Archive: 2025
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Kiwi snowboarding powerhouse Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 23) has won the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the 2025 Aspen X Games, and in the process made history landing the world’s first triple cork in a women’s slopestyle competition. This takes her career total X Games medal count to a staggering 11 medals, of which six are gold.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 23) has added her 10th X Games medal to her collection, taking home the bronze in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air at the 2025 Aspen X Games.
Five-Time Winter Paralympian Adam Hall (Wānaka) has claimed his second World Cup podium finish of the 2024/25 season with a second place finish at the FIS Para Alpine Slalom World Cup held in Feldberg, Germany.
Queenstown’s very own Alice Robinson (23 years old) has claimed her career fourth World Cup victory, taking the win at the Kronplatz FIS Giant Slalom World Cup overnight NZT. It has been four long years since Robinson has stood on top of a World Cup podium, with her last win in Lenzerheide in March 2021, and she was absolutely ecstatic to be back on top at one of her favourite race venues.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 23) has claimed the 10th World Cup podium of her career, with a second place finish at the prestigious LAAX Open Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup in Switzerland overnight NZT.
Ben Richards (Wānaka, 24) has kicked off his 2025 Freeride World Tour with a bang, finishing in third place at the Baqueira Beret Pro held in Spain overnight.
Meet Kiwi Freeride World Tour Snowboard Athlete Conrad Niven, Q&A SESSION!Tell us about what it means to be representing New Zealand on the 2025 Freeride World Tour? Born in Auckland, with...
Freeskier Luca Harrington (20, Wānaka) has claimed back-to-back Freeski Big Air World Cup wins with his second career world cup victory in Austria this morning NZT.
Luca Harrington (Wānaka, 20) has won the FIS Freeski Big Air World Cup in Flagenhurt, Austria this morning.
Alice Robinson (Queenstown, 23) has started 2025 with a bang, claiming the thirteenth World Cup podium of her career with a third place finish at the FIS Giant Slalom World Cup held in Slovenia overnight NZT.