January 24, 2025 • 7 mins
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott once again is celebrating Gold at the X Games in Aspen.
She was victorious in the women's slopestyle, recording a 94.66 score, which featured a backside triple cork 1440 - the first-ever triple-cork in women's competition. It’s her 5th Gold in the Women's Slopestyle and 6th overall at X Games.
Piney caught up with her to celebrate yet another success on the slopes of Aspen.
“I put down a run that I didn’t even think was possible,” Sadowski-Synnott told him.
“To come back after an injury that put me out last year and to come back to do that run and win gold... it means everything to me.”
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalk zedb.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Ewe Snowboarding Powerhouse. Zoey Sadowski Senate has won the women's
snowboard Slope Style at the twenty twenty five Aspen X
Games and with that, Zoey Sadowski Sitate is guaranteed her
sixth career X Games gold medal. She posted a score
of ninety four point six six in her first run,
(00:34):
including a little bit of history.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Going for that, facts fourteen forty and she has, Yes,
let's go, the first ever triple cork in women's slopestyle competition.
You just watch history, folks.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Incredible. It takes her career total X Games medal counts
to eleven. Eleven X Games medals, six of them are gold.
Zoey Sadowski Senate is with us out of Aspen. Zoe Congratulations.
How do you reflect on what happened a few hours ago?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hi? Yeah, honestly, I can't really believe it. I put
down a run that I didn't even think was possible,
when that I would ever do, and so to come
back after an injury that put me out last year,
and to come back to do that run and win gold.
It means everything to me.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So the run. You're talking about the world's first triple
cork in a women's slipestyle competition. First of all, you're
going to have to tell us what that is.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, a triple cork is it's a's Somhach trick. That's
four full rotations and you are flipping three times. And
when we say cork, it's because it's off axis in
those four full rotations, the fourteen forty part and those
(01:59):
three flips kind of men together, and it's a really
it's a really committing trick and quite a high common
frequent So it's been absolutely terrifying to learn and then
put it down on snow, and then now putting it
into a competition just feels insane.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Just even hearing you talk about it. So you've put
it down in training, So was it always the aim
to try and put it down here?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
No, not at all. Honestly, I've done it in training
once before, and coming into X Games, I just wanted
to do it in the big air last night, and
even to do it there, I was so nervous to
the point where I, Yeah, it's been so long since
(02:49):
I'd been at X Games, and I just knew that
I had to do it, and I ended up doing
a couple of them in the competition. So then the
big air jump is the same jump as the last
jump in the soap style course. So after doing that
last night, coming into today, I knew that I kind
of had The only option was to go for it
(03:10):
and try and put down this run that honestly seemed
impossible to me a week ago.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, you made the impossible possible, You're committed to it,
you land it. What are the emotions when you land it?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Honestly I wanted to cry after It's such a scary trick,
and after landing my whole run before it, and coming
into that last time knowing that I could go for
a ten eighty, take a step back and then and
not do the fourteen forty like then, to tell myself
(03:50):
that I could do it, and to actually be able
to put it down when it counted, Yeah, emotions were
definitely running high and it felt it felt insane.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
That is remarkable self talk to yourself to tell yourself
to do it like that. Is that something that you've
developed over time? The courage to have that sort of
self talk and follow through with it.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Yeah, definitely, I use a lot of self talk when
I'm snowboarding. It's snow warning is such a confidence fueled
sport and it's all about scaring yourself. And to have
that little voice in the back of your head just
telling you to just go for it and do everything
(04:36):
you possibly can to make it work is it's so important.
And I had that in my head today and yeah,
it's definitely taken a long time to trust that voice,
but yeah, I'm just so stoked.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's just remarkable what you're doing now. Eleven X Games
medals now, six of them gold. Is it commonplace now
or is it still a buzz for you?
Speaker 3 (05:01):
No? Honestly, after my injury, I wasn't really sure if
I'd ever get back to the level with the pace
that my sport progresses, and like, I didn't even I
didn't even know if I would win any medals this week.
So to be here with gold is just it means everything.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And you talked about your injury a couple of times.
That was an ankle injury, right, So how you know
how challenging was the recovery from that.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah, I injured my ankle in December twenty twenty three,
And initially it was it was only meant to be
six weeks. But when I got back on my board,
I was just still in so much pain and it
wasn't healing as fast as expected. And that was kind
of the story throughout the whole rehab and really that
(05:54):
last year, like it was taking longer, it was more
painful than it should have been. And yeah, when I
was six months down the road, I got a staroid
in Jack's and slowed down. I stayed home in New Zealand,
down in Monaka, and I focused on the rehab and
making sure that I got back to one hundred. And
(06:16):
when I did, I was part of the progression, not
just playing catch up. And yeah, it was definitely mentally
and physically challenging. But yeah, I kinda I kind of
owe it all to the crew that I have around me,
my sponsor's team, my coach, family and friends that have
(06:39):
helped me third and helped me come back.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Into you as well, I mean, it says a lot
about you as well as owe So what's next? Now
you can, you can chill out for a bit, but
what's next.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, I've got a couple of days before I have
a World Cup Slope Style and a World Cup Big
Air again here in Ascent, and yeah, I'm looking forward
to those ones that will be on the same course
as X Games, I'm pretty sure. So yeah, just try
and just keep the ball rolling and yeah, just snow warn.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Good on you. You have you watched your run back?
Have you watched it back? Do you watch it back?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Yeah? I do watch it back.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I'll be watching it. I'll be watching it twenty five times.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yeah. I look at it in disbelief that that actually happened.
I kind of blacked out.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Um.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So yeah, amazing, amazing, Zoe, what you've done. Everybody back
here absolutely delighted. Congratulations on another X Games gold medal.
