THE first ever British man to clinch a medal for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics celebrated his win by taking to Leigh for a new challenge.

Not content with his bronze in the big air event, Billy Morgan decided to take on the task of taming the Beast from the East.

The 28-year-old snowboarder swapped the slopes of South Korea for the unusually snowy hills of Leigh.

He was joined and filmed by friend Paddy Graham, one of the best freeskiers in the world.

With plummeting temperatures keeping most locked firmly indoors with the heating on, Morgan and Graham seized the chance to show off their skills on home turf.

The pair tackled bridges and rails in an impressive display of their talent.

Morgan created history in Pyeongchang by winning Britain's fifth and final medal in the big air event.

The result meant Britain surpassed its four medals won in Chamonix in 1924 and Sochi in 2014.

It had looked like disaster was inbound for Morgan in the final when he fell on his first jump.

But the determined boarder battled back to clinch third place, ending with a combined score of 168 from his best two runs.

It was evident Morgan could scarcely believe he would finish his Games on the podium, with scenes of jubilation and disbelief when favourite Max Parrot crashed on his final run.

He was just one of two people over the age of 25 competing in the final and Britain's third person to win a medal on snow alongside Jenny Jones and Izzy Atkin.

Morgan made history once before, becoming the first man to pull off a remarkable Backside Quadruple Cork 1800 degrees, days before surgery on his knee.