•Full Podium Sweep in Women's Snowboard Slopestyle: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Gold), Kokomo Murase (Silver), Mia Brookes (Bronze) •Monster Army Rider Luca Harrington from New Zealand Takes Surprise Gold in Men's Ski Slopestyle •20-Year-Old Canadian Olivia Asselin Claims Gold in Women's Ski Street Style •Colby Stevenson Earns Victory in First-Ever Men's Ski Street Style, Evan McEachran Bronze •Full Podium Sweep in Women's Snowboard Knuckle Huck: Kokomo Murase (Gold), Mia Brookes (Silver), and Monster Army Rider Lily Dhawornvej (Bronze) •32-Year-Old Cassie Sharpe from Canada Claims Comeback Victory in Women's Ski SuperPipe
ASPEN, Colo., Jan. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The medal run continues! Monster Energy congratulates its team of freeski and snowboard athletes on a strong performance on the second day of X Games Aspen 2025. On Friday, Monster Energy riders claimed 15 medals (six gold, four silver, and five bronze) across nine competitions at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass, Colorado.
Starting the day on a high note, the Monster Energy team swept the entire Women's Snowboard Slopestyle podium: In gold medal position, 23-year-old Zoi Sadowski-Synnott from Wānaka, New Zealand, took the win by posting a never-been-landed trick. She was joined by 20-year-old Kokomo Murase from Gifu, Japan, taking silver and 18-year-old Mia Brookes from Sandbach, United Kingdom, claiming bronze. The Men's Ski Slopestyle final saw 20-year-old Monster Army rider Luca Harrington from Wānaka, New Zealand, clinch an upset victory in his rookie X Games performance.
The world premiere of Men's Ski Street Style concluded with 23-year-old Colby Stevenson from Park City, Utah, taking the win. He was joined on the podium by Canada's Evan McEachran in the bronze medal position. In the Women's Ski Street Style event, 20-year-old Olivia Asselin from Quebec City, Canada, earned a dominant victory. For the second podium sweep of the day, the Women's Snowboard Knuckle Huck final concluded with Murase claiming gold, Brookes taking silver, and 15-year-old Monster Army rider Lily Dhawornvej from Frisco, Colorado, clinching bronze.
Under the floodlights, Monster Energy Women's Ski SuperPipe final saw the return to competition of two-time X Games champion, 32-year-old Cassie Sharpe from Comox, Canada, with a gold medal performance. The historic Pacifico Men's Snowboard Big Air final witnessed several never-been-landed tricks, with 19-year-old Taiga Hasegawa from Iwakura, Japan, taking silver. He was joined on the Big Air podium by 18-year-old Monster Army rider Rocco Jamieson from Wānaka, New Zealand, in the bronze medal position. Closing out a big day, the Men's Snowboard Knuckle Huck final awarded 23-year-old Patrick Hofmann from Switzerland the silver medal, while 21-year-old Dusty Henricksen from Mammoth Lakes, California, claimed bronze.
Here are the highlights for team Monster Energy from day two of X Games Aspen 2025:
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Leads Full Podium Sweep for Team Monster Energy
The biggest day of competitions at X Games Aspen 2025 started with the Women's Snowboard Slopestyle competition. After a session full of boundary-pushing tricks that boiled down to final attempts, the Monster Energy team swept the entire podium, claiming all three medal spots.
Leading the charge Zoi Sadowski-Synnott dropped into the final after missing last year's X Games because of a broken ankle. After breaking her medal drought on the previous night by claiming bronze in Women's Snowboard Big Air, the Kiwi ripper put down a groundbreaking run, featuring a never-been-landed switch backside 1260 and triple cork 1440, to claim the victory.
A perfect first run in the final featuring frontside lipslide to front tail slide 270 out the flat-to-down rail, frontside bluntslide to 450 out the high flat bar, switch boardslide the trapezoid to 270 out, switch backside 1260, frontside double cork 1080, and backside triple cork 1440 earned Sadowski-Synnott the gold medal and 94.66 points.
"Honestly, I didn't know if I would ever be on the podium again after going through that injury. It means so much to me to be back with the girls and win this competition. I'm just stoked to be here, big congrats to everyone," said Sadowski-Synnott. "To be back here in the mix with the girls and be part of the progression means so much to me, and to win this comp, I can't even believe it!"
Friday's win marks the fifth X Games gold medal in Slopestyle for Sadowski-Synnott and brings her total count to 11 X Games medals (six gold, three silver, and two bronze).
Sadowski-Synnott was joined on the podium Kokomo Murase. After missing the landing on her first attempt of the final, Murase found herself outside of podium contention with only one last try. Putting everything on the line, Murase prevailed and earned the silver medal at X Games Aspen 2025.
On her second attempt of the final, Murase finessed a flawless routine including boardslide pretzel out from down rail, Cab 270 boardslide 270 out, 50-50 back 180 melon out, Cab double cork 1080, switch backside 900 Indy, and backside double cork 1080 Weddle for 90.33 points and the silver medal.
