Woods, currently leading the world championship in the new winter Olympic discipline of Slopestyle skiing, was inspired by London 2012 and says the country will not have to wait another four years for its next dose of Olympic-mania.
The winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are just 16 months away and Woods believes Team GB are on the slippery slope to more medals.
It is a sad fact that the most famous name from the world of winter sports in this country is arguably still Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, who came last in the ski-jumping events at the 1988 Games in Calgary.
Woods, 20, from Sheffield, fell in love with skiing on the city’s dry slope and won the Slopestyle World Cup in Argentina last month. The sport involves skiers earning points for tricks and jumps on an un-timed run.
Woods, whose trademark hairstyle is a long mane one side and the other side shaven, said: “Eddie the Eagle was fantastic in that he put the winter Olympics on the map in this country and has his place in the sport.
But it was not through success – and that’s something I’d certainly like to change
“But it was not through success – and that’s something I’d certainly like to change.”
James Woods is competing in the Relentless Energy Drink Freeze Festival in association with Metro, at Battersea Power Station tomorrow and Saturday. Find out more at www.freezefestival.com