Disciplines | Slopestyle & Big Air
Hometown | Wānaka
Biography:
Zoi learned to ski as a pre-schooler. A family Christmas holiday in Whistler is Zoi’s earliest memory of snow and probably where her love of sliding began. With her family keen to teach her the tricks of the trade, Zoi began riding in the park and was soon talked into entering her first competition - a rail jam in Whistler - by her brother. Despite being the only girl taking part and hitting just one small feature, Zoi was nonetheless "pretty stoked" to be awarded first place.
Her competitive nature kicked in and Zoi soon began to enjoy the energy and excitement of event days and the challenge of putting down big tricks in front of a crowd. Qualifying for the Olympics became her dream.
Zoi competed in her first Big Air World Cup in December 2016 at the age of 15, lining up beside such sporting legends as the USA’s Jamie Anderson – one of the most medalled athletes in the history of the sport. The Kiwi teenager was “over the moon” to finish in ninth place.
From there, Zoi set a goal to finish on the podium at the Junior World Champs in the Czech Republic in March 2017. Success came faster than she had imagined. Zoi took out 4th place in Slopestyle at the World Cup in Mammoth Mountain in February 2017 before making in onto podium a week later with a bronze medal in Big Air at the World Cup in Quebec, Canada.
At the World Champs in March, Zoi finished fourth in Big Air and claimed a silver medal in Slopestyle. She went on to claim World Cup gold in Slopestyle in Spindleruv Mlyn two weeks later. She was named to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games team and placed 13th in Slopestyle and third in Big Air.
In 2019 Zoi claimed the silver medal in Snowboard Big Air at the X Games Aspen and went on to win gold in Snowboard Slopestyle,although she was initially only named as an alternate in this discipline. A few weeks later, in a first for New Zealand, Zoi claimed the FIS World Championship title in women’s Snowboard Slopestyle. During the 2020 northern hemisphere season Zoi claimed the second X Games gold medal of her career, winning the Snowboard Slopestyle event in Norway.
2021 was an incredible season for Zoi; she claimed gold at the FIS Kreischberg Big Air World Cup, silver at the LAAX Slopestyle World Cup, X Games Aspen Snowboard Slopestyle silver, X Games Aspen Snowboard Big Air bronze and became the 2021 FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Champion.
Zoi’s 2022 season started off with a bang. She convincingly claiming the Dew Tour Snowboard Slopestyle title at Copper Mountain, following up with a silver medal at the Mammoth Mountain Slopestyle World Cup. At the 2022 Aspen X Games she won gold in both Snowboard Slopestyle and Big Air before heading to Beijing for the Winter Olympic Games. There she made history as the first Kiwi to ever win a Winter Olympic gold medal, when she became the Snowboard Slopestyle Olympic champion. She claimed the silver medal in the Winter Olympics Snowboard Big Air just days later.
Immediately after Beijing, Zoi went to the Natural Selection Tour stop in Baldface, British Columbia, where she took the win.
Zoi started her 2023 season with a silver medal at the Kreischberg Big Air World Cup. She then went on to win the LAAX Open Slopestyle World Cup, a lifelong dream of hers. She successfully defended her X Games Slopestyle gold medal and claimed the silver medal in the Big Air. She finished in second place at the 2023 FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Championships, before shifting gears to the backcountry where she was crowned the 2023 Natural Selection Tour Champion.
In 2025 Zoi had an epic season. She claimed four World Cup podiums (3 gold), a gold and bronze X Games medal, she won Spring Battle, was crowned the 2025 Snowboard Slopestyle World Champion and won her first FIS Crystal Globe, topping the rankings for the 2025 Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup standings.
In 2026 she won two silver medals at the X Games in Aspen before moving onto the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. At the Games she won Snowboard Slopestyle Silver and Snowboard Big Air Silver – becoming the most decorated Olympic snowboarder of all time. She followed up by winning the Natural Selection Tour in Womens Snow.
Zoi has won Sportswoman of the Year twice at NZ’s Halberg Awards, and been awarded the Supreme Halberg Award in 2023.
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