Completing the podium sweep, Mia Brookes secured her bronze medal on the first attempt of the final. Hitting the rails with signature tech style, she posted a backside 180 switch 50-50 cab 360 out, halfcab 50-50 backside 360 out of the high flat bar, 50-50 tail tap 50-50 on trapezoid. In the jumps, she posted a frontside 720 melon, backside 900 Indy, Cab 1440 melon for 88.33 points and the bronze medal.
Men's Ski Slopestyle: Monster Army Rider Luca Harrington Clinches Gold in Upset Victory
The action sports world was in for a major surprise in Friday's Men's Ski Slopestyle final. Although merely making his debut at X Games this year, Monster Army rider Luca Harrington rose all the way to the top to clinch the gold medal in the heavily contested discipline.
What's more, Harrington came into the Slopestyle event as an alternate – ready to step in when another rider withdraws from the contest – and received the official nod on the morning of competition day. No problem for Harrington, who had priorly been earning consecutive Big Air World Cup wins: When it was time to bring the heat, the young New Zealander brought the perfect run.
On his highest-scoring attempt, Harrington worked the rails with technical combos like left foot frontside switch-up pretzel frontside switch-up pretzel 270, then into switch left 270 pretzel 450 out, followed by a left foot right backside 360 switch-up back swap continuing 270 out. In the jumps, he landed switch left side double cork 1620 safety, right side double cork 1080 Japan pull-back to 900 (landing switch), and his signature switch left triple cork 1620 esco grab for the winning score of 93.33 points and his first X Games gold.
"This year has been absolutely incredible! I was so honored to get the invite to come here. I was actually an alternate until last minute, all the way until this morning! Going up the hill on the sled, I said, 'Let's win this thing!' said Harrington.
Before Harrington won gold in Slopestyle as an X Games rookie, only one other rider had mastered this feat: Colby Stevenson who took Slopestyle and Knuckle Huck gold in his debut at X Games Aspen 2020.
Women's Ski Street Style: Monster Energy's Olivia Asselin Wins First-Ever Contest in Discipline
In the first-ever Women's Ski Street Style event, a selection of the world's most technical freeskiers took on a stacked obstacle course. Through a heated playoff round all the way to a stacked final session, one rider soared above the rest in terms of technicality and trick selection: Olivia Asselin earned a dominant victory in the event's debut.
In the finals, Asselin remained cemented at the top of the leaderboard with tricks including 270 continuing, 270 on the down rail, backside, as well as switch up to forward, front side and switch up continuing 270, and clean backside 450 out of the wall ride. When all was said and done, the Canadian earned X Games gold in the event.
"I think the rails are my favorite thing about skiing. It was super fun! It's really difficult and there are many hard things on the course. It was hard to figure out but at the end of the day, we are all just here for fun!" said Asselin.
Asselin now owns two X Games medals (both gold) after winning the first-ever Women's Ski Knuckle Huck at X Games Aspen 2024.
Men's Ski Street Style: Monster Energy's Colby Stevenson Takes Dominant Win, Evan McEachran Earns Bronze
The world premiere of Men's Ski Street Style stoked the crowd with next-level rail and gap tricks on a tight obstacle course. When all was said and done Colby Stevenson earned the victory and the fifth(!) gold medal of his young career.
The recipe for the win: Calm nerves and full focus! When the action moved into the final, Stevenson hit every obstacle with a bold blend of amplitude and technicality. He finessed switch to pretzel 630 on the elevated rail and 270 on continuing 630 in the same spot.
Stevenson now owns six X Games medals (five gold, and one bronze).
"I didn't have the results I wanted in the other events, so I wanted to give it my best shot here," said Stevenson. "This is the biggest crowd of fans I've had out here, and I can't thank them enough for their support!"
Stevenson was joined on the podium by 27-year-old Evan McEachran from Oakville, Canada, in the bronze medal position. In the final session, McEachran landed a transfer from the flat rail to the down rail, front swap to forward. He also did a 180 onto the table, continuing, 270, pretzel, 450 for third place.
McEachran now owns three X Games medals (one silver, and two bronze).
Women's Snowboard Knuckle Huck: Full Podium Sweep with Kokomo Murase Taking Gold, Mia Brookes Silver, and Monster Army Rider Lily Dhawornvej Bronze
The focus on technical tricks continued in Women's Snowboard Knuckle Huck. And so did the podium sweeps for team Monster Energy: When the heavy progression session was over, defending gold medalist Kokomo Murase took her second victory in the discipline. Mia Brookes joined her teammate on the podium taking silver, and Monster Army rider Lily Dhawornvej from Frisco, Colorado, clinching bronze. What a day!
Murase stepped into the final with confidence after winning the discipline's debut at X Games Aspen 2024. Drawing on her deep bag of technical tricks, Murase soared straight to the top of the field on her first attempt with a Hand drag backside 360. She then built her lead by putting down a huge method air and a backside 360 pullback to 180. When Brookes took over the top spot before last attempts, Murase responded by sending a huge frontside 360 to the bottom to claim the gold. Taking her last run as a victory lap, she put down a technical hand drag backside 540 for the fans.
