New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has added her 10th X Games medal to her collection with bronze in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air at the 2025 Aspen X Games.
X Games is known for being a hot spot for worlds first tricks, with creativity and progression encouraged and rider focussed format. 2025 is no exception, with a new Big Air format in play designed to allow athletes to show off their top tricks.
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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 temperatures at 15 Celsius, the cold temperatures meant the snow was running on the slow side.
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 the first to drop into finals and immediately put a massive 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.
She explained the 1440 as “one of the scariest tricks” she has ever put down in her extensive career.
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 of 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.
Sadowski Synnott is the first of six Kiwis in the X Games events.