Wānaka’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (22) has continued her dominance in women’s snowboarding, claiming the win at the FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Edmonton, Canada yesterday (Sunday December 10)

The star studded final went down under floodlights on the monstrous scaffold jump inside the Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium, with the crowds and entertainment creating an exciting vibe.

"I am super stoked to take the win today, it's the first comp of the season for me so it feels good to go into the first one and come away with the win," Zoi said.

The Big Air three run format requires the athletes to successfully throw down two different tricks in two different directions to be awarded a combined score out of 200 (and allows for one throwaway score). 

Big Air 2022 Olympic silver medalist Zoi, was the top qualifier.

After an uncharacteristic fall in her first finals run, Zoi was calm and collected as she dropped into her second run. She stomped a switch backside 1260 with a tail grab, to the delight of the crowd, the commentator and her team.  

The judges shared the sentiment and rewarded her with a whopping 97.25 for the trick, the highest score of the day in both the women and men’s competition.

"I have been working on the switch backside 1260 for the last six months, it's a super technical and scary trick so I was super happy to put it down in competition," she said  

With her third and final run to go, Zoi put down a huge backside double 1080 with a melon grab, scoring a 86.00 from the judges.   

The two tricks combined gave Zoi a huge score of 183.25 out of 200, a score which was untouchable by the last three athletes to drop in.  

Reigning snowboard slopestyle World Champion, Mia Brookes (16) of Great Britain, finished in second place and two-time big air Olympic Champion Anna Gasser of Austria rounded out the podium in third.   

Women’s Podium. [L-R] Mia Brookes (GBR) in second, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) in first, Anna Gasser (AUT) in third. PHOTO: FIS Snowboard 

The result continues Zoi’s incredible podium streak, which has seen her finish on the podium at every event she has dropped into for the past three seasons. 

Fellow Kiwi Lyon Farrell (Arrowtown, 25) competed in the hotly contested men’s final, finishing in ninth place.