Murase now owns 11 X Games medals (four gold, five silver, and two bronze).
The Japanese rider faced her toughest competition from UK street stylist, Brookes, and her capacity to spin and lift explosive airs off the knuckle. Technical moves such as Cab 180 butter back 540 out, Backside "unit" 540 Miller flip, and Cab 1080 melon popped off front foot earned the freestyle specialist the silver medal.
Brookes now owns four X Games medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze).
Rounding out the podium sweep, a young Monster Army rider rose to the bronze medal position: In her X Games debut, 15-year-old Monster Army rider Lily Dhawornvej from Frisco, Colorado, held her own against some of the most established riders on the circuit. Previously, Dhawornvej had already claimed third place in X Games Street Style Pro at Copper in late 2024.
Cheered on by the high-energy crowd, the rookie sent tricks like a veteran including straight air to flat, front flip (also known as tame dog), backside Miller flip double hand drag, Tame dog nosegrab, and backside 540 for the bronze medal. This marks the first X Games medal for Dhawornvej.
Monster Energy Women's Ski SuperPipe: Cassie Sharpe Claims Comeback Victory
The big story in the Women's Ski SuperPipe final was the return to competition of two-time X Games champion, Cassie Sharpe. Her last medal dated back to X Games 2021. Since then, Sharpe took a hiatus for the birth of her daughter, Louella Duke Dorey, in August 2023. But then again, never count out Cassie Sharpe!
Sharpe strategically built her score in the playoff round by increasing the difficulty level across two runs that secured a spot in the final four.
When it was time to crank up the levels on the trick meter, the Canadian put together a perfect run including an eleven-foot rightside 900 safety, leftside 900 Indy, huge air fakie Japan, switch 360 mute, massive flair and a 12-foot left 1080 Indy on the final wall for 88.33 points and the victory.
"It's been a long road back and I'm speechless. I can't believe it! I'm over the moon and so grateful," said Sharpe. "I just wanted to come out swinging… it's the X Games!!!"
Sharpe now owns six X Games medals (three gold, one silver, and two bronze).
Pacifico Men's Snowboard Big Air: Taiga Hasegawa Claims Silver in Historic Session, Rocco Jamieson Takes Bronze
The evolution of riding technique was on full display in Friday night's Pacifico Men's Snowboard Big Air competition. In a history-making final that saw several never-been-landed tricks performed in front of the sold-out Aspen crowd, the stakes were higher than ever: As riders posted several brand-new 2160-degree rotations, the cutoff score for reaching the final four riders escalated to 93.33 points and higher.
Maintaining his edge in this unprecedented progression session, Taiga Hasegawa dropped in as the defending gold medalist from Aspen 2024. Far from resting on his laurels, Hasegawa punched his ticket into the final as the top qualifier by landing the world's first Cab frontside 2160 Weddle grab for 95.66 points.
When the action progressed to the final, Hasegawa landed an even bigger Cab 2160 Weddle for 94.66 points and the silver medal. He also sent a Cab double 900 melon.
Hasegawa now owns two X Games gold medals (one gold, and one silver).
Also making his mark in this historic session was an X Games rookie: Monster Army rider Rocco Jamieson earned his way into the final with a 94.00 point score on his first attempt.
In the final, Jamieson kept stoking the crowd by landing frontside 1800 Bloody Dracula grab, putting both hands on the tail, for 91.33 points. When all was said and done, Jamieson took home the bronze medal in his X Games debut.
Men's Snowboard Knuckle Huck: Patrick Hofmann Styles into Silver Medal Finish, Dusty Henricksen Takes Bronze
Wrapping up the biggest day at X Games Aspen 2025 with a crowd favorite, the Men's Snowboard Knuckle Huck ended the night on a progressive note. In the 30-minute jam session judged on creativity and 'Wow Factor,' riders tested the limits of gravity in front of the festive crowd.
Stoking the judges with technical inventiveness and unique style, 23-year-old Patrick Hofmann from Switzerland coasted all the way into second place. Unique moves such as switch one-foot backside 180 in the binding, nosepress across the knuckle to nollie backflip, Nosepress nollie wildcat backflip, penguin slide to method into deep, backside 360 Japan grab, and one-foot Japan air earned Hofmann silver as his first X Games medal.
Also sparking up the session with unique trick creations, Dusty Henricksen claimed bronze. Standouts such as styled out backside 360 hand drag, Cab 180 tailpress front flip, 180 hand drag, and a mind-boggling Cab 180 tailpress double front flip boosted Henricksen into third place.
Henricksen now owns five X Games medals (two gold, and three bronze).
Stay tuned for more X Games Aspen 2025 on Saturday! X Games is live all weekend, available to watch your way globally across XGames.com, YouTube, Twitch, and in the US on ESPN, ABC, and exclusive digital live stream on The Roku Channel.
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