Thanks for having a chat to us.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Hey, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
No, thank you for joining u. Zoe. Congratulations again, Zoe
Sadowski Sinnet, who's won the women's snowboard slope Style at
the twenty twenty five Aspen X Games for eleventh X
Games medal, six of those gold.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalk zedb.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Ewe Snowboarding Powerhouse. Zoey Sadowski Senate has won the women's
snowboard Slope Style at the twenty twenty five Aspen X
Games and with that, Zoey Sadowski Sitate is guaranteed her
sixth career X Games gold medal. She posted a score
of ninety four point six six in her first run,
(00:34):
including a little bit of history.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Going for that, facts fourteen forty and she has, Yes,
let's go, the first ever triple cork in women's slopestyle competition.
You just watch history, folks.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Incredible. It takes her career total X Games medal counts
to eleven. Eleven X Games medals, six of them are gold.
Zoey Sadowski Senate is with us out of Aspen. Zoe Congratulations.
How do you reflect on what happened a few hours ago?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hi? Yeah, honestly, I can't really believe it. I put
down a run that I didn't even think was possible,
when that I would ever do, and so to come
back after an injury that put me out last year,
and to come back to do that run and win gold.
It means everything to me.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So the run. You're talking about the world's first triple
cork in a women's slipestyle competition. First of all, you're
going to have to tell us what that is.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, a triple cork is it's a's Somhach trick. That's
four full rotations and you are flipping three times. And
when we say cork, it's because it's off axis in
those four full rotations, the fourteen forty part and those
(01:59):
three flips kind of men together, and it's a really
it's a really committing trick and quite a high common
frequent So it's been absolutely terrifying to learn and then
put it down on snow, and then now putting it
into a competition just feels insane.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Just even hearing you talk about it. So you've put
it down in training, So was it always the aim
to try and put it down here?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
No, not at all. Honestly, I've done it in training
once before, and coming into X Games, I just wanted
to do it in the big air last night, and
even to do it there, I was so nervous to
the point where I, Yeah, it's been so long since
(02:49):
I'd been at X Games, and I just knew that
I had to do it, and I ended up doing
a couple of them in the competition. So then the
big air jump is the same jump as the last
jump in the soap style course. So after doing that
last night, coming into today, I knew that I kind
of had The only option was to go for it
(03:10):
and try and put down this run that honestly seemed
impossible to me a week ago.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Well, you made the impossible possible, You're committed to it,
you land it. What are the emotions when you land it?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Honestly I wanted to cry after It's such a scary trick,
and after landing my whole run before it, and coming
into that last time knowing that I could go for
a ten eighty, take a step back and then and
not do the fourteen forty like then, to tell myself
(03:50):
that I could do it, and to actually be able
to put it down when it counted, Yeah, emotions were
definitely running high and it felt it felt insane.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
That is remarkable self talk to yourself to tell yourself
to do it like that. Is that something that you've
developed over time? The courage to have that sort of
self talk and follow through with it.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Yeah, definitely, I use a lot of self talk when
I'm snowboarding. It's snow warning is such a confidence fueled
sport and it's all about scaring yourself. And to have
that little voice in the back of your head just
telling you to just go for it and do everything
(04:36):
you possibly can to make it work is it's so important.
And I had that in my head today and yeah,
it's definitely taken a long time to trust that voice,
but yeah, I'm just so stoked.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
It's just remarkable what you're doing now. Eleven X Games
medals now, six of them gold. Is it commonplace now
or is it still a buzz for you?
Speaker 3 (05:01):
No? Honestly, after my injury, I wasn't really sure if
I'd ever get back to the level with the pace
that my sport progresses, and like, I didn't even I
didn't even know if I would win any medals this week.
So to be here with gold is just it means everything.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And you talked about your injury a couple of times.
That was an ankle injury, right, So how you know
how challenging was the recovery from that.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah, I injured my ankle in December twenty twenty three,
And initially it was it was only meant to be
six weeks. But when I got back on my board,
I was just still in so much pain and it
wasn't healing as fast as expected. And that was kind
of the story throughout the whole rehab and really that
(05:54):
last year, like it was taking longer, it was more
painful than it should have been. And yeah, when I
was six months down the road, I got a staroid
in Jack's and slowed down. I stayed home in New Zealand,
down in Monaka, and I focused on the rehab and
making sure that I got back to one hundred. And
(06:16):
when I did, I was part of the progression, not
just playing catch up. And yeah, it was definitely mentally
and physically challenging. But yeah, I kinda I kind of
owe it all to the crew that I have around me,
my sponsor's team, my coach, family and friends that have
(06:39):
helped me third and helped me come back.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Into you as well, I mean, it says a lot
about you as well as owe So what's next? Now
you can, you can chill out for a bit, but
what's next.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, I've got a couple of days before I have
a World Cup Slope Style and a World Cup Big
Air again here in Ascent, and yeah, I'm looking forward
to those ones that will be on the same course
as X Games, I'm pretty sure. So yeah, just try
and just keep the ball rolling and yeah, just snow warn.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Good on you. You have you watched your run back?
Have you watched it back? Do you watch it back?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Yeah? I do watch it back.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I'll be watching it. I'll be watching it twenty five times.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yeah. I look at it in disbelief that that actually happened.
I kind of blacked out.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Um.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So yeah, amazing, amazing, Zoe, what you've done. Everybody back
here absolutely delighted. Congratulations on another X Games gold medal.
Thanks for having a chat to us.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Hey, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
No, thank you for joining u. Zoe. Congratulations again, Zoe
Sadowski Sinnet, who's won the women's snowboard slope Style at
the twenty twenty five Aspen X Games for eleventh X
Games medal, six of those gold.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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