1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:12,027 Speaker 1: from Newstalk zedb. 3 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:17,787 Speaker 2: Ewe Snowboarding Powerhouse. Zoey Sadowski Senate has won the women's 4 00:00:17,947 --> 00:00:21,627 Speaker 2: snowboard Slope Style at the twenty twenty five Aspen X 5 00:00:21,627 --> 00:00:27,147 Speaker 2: Games and with that, Zoey Sadowski Sitate is guaranteed her 6 00:00:27,307 --> 00:00:30,787 Speaker 2: sixth career X Games gold medal. She posted a score 7 00:00:30,787 --> 00:00:34,347 Speaker 2: of ninety four point six six in her first run, 8 00:00:34,667 --> 00:00:36,347 Speaker 2: including a little bit of history. 9 00:00:36,187 --> 00:00:39,747 Speaker 1: Going for that, facts fourteen forty and she has, Yes, 10 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:46,107 Speaker 1: let's go, the first ever triple cork in women's slopestyle competition. 11 00:00:46,387 --> 00:00:48,427 Speaker 1: You just watch history, folks. 12 00:00:48,427 --> 00:00:52,227 Speaker 2: Incredible. It takes her career total X Games medal counts 13 00:00:52,547 --> 00:00:57,547 Speaker 2: to eleven. Eleven X Games medals, six of them are gold. 14 00:00:57,747 --> 00:01:02,387 Speaker 2: Zoey Sadowski Senate is with us out of Aspen. Zoe Congratulations. 15 00:01:02,387 --> 00:01:04,587 Speaker 2: How do you reflect on what happened a few hours ago? 16 00:01:06,027 --> 00:01:10,507 Speaker 3: Hi? Yeah, honestly, I can't really believe it. I put 17 00:01:10,547 --> 00:01:14,307 Speaker 3: down a run that I didn't even think was possible, 18 00:01:14,347 --> 00:01:18,147 Speaker 3: when that I would ever do, and so to come 19 00:01:18,227 --> 00:01:21,467 Speaker 3: back after an injury that put me out last year, 20 00:01:21,467 --> 00:01:23,707 Speaker 3: and to come back to do that run and win gold. 21 00:01:24,187 --> 00:01:25,187 Speaker 3: It means everything to me. 22 00:01:25,587 --> 00:01:28,867 Speaker 2: So the run. You're talking about the world's first triple 23 00:01:29,067 --> 00:01:32,387 Speaker 2: cork in a women's slipestyle competition. First of all, you're 24 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:33,707 Speaker 2: going to have to tell us what that is. 25 00:01:35,707 --> 00:01:43,507 Speaker 3: Yeah, a triple cork is it's a's Somhach trick. That's 26 00:01:43,547 --> 00:01:50,667 Speaker 3: four full rotations and you are flipping three times. And 27 00:01:50,707 --> 00:01:55,107 Speaker 3: when we say cork, it's because it's off axis in 28 00:01:55,187 --> 00:01:58,947 Speaker 3: those four full rotations, the fourteen forty part and those 29 00:01:59,147 --> 00:02:02,747 Speaker 3: three flips kind of men together, and it's a really 30 00:02:03,827 --> 00:02:06,347 Speaker 3: it's a really committing trick and quite a high common 31 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:11,867 Speaker 3: frequent So it's been absolutely terrifying to learn and then 32 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:15,827 Speaker 3: put it down on snow, and then now putting it 33 00:02:15,827 --> 00:02:19,147 Speaker 3: into a competition just feels insane. 34 00:02:20,067 --> 00:02:22,427 Speaker 2: Just even hearing you talk about it. So you've put 35 00:02:22,427 --> 00:02:25,587 Speaker 2: it down in training, So was it always the aim 36 00:02:25,627 --> 00:02:26,867 Speaker 2: to try and put it down here? 37 00:02:28,827 --> 00:02:32,547 Speaker 3: No, not at all. Honestly, I've done it in training 38 00:02:32,627 --> 00:02:37,667 Speaker 3: once before, and coming into X Games, I just wanted 39 00:02:37,707 --> 00:02:40,907 Speaker 3: to do it in the big air last night, and 40 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:43,627 Speaker 3: even to do it there, I was so nervous to 41 00:02:43,667 --> 00:02:49,107 Speaker 3: the point where I, Yeah, it's been so long since 42 00:02:49,147 --> 00:02:52,067 Speaker 3: I'd been at X Games, and I just knew that 43 00:02:52,107 --> 00:02:54,827 Speaker 3: I had to do it, and I ended up doing 44 00:02:54,827 --> 00:02:58,187 Speaker 3: a couple of them in the competition. So then the 45 00:02:58,547 --> 00:03:00,907 Speaker 3: big air jump is the same jump as the last 46 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:03,747 Speaker 3: jump in the soap style course. So after doing that 47 00:03:03,827 --> 00:03:07,227 Speaker 3: last night, coming into today, I knew that I kind 48 00:03:07,227 --> 00:03:10,427 Speaker 3: of had The only option was to go for it 49 00:03:10,507 --> 00:03:14,027 Speaker 3: and try and put down this run that honestly seemed 50 00:03:14,307 --> 00:03:17,107 Speaker 3: impossible to me a week ago. 51 00:03:17,387 --> 00:03:20,627 Speaker 2: Well, you made the impossible possible, You're committed to it, 52 00:03:20,947 --> 00:03:23,307 Speaker 2: you land it. What are the emotions when you land it? 53 00:03:25,547 --> 00:03:31,107 Speaker 3: Honestly I wanted to cry after It's such a scary trick, 54 00:03:31,347 --> 00:03:37,587 Speaker 3: and after landing my whole run before it, and coming 55 00:03:37,627 --> 00:03:41,667 Speaker 3: into that last time knowing that I could go for 56 00:03:41,707 --> 00:03:45,067 Speaker 3: a ten eighty, take a step back and then and 57 00:03:45,187 --> 00:03:50,587 Speaker 3: not do the fourteen forty like then, to tell myself 58 00:03:50,587 --> 00:03:53,387 Speaker 3: that I could do it, and to actually be able 59 00:03:53,427 --> 00:03:56,947 Speaker 3: to put it down when it counted, Yeah, emotions were 60 00:03:56,947 --> 00:04:00,867 Speaker 3: definitely running high and it felt it felt insane. 61 00:04:01,147 --> 00:04:05,107 Speaker 2: That is remarkable self talk to yourself to tell yourself 62 00:04:05,147 --> 00:04:07,627 Speaker 2: to do it like that. Is that something that you've 63 00:04:07,627 --> 00:04:10,507 Speaker 2: developed over time? The courage to have that sort of 64 00:04:10,547 --> 00:04:12,707 Speaker 2: self talk and follow through with it. 65 00:04:14,107 --> 00:04:16,787 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, I use a lot of self talk when 66 00:04:16,867 --> 00:04:23,547 Speaker 3: I'm snowboarding. It's snow warning is such a confidence fueled 67 00:04:23,627 --> 00:04:28,547 Speaker 3: sport and it's all about scaring yourself. And to have 68 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:31,787 Speaker 3: that little voice in the back of your head just 69 00:04:31,827 --> 00:04:36,307 Speaker 3: telling you to just go for it and do everything 70 00:04:36,307 --> 00:04:39,307 Speaker 3: you possibly can to make it work is it's so important. 71 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:43,667 Speaker 3: And I had that in my head today and yeah, 72 00:04:43,747 --> 00:04:47,987 Speaker 3: it's definitely taken a long time to trust that voice, 73 00:04:48,027 --> 00:04:51,067 Speaker 3: but yeah, I'm just so stoked. 74 00:04:51,307 --> 00:04:54,627 Speaker 2: It's just remarkable what you're doing now. Eleven X Games 75 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:58,227 Speaker 2: medals now, six of them gold. Is it commonplace now 76 00:04:58,347 --> 00:04:59,467 Speaker 2: or is it still a buzz for you? 77 00:05:01,227 --> 00:05:04,667 Speaker 3: No? Honestly, after my injury, I wasn't really sure if 78 00:05:04,707 --> 00:05:08,667 Speaker 3: I'd ever get back to the level with the pace 79 00:05:08,787 --> 00:05:13,947 Speaker 3: that my sport progresses, and like, I didn't even I 80 00:05:14,027 --> 00:05:16,507 Speaker 3: didn't even know if I would win any medals this week. 81 00:05:16,587 --> 00:05:23,667 Speaker 3: So to be here with gold is just it means everything. 82 00:05:24,227 --> 00:05:25,867 Speaker 2: And you talked about your injury a couple of times. 83 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:28,107 Speaker 2: That was an ankle injury, right, So how you know 84 00:05:28,147 --> 00:05:29,827 Speaker 2: how challenging was the recovery from that. 85 00:05:31,387 --> 00:05:35,267 Speaker 3: Yeah, I injured my ankle in December twenty twenty three, 86 00:05:35,347 --> 00:05:39,947 Speaker 3: And initially it was it was only meant to be 87 00:05:39,987 --> 00:05:42,227 Speaker 3: six weeks. But when I got back on my board, 88 00:05:43,787 --> 00:05:46,227 Speaker 3: I was just still in so much pain and it 89 00:05:46,267 --> 00:05:49,507 Speaker 3: wasn't healing as fast as expected. And that was kind 90 00:05:49,507 --> 00:05:54,307 Speaker 3: of the story throughout the whole rehab and really that 91 00:05:54,547 --> 00:05:57,547 Speaker 3: last year, like it was taking longer, it was more 92 00:05:57,587 --> 00:06:01,987 Speaker 3: painful than it should have been. And yeah, when I 93 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:05,947 Speaker 3: was six months down the road, I got a staroid 94 00:06:05,987 --> 00:06:11,227 Speaker 3: in Jack's and slowed down. I stayed home in New Zealand, 95 00:06:11,227 --> 00:06:14,467 Speaker 3: down in Monaka, and I focused on the rehab and 96 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:16,827 Speaker 3: making sure that I got back to one hundred. And 97 00:06:16,827 --> 00:06:20,667 Speaker 3: when I did, I was part of the progression, not 98 00:06:20,787 --> 00:06:25,827 Speaker 3: just playing catch up. And yeah, it was definitely mentally 99 00:06:26,067 --> 00:06:30,387 Speaker 3: and physically challenging. But yeah, I kinda I kind of 100 00:06:30,387 --> 00:06:34,387 Speaker 3: owe it all to the crew that I have around me, 101 00:06:34,547 --> 00:06:38,947 Speaker 3: my sponsor's team, my coach, family and friends that have 102 00:06:39,187 --> 00:06:41,147 Speaker 3: helped me third and helped me come back. 103 00:06:41,507 --> 00:06:43,587 Speaker 2: Into you as well, I mean, it says a lot 104 00:06:43,627 --> 00:06:46,067 Speaker 2: about you as well as owe So what's next? Now 105 00:06:46,147 --> 00:06:47,507 Speaker 2: you can, you can chill out for a bit, but 106 00:06:47,587 --> 00:06:48,147 Speaker 2: what's next. 107 00:06:49,307 --> 00:06:53,107 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've got a couple of days before I have 108 00:06:53,387 --> 00:06:56,627 Speaker 3: a World Cup Slope Style and a World Cup Big 109 00:06:56,627 --> 00:07:02,227 Speaker 3: Air again here in Ascent, and yeah, I'm looking forward 110 00:07:02,267 --> 00:07:04,427 Speaker 3: to those ones that will be on the same course 111 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:07,467 Speaker 3: as X Games, I'm pretty sure. So yeah, just try 112 00:07:07,507 --> 00:07:12,627 Speaker 3: and just keep the ball rolling and yeah, just snow warn. 113 00:07:12,747 --> 00:07:15,187 Speaker 2: Good on you. You have you watched your run back? 114 00:07:15,227 --> 00:07:16,947 Speaker 2: Have you watched it back? Do you watch it back? 115 00:07:18,427 --> 00:07:19,627 Speaker 3: Yeah? I do watch it back. 116 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:23,427 Speaker 2: I'll be watching it. I'll be watching it twenty five times. 117 00:07:23,947 --> 00:07:27,627 Speaker 3: Yeah. I look at it in disbelief that that actually happened. 118 00:07:27,627 --> 00:07:28,707 Speaker 3: I kind of blacked out. 119 00:07:29,587 --> 00:07:29,707 Speaker 1: Um. 120 00:07:30,507 --> 00:07:34,067 Speaker 2: So yeah, amazing, amazing, Zoe, what you've done. Everybody back 121 00:07:34,107 --> 00:07:38,027 Speaker 2: here absolutely delighted. Congratulations on another X Games gold medal. 122 00:07:38,027 --> 00:07:39,107 Speaker 2: Thanks for having a chat to us. 123 00:07:39,387 --> 00:07:40,707 Speaker 3: Hey, thank you so much. 124 00:07:40,787 --> 00:07:43,867 Speaker 2: No, thank you for joining u. Zoe. Congratulations again, Zoe 125 00:07:43,947 --> 00:07:48,827 Speaker 2: Sadowski Sinnet, who's won the women's snowboard slope Style at 126 00:07:48,867 --> 00:07:52,827 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty five Aspen X Games for eleventh X 127 00:07:52,867 --> 00:07:55,707 Speaker 2: Games medal, six of those gold. 128 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:59,467 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 129 00:07:59,587 --> 00:08:02,867 Speaker 1: to news Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow 130 00:08:02,907 --> 00:08:04,507 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio