1. Late starter
Morgan, 28, grew up taking part in gymnastics and skateboarding. He did not take up snowboarding until he was 14 and did not embark on his first full winter on snow until he was 17.
2. Trailblazing tricks
Morgan became the first snowboarder to perform a triple backside rodeo trick, involving three mid-air rotations, in January 2012. A video attracted more than one million YouTube views. In April 2015 he became the first snowboarder to land a backside 18000 quad cork – four flips and five full rotations.
3. Naked ambition
The 28-year-old posed wearing just his snowboard boots and his board for a national newspaper feature ahead of the Olympics. His social media posts show him dropping his trousers in places like New Zealand.
4. Troublesome knees
Morgan had his right knee reconstructed two years ago, having competed in Sochi with a chronic knee problem. In Pyeongchang he has had to manage a left knee injury sustained before Christmas which limited his training time and affected the tricks he could do in the slopestyle competition. He said: “Having problems with both knees and falling out of the sky all day on these jumps is gnarly.”
5. Moustachioed mugshot
The Briton’s image which accompanies his performances in Pyeongchang is one of him sporting a moustache. Usually such images are straight, but Morgan clearly wanted part of his goofy personality to come out.
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