Katie’s cousin and fellow British Olympic slopestyle snowboarder Jamie Nicholls was also a regular at Halifax, so snowboarding ability is obviously in the blood. If the old theory that mastering anything takes 10,000 hours of practice is true, being from as close as these shores have seen to a snowboarding dynasty and having a gymnastic background almost certainly helped to shape Katie into a model competition snowboarder.

It wasn’t long before this talent was noticed, and the GB Park and Pipe team – the people who look after the British freestyle ski and snowboard teams – took an interest. “At 14, I got put in the British team and then I started traveling the world with them, and doing international competitions. I guess I turned pro when I was 16 years old and now I’m going to the Olympics,” laughs Ormerod, realising that, when said aloud, it’s been somewhat if a meteoric rise. “Yeah, it’s all fell into place quite nicely. I was trying so hard when I was younger, and it’s all just come together in the end.”

“I made sure I learnt my lesson from 2014. It was a big eye-opener”

Maybe it’s modesty, or possibly the jet-lag, but Katie omits a fairly significant event from her timeline. Aged just 16, she made history as the first woman to land a Backside Double Cork 1080 – three full rotations with two off-axis flips, all while flying through the air. It was an incredible milestone, and one that no-one expected a British rider to get to first.

Now aged 19, and armed with an arsenal of tricks, Katie is fulfilling what seems like her destiny – or at least part of it – and heading to her first Olympic games. She was born just one year before snowboarding was introduced as an Olympic sport in Nagano 1998. So unlike those of us old enough to remember cheering on Graham Bell in Lillehammer, for Ormerod, snowboarding has always been an Olympic sport.

“Well, I can’t really remember beginning snowboarding because I started so young – it’s been my whole life – but I do remember that I’d always wanted to go to the Olympics.” admits Ormerod, seemingly free from the very British burden of not wanting to appear too ambitious. “I’m quite a driven person and I’ve always wanted to go to the Olympics. I’ve always wanted to make it happen.”

It’s a stark display of the mental strength that sets us mere mortals apart from elite athletes. However, following a setback like that, mental fortitude itself is not enough. “I knew I had to get back as soon as possible, so I did the best rehab I could. I was in the gym five times a week, every day, all day for five days.”

Katie’s dedication clearly paid off. “I came back so much stronger than before, but also so much more driven.” the obvious fire in her belly evident, however softly spoken she is. “Then, when I got back on snow, I was so keen to learn new tricks and everything came together so fast. I learnt so many new tricks really quickly. I just kept doing so many repetitions of the tricks, and that changed everything. I’ve become one of the most consistent slopestyle riders. And now, I go into a contest with good tricks that I know I can land which is the difference between getting on the podium and just finishing middle of the field.”

It’s this mature approach, prioritising consistency over showboating, that has seen Katie leave the double cork ten in the locker more often than not over the past season.

“It would be a dream come true to get a medal, if not two”

“Even without it, I still feel like I can be a medal contender, and I’ve been quite tactical because my double ten is not one of my most consistent tricks right now, but I know that my cab 900 (two and a half full rotations while going backwards) is one of my most consistent. It’s still a good trick and can get me on the podium so I’ve just been putting that in my run knowing that it’ll get me in the top three.”

Somehow I resist the urge to get to my feet and shout “Get in, Katie!” like some pissed football fan in Wetherspoons having seen Deli Ali score a goal against Honduras.