes, and passes, I am stoked to say I finally made it on the podium with a third place. This was such an amazing feeling. It was exactly three years ago to date from this day that I had my last podium, which was 3rd place at USASA nationals. The following day I was determined to get back on the podium again, but with the whole Canadian Olympic team competing, I new it would be much more difficult. I ended up placing 12th, which I was still very pleased with. These were such a great way to end my season, and I already cannot wait until next season to get consistent top three finishes. A big thank you to everyone who has supported and helped me throughout this season. Without you all I would not be where I am today.

About Me

My name is Brooke Brewer. I am a 21 year old girl from a small town in Michigan who has lived a life far from normal. Ever since I could remember, I had aspirations to become an athlete in the winter Olympics representing the United States. I grew up in all sorts of sports, ranging from hockey, football (yes I played tackle football with all the guys), basketball, soccer and even volleyball, but snowboarding was the one I wanted to pursue. I dedicated my life to be a professional snowboarder, giving up my social life, high school, my home in Michigan, all to move to Colorado and train & travel with snowboard teams to compete in the event snowboardcross. I was really good it this, in fact I won countless of medals, including a few podiums at big events all over the world. I was able to see the world, travel to amazing places such as Austria, Argentina and Australia. I met some of the most amazing people, who are now life-long friends. But the most important thing I did through my snowboard career, was learn what hard work, determination, passion, sacrifice and hardships were all about. Unfortunately, I experienced an extreme hardship where I had to 'retire' from this sport, because I had a career-ending TBI (traumatic brain injury). Concussions are nothing to mess with, especially when you have had MANY of them, which is why I had to stop pursuing what I loved because of a bad concussion in January of 2016. My life has completely changed, I admit, it is hard to start fresh in a 'new' life, for all I have ever known is my life in snowboarding. But I continue this blog to not only keep my snowboard career alive, but to share with you all my road to recovery as well as my road to building a NEW life. Life is full of journeys, good and bad, so it is important to move forward and open new doors, because you never know what is waiting for you behind closed doors.

The Road to There