Zoi Sadowski-Synnott claims 10th X Games medal of Career with Bronze in Snowboard Big Air

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 23) has added her 10^th X Games medal to her collection, taking home the bronze in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air at the 2025 Aspen X Games.

X Games is known for being the location of worlds first tricks, with creativity and progression encouraged thanks to the innovative and rider focussed format. 2025 was no exception, with a new Big Air format designed to allow athletes to show off their top tricks.

Eight of the world’s top female riders were invited to compete at the Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air. The format meant all eight athletes competed against each other in the playoffs, with the top four advancing to the finals with the scores resetting to zero. Differing from World Cup format, the riders were only required to stomp one, huge trick with the single highest score taking the win.

With the mercury hovering around -15 Celsius, the cold temperatures meant the snow was running on the slow side. Nevertheless Sadowski-Synnott made quick work of the playoff round, putting down a backside triple 1440 drunk driver grab right off the bat for her first time in competition, which was enough to carry her through to the final round in fourth place.

Sadowski-Synnott was first to drop into finals and immediately put a huge score on the board, once again stomping the triple 1440, going huge and sending it deep down the landing, posting a 92.66 which was her best score of the night.

Sitting in bronze medal position with Mia Brookes of Great Britain, who was sitting outside of podium position next to drop, Sadowski-Synnott had a nervous wait. Brookes put down an impressive run of her own but it wasn’t enough to knock Sadowski-Synnott off the podium.

Anna Gasser from Austria claimed the victory, making her the female athlete with the most X Games Big Air Gold Medals in history. Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi took second place, repeating her performance from the 2024 X Games Big Air.

Tonight’s event marked the first of six X Games events with Kiwi’s competing, next up is the women’s snowboard slopestyle with Sadowski-Synnott once again in action, set to go down from 7am Saturday morning NZT.