The Wānaka superstar charged to more success in snowboard slopestyle at the park and pipe world championships in Corvatsch, Switzerland, on Saturday.
It was her fifth consecutive podium finish at the slopestyle world championships and a record third world title in the discipline.
Sadowski-Synnott has done it all at 24.
Yet the Olympic, X-Games and world champion can still, especially after recovering from a major injury, sound like an excited youngster when she reflects on her latest success.
"I can’t really believe it," she said.
"I didn’t really think about it coming into this week. I was just feeling incredibly grateful for this whole winter after my injury last year and really thankful for the support from my sponsors, my team, my friends and my family."
Sadowski-Synnott injured her ankle in late 2023 and spent most of last year off a competitive snowboard as a result.
When she is healthy and in form, the reality is the 2022 Winter Olympic champion cannot be touched.
Despite cloudy conditions, the 12 riders came out firing in the first run of Saturday’s finals.
The five women who dropped right before Sadowski-Synnott laced together top-to-bottom runs on the technical course.
With an uncharacteristic bobble on her third jump, Sadowski-Synnott was sitting in sixth place after the first run with just one run left to go to determine the world title.
The pressure was on.
Just as she did in Beijing three years ago, the Kiwi was the final athlete to drop into the course with it all on the line for the top spot.
Showing the depth of her experience, she dug deep, remained composed and stomped one of her trademark technical runs, executing a full pull and leapfrogging into the top spot with the only score of the competition in the 90s.
"That was crazy," she said.
"I messed up my first run and put so much pressure on myself coming into the last run. All the girls were riding so good, and I was stoked to watch everyone’s runs — it just vibed me up to land that run.
"I have never done that [run combination] in a contest before so I am super stoked."
Sadowski-Synnott’s winning run included a cab 270 on, 270 off on the top rail and a backside double corked 1260 melon grab on the third jump, but it was her entire technical run, executed flawlessly, that put her in the top spot, over three points clear of her nearest competitor.
Japanese riders Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.
Two New Zealand boarders, Tiarn Collins and Dane Menzies, competed in the men’s finals.
Both landed some impressive tricks but were unable to put down full runs, Collins finishing 12th and Menzies 15th.
Later, in the freeski slopestyle, New Zealand athletes Ruby Star Andrews and Luca Harrington both secured career-best world championship results.
Adrews was fifth and Harrington sixth, while team-mate Ben Barclay was 16th. — APL
