Kiwi rising: How New Zealand set an Olympic snowboarding record and became a power on snow

The first five-time Olympic medalist in the colorful, unpredictable sport of snowboarding comes from a colorful, unexpected place: New Zealand. The honor belongs to Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, a 24-year-old from Wanaka in New Zealand's Southern Lakes region — a world away from this sport's roots in the United States. Sadowski-Synnott took second place in slopestyle Wednesday for her second silver medal of the Milan Cortina Games and fifth overall.

By EDDIE PELLS