Jamie Nicholls, long marked out as the British snowboard scene’s “chosen one” was a trailblazer for British men despite the fact that the ink of his driving licence is probably still drying.

But with Billy Morgan having a storming few seasons, I heard more than one person discount Jamie as a serious contender going into the Olympics.

In Sochi Jamie proved his doubters wrong and then some, throwing down the run of his career by kicking things off with a cab 1440 flatspin – an insanely technical trick that he’d only landed a handful of times before. What a hero!