Winter Olympics 2018: Great Britain snowboard star Billy Morgan targeting double medal haul in Pyeongchang
The 28-year-old finished sixth in the slopestyle final - his only event - in Sochi four years ago
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Your support makes all the difference.Great Britain snowboard star Billy Morgan has resolved to put his apres-ski antics on hold as he targets a double medal haul at next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The 28-year-old from Southampton was a fixture on the post-competition party circuit in Sochi 2014, having finished sixth in the slopestyle final - his only event - just one day after the opening ceremony.
Morgan recalled: "It was so epic. We had such a good time after it was done. I remember having a toilet seat around my neck at one point in the middle of the dance-floor, but that was towards the end when we were fully celebrating."
The addition of snowboard Big Air to the Winter Olympic programme for the first time has scuppered the best-laid plans of the party-going snowboard community, given its final does not take place until the penultimate day of the Games.
But Morgan admits he is more than willing to put the dance-floors and toilet seats to one side as he seeks to make the most of the expanded programme.
Morgan added: "It is going to be different this time because we are going to have two weeks when we want to cruise round and enjoy ourselves but we will have the event to come.
"But I am excited about Big Air. Slopestyle can be a bit hard to follow if you are not into snowboarding with all its twists and tricks. But Big Air is like, "Huzzah!" so it should be pretty cool."
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