Brookes was too young to compete at the last Winter Olympics, four years ago, but she has hit her sport’s greatest heights since.
In 2023, aged just 16, she became snowboarding’s youngest world champion with her slopestyle gold in Georgia, a victory sealed by landing the first Cab 1440 double grab in a women’s event.
Last month she won her second title at the X Games, the invitation-only holy grail of action sports.
“They see her as a legit one of the best to ever do it,” said BBC Sport commentator Tim Warwood before the Games. “She’s a purist’s dream.
“When she’s strapped into a snowboard, you can tell that’s what she was put on this planet to do.”
Brookes’ team-mate Maisie Hill, also making her Olympic debut, placed 29th to miss out on the final.
But while Hill’s big air campaign may be over, she and Brookes will return for the slopestyle from 16 February.
Just becoming an Olympian marks an incredible achievement for 24-year-old Hill, after she nearly died in a training crash three years ago.
She broke multiple bones, including her spine and pelvis, and suffered a grade three laceration in her liver that caused heavy blood loss after the crash into a wall of ice during a training session in Switzerland in January 2023.
“I was leaving hospital three years ago today. I’m pretty proud of myself,” Hill told BBC Sport.
Assessing her runs, she added: “I’m pretty upset, it was going so well all of practice.
“I’m so happy to be here. It’s been so fun. I’ve enjoyed it so much. I feel so blessed.
“I’m better at slopestyle anyway.”