Sadowski-Synnott lands third slopestyle World Cup win

Wānaka’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has taken the win at the FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup in Aspen. 

This is marks Sadowski-Synnott’s third slopestyle World Cup win of her career, and her first since she has made her comeback from an ankle injury in 2024.

 “I definitely got a bit of confidence coming off LAAX two weeks ago and I worked so hard to get back to this level and be competing with the rest of the girls because they are pushing it so hard, I am so happy to be back,” Sadowski-Synnott said.

As the top qualifier into today’s finals, Sadowski-Synnott earned the advantage of dropping last into each of the two finals runs. She put down a solid first run that had her sitting in the top spot, but with a couple of bobbles on the rails, and some of the top riders on the start list today, there was no guarantee it would hold.

Kokomo Murase of Japan put down a strong second run, which bumped Sadowski-Synnott off the top spot, but as the last athlete to drop Sadowski-Synnott had the deciding run. She managed the pressure without a problem and put down her winning run, tidying up the rail section and then lacing her back-to-back double corked 1080’s on the last two jumps.

Sadowski-Synnott took the win by a significant margin as the only woman to score in the 80’s with an 87.80. Murase finished in second place with Great Britain’s Mia Brookes rounding out the star-studded podium in third.

Main image(FIS Park & Pipe): FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup winner Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.