The British snowboard slopestyle World Cup champion missed the 2018 Winter Olympics through injury but will be a medal hope at Beijing Games a year from now.

Balancing actOrmerod has been training on balance boards since she started snowboarding aged five. As a result, she has great influence over her own centre of gravity. Balance is one of the key ways to mitigate against injury but also one of the keys to success on the board

Brought to heelOrmerod broke her heel in two places in February 2018, only three days before she was set to compete in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The injury was so bad it took over an hour for her boot to be removed. Seven operations later, including

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