Wānaka’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (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 overnight NZT.

Adverse weather conditions forced the cancellation of the Flachau Snowboard Slopestyle final so results were taken from qualification, and as the top qualifier, Zoi was awarded the victory.

“It was really fun to ride here after Spring Battle,” she said.

“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 an already decorated snowboarding career, this marks Zoi’s first FIS Snowboarding Crystal Globe, making her only the second Kiwi to claim the prestigious title after Queenstown’s’ Tiarn Collins’ win in men’s slopestyle in 2022.

She admitted that winning the overall title hadn’t been a primary focus. “It wasn’t even on my mind,” Zoi said.

“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 fiercely contested, with Mia Brookes (Great Britain) finishing in second place and Kokomo Murase (Japan) securing third.

The 2025 FIS Park and Pipe World Championships in Switzerland (March 17-20) is the final event of the season.

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