Kiwi Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 24) will be bringing home her career first FIS Snowboard Slopestyle Crystal Globe after taking the win at the final Slopestyle World Cup of the 2025 season in Austria tonight NZT.
Sadowski-Synnott said; “This week has been awesome, and really fun to ride at Absolut Park and have a really sick competition here after Spring Battle. Bummer that we couldn’t run today with the conditions, it was just a bit gnarly. To qualify in first and then manage to get this result and walk away with the Globe feels pretty unreal because I’ve never had one of these before. It feels pretty good to hold one of these [the Globe].”
Despite achieving such incredible success throughout her snowboarding career so far, Sadowski-Synnott had never won a FIS Snowboarding Crystal Globe and has become only the second Kiwi to do so (Tiarn Collins secured the men’s snowboard slopestyle Globe in 2022).
She explained; “It wasn’t even on my mind, I just wanted to get back into this season strong and healthy coming off my ankle injury last year.”
The battle for the snowboard slopestyle Globe was tight, with Mia Brookes of Great Britain finishing in second place 12 points behind Sadowski-Synnott and Kokomo Murase of Japan rounded out the standings in third, 22 points behind Sadowski-Synnott.
The Flachau Snowboard Slopestyle Finals were set to go down in Austria tonight, but adverse weather conditions resulted in the cancellation of the final round of competition. As per FIS rules, results were able to be taken from qualification and as the top qualifier, Sadowski-Synnott took the win.
Always bringing her A-Game, Sadowski-Synnott laced together a solid qualification run on her first attempt, showing her ability to always put one down when it counts. Her technical run included a front blunt 450 out of the A-Frame rail and a huge backside double corked 1080 on the final jump.
Sadowski-Synnott was joined on today’s World Cup podium by Annika Morgan of Germany in second place and Mari Fukada of Japan in third.
Sadowski-Synnott was thrilled to take the win today, saying; “It’s actually insane to win this given the level of competition these days is crazy. I’m so inspired riding with all the girls and stoked to be back among them. You just never really know what’s going to happen, and we’ve got World Championships left, (I’m) pretty excited.”
Just the 2025 FIS Park and Pipe World Championships remain on the schedule for the 2025 season, with competition kicking off next week in Switzerland for the Kiwi Park and Pipe Team.
