Three Wānaka athletes delivered a haul of medals at X Games Aspen yesterday (January 25), with Luca Harrington winning men’s ski slopestyle gold and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Rocco Jamieson each claiming silver in snowboard big air.

Luca (21) set the tone early, overcoming fresh snow, course delays and tough conditions to defend his 2025 title. He stamped his authority with a 94.33 in round two to secure gold - becoming just the third skier to win back-to-back titles in the event.

Snow Sports NZ head coach high performance park and pipe Tom Willmott said the conditions made it “a struggle on many fronts”.

“Luca kept in the hunt, made the most of training, and just smashed it, scoring the highest in the first run, getting bumped down as conditions improved, only to step right up in his second run to claim the title going back-to-back following his win as a rookie last year,” he said.

Zoi thrilled the crowd in the women’s snowboard big air final, scoring 94.66 for silver with a huge backside triple 1440.

“Zoi landed a flawless back triple 14 first run and was able to improve on the second,” Tom said.

“Given she has been out of action for a while, it was incredible for her to build right back to her best level of riding.”

Rocco (19) completed the Wānaka medal haul with silver in men’s snowboard big air, landing a backside 2160 on his final run.

“Rocco has been gunning for the back 21 for a while but this was his first opportunity to land this behemoth of a trick on snow,” Tom said.

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