The long list of honours for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott continues to grow. The Wanaka snowboarder now joins the rank of highly decorated athletes who are nominated for a 2019 ESPY Award.

Following an outstanding year of results, including a 2019 World Championship title, gold and silver medals in the Winter X Games and a Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championship title, Sadowski-Synnott has been nominated in the award’s Best Female Action Sports Athlete category. 

“When I compete, I go out and snowboard to the best of my abilities, not stressing about the result,” Sadowski-Synnott told the Wanaka Sun. “After bailing both runs in Slopestyle at the Olympics, focusing too much about the pressure of getting a good result; then going into Big Air I just chilled out and did my tricks as if it was any other day. I think that’s when I realised I compete best when I'm not focused on the result and more on my performance. Coming into this last season I tried to copy that mindset, and I guess it worked out. Looking back on the season I can't believe how everything played out, it was all like a dream.”

She said she was blown away when she learned of her ESPY nomination news. “My dad a few weeks earlier thought I'd have a chance at getting nominated, but I laughed it off.”

Sadowski-Synnott will attend the ESPY awards ceremony in Los Angeles, United States, with her older sister before starting training at Cardrona Alpine Resort and competing in the Winter Games Big Air World Cup and X Games Norway Big Air in August.

“I wouldn't be where I am without the support of my family, sponsors, coaches and everyone who supports me, so thank you,” she said.

She is up against three other athletes in her ESPY award category. The 2019 ESPYS will air live on American broadcast television network ABC on Wednesday, July 10, at 8pm (Eastern Time Zone) from the Microsoft Theater. 

Award winners are chosen through voting by fans as well as a panel of sportswriters, broadcasters, sports executives and sportspersons.

Pictured: Wanaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is nominated for a 2019 ESPY in the Best Female Action Sports Athlete category.