 She was a competitor in the 2013 FIS World Championship snowboard cross, and in the 2014 Winter Olympic snowboard cross.Brockhoff came out as a lesbian in August 2013.She is a supporter and endorser of the Principle 6 campaign, part of the Olympic protests of Russian anti-gay laws, but pledged to be cautious about how actively she protested while in Sochi due to the risk of arrest.