Wānaka’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (23) has won the final stop of the 2024/25 FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup Tour in Aspen Colorado this morning (Friday February 7), her first Big Air World Cup victory since December 2023.

The result marks Zoi’s return to the top of women’s snowboarding since an ankle injury sidelined her for much of 2024.

“I actually can’t believe it, the conditions were kind of challenging today with the firm, shady landing in contrast with the run-in being soft and bumpy,” Zoi said.

“To put down those two tricks in these conditions, I am pretty stoked.”

Zoi stomped a switch backside double corked 1260 with a weddle grab for her first run, scoring the highest single jump score of the day with an 89.00 to take an early lead. She paired that with a backside double 1080 drunk driver grab (both hands on the board) to take the lead after run two, two points ahead of her nearest competitor Kokomo Murase of Japan.

Koko could not improve with her third and final run, handing Zoi a ‘victory lap’ for her last run.

Japan’s Momo Suzuki joined Zoi and Koko on the podium in third place.

Today’s result rounds out a huge couple of weeks in Aspen for Zoi with two X Games medals (gold and bronze) and two World Cup wins. 

The FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup circuit will resume on February 18 in Calgary, Canada.

PHOTO: FIS Park & Pipe