BRITISH medal hero Billy Morgan is taking no rest after winning bronze at the Winter Olympics.
The snowboarder has swapped the slopes from South Korea to Essex to tackle the Beast from the East.
Alongside fellow Red Bull athlete Paddy Graham, the pair spent Friday morning going freestyle in Leigh on Sea.
While many people hide indoors with the heating on, Morgan and Graham used their boards to grind on the handrails and tackle the footway bridges.
The area is known for its steep hills, making it a perfect place for the extreme sportsmen to show off their repertoire.
Morgan, 28, won Britain’s fifth and final medal in the big air event to create history in Pyeongchang.
It meant Britain surpassed the four medals won by Britain in Chamonix 1924 and Sochi 2014.
It looked like it would be a disaster for Morgan in the final after he fell on his first jump, but battled back to take third place with a combined score of 168 from his best two runs.
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Morgan could scarcely believe he would wrap up his Games by finishing on the podium, with scenes of jubilation and disbelief when favourite Max Parrot crashed on his last run.
Not only was he just one of two people over the age of 25 in the final, but he became Britain’s first man to win a medal on snow, and third along with Jenny Jones and Izzy Atkin.
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