Eddie the Eagle has found romance along with his dancing associate, opting to forgo courting apps.
After experiencing love at a dance class, Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards understands the significance of getting a associate in numerous conditions.
Edwards, whose actual first identify is Michael, is greatest recognized for his exploits in a pair of skis, not a pair of dancing footwear. The 59-year-old achieved worldwide fame representing Great Britain within the ski-jump occasion on the 1988 Olympics in Calgary.
Although he nonetheless loves winter sports activities, telling Daily Star Sport that he goes snowboarding “whenever and wherever” he can, Edwards revealed to that he additionally has one other ardour; dancing. Speaking forward of National Snow Week on the NEC and ExCeL, the Olympic icon opened up about how his newfound love for dancing blossomed into one thing a little bit bit extra.
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“Dancing is my secret passion,” Edwards instructed us. “But I’m not sure if I’m ready to share it with the rest of the world. Whenever I’m not working I try and go dancing, it keeps me fit and I love it.”
Edwards divorced earlier associate Samantha Morton in 2016 and has admitted up to now to attempting his luck on courting apps. Thankfully for the previous plasterer from Gloucestershire, that’s now a factor of the previous.
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“I’ve got a girlfriend now,” he gleefully tells us. “I like her to bits. That was very very tough [dating apps]. I gave them up ultimately. I believed I’d meet anyone after I was dancing as a result of I used to be dancing between two and 5 nights per week.
“And then I met somebody and we’ve been dating over a year now. Things are going really, really well. I’m really, really happy.”
Despite his love of dancing, Edwards stays an enormous advocate of winter sports activities and is a giant champion of the business as a complete. “I’ve been involved with National Snow Week for quite a while,” he says. “It’s natural for me to do as many of the ski shows as I can in London and Birmingham.”
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Edwards has been concerned in winter sports activities for over 40 years, having first began snowboarding on a faculty journey on the age of 13. It’s a ardour that has by no means left him.
“We had a local dry slope which is still running in Gloucester. I still love skiing to this day. I still enjoy it and love to go out when and wherever as I can. I still love it as much now as I did at 13.”
“Thanks to the indoor ski centres we have around the UK, we punch well above our weight and people love the winter sports. I think the Winter Olympics are still very, very popular, hence the ski shows as well,” he added.
National Snow Week (14th–twenty second October) is coming to the NEC and ExCeL this 12 months, that includes professional recommendation from the largest and brightest stars within the UK Snowsports scene https://nationalsnowweek.com/