Before the Olympics, many people in the UK were secretly (or not so secretly) hoping that Billy Morgan would steal a march on his better known rivals and maybe even sneak a medal.

He might not have had the reputation of say Mark McMorris or Max Parrot, but he definitely had the tricks. And having come up relatively late in snowboarding, Billy was used to playing the underdog.

In the event, Billy made the finals in style. Disappointingly he fell on what he admitted were his “easiest” tricks, but that didn’t stop him stomping a new triple cork variation (just for the hell of it) or throwing down a crowd-pleasing backflip on his final hit. It also didn’t stop him smiling – lad!