 In May 2014, then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a "double cork 1080", one of the most complex maneuvers in snowboarding which involves three rotations and two inverted flips.In the 2018 Winter Olympics she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.She was described as "arguably Britain's best medal chance for Pyeongchang 2018", but was forced to withdraw from the Games after breaking her heel in two places in training.