In 2024, X Games champ Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was on-site in Aspen for the 6th consecutive year. But she was watching from the friends and family corral, a broken ankle preventing the two-time defending Snowboard Slopestyle champ from a threepeat attempt. Sadowski-Synnott had been at the forefront of progression in the discipline, but she witnessed the best riding in women’s history go down without her.
“Obviously, I was pretty bummed that I couldn’t compete,” Zoi says. “But just to be there for those huge moments in women’s snowboarding was really special and really inspiring.”
The New Zealand native is back for X Games Aspen 2025 and ready to pick up where she left off: the podium. Zoi took double gold in Slopestyle and Big Air at XG Aspen 2022, then earned another Slopestyle title and Big Air silver in 2023. She helped set the stage for the history made at XG Aspen 2024.
In Big Air, Zoi saw Kokomo Murase become the first woman to land a frontside triple cork 1440 in competition. In Slopestyle, she looked on as Mia Brookes became the first woman to land a 1440 in a Slopestyle run at X Games.
“All those girls worked so hard for that night, and it was hard not to be a part of it,” Zoi says. “But it definitely makes me excited to be coming back this year, knowing there was a whole leap forward in progression while I was out. It’s going to be really exciting.”
Zoi helped present the gold medals in 2024. At X Games Aspen 2025, she’s coming to take them back.
Photo: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott during Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals at 2023 X Games Aspen in Aspen, CO. ©Joshua Duplechian/X Games
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