Olympic figure skater-turned-Dancing with the StarschampionAdam Ripponhas been dating boyfriendJussi-Pekka “JP” Kajaalafor about a year and the latter has already appeared on Rippon’snew YouTube channel, where Rippon posts twice-weekly vlogs and a hosts a weekly interview series.

Just don’t expectKajaalato joinRipponon the ice.

“He has not been skating for years,” Rippon, 29, revealed of Kajaala while appearing onPEOPLE Nowearlier this week.

Rippon said that Kajaala grew up in Finland around skating — and did all he could to avoid it. Funny thing, then, that years later hecrossed paths with Rippon on Tinderwhile the skater was in Scandinavia in 2017.

“I’m like, ‘Well little did you know I’m here to haunt you,’ ” Rippon said.

Of his series “Break the Ice,” where he chats with guests while trying to help them sharpen their skating skills, Rippon said onPEOPLE Now, “Usually it goes pretty well. But we have a few disasters — which is great.”

“I was like, I have no idea what to expect,” he explained. “I mean, you’ll see when you see our episode together. But she really kind of — she’s maybe, if not one of the best, but the best skater that we had.”

During his latestPEOPLENowsit-down, Rippon,who is set to release a memoir in the fall, also opened up about being in the bridal party forVal Chmerkovskiy’s wedding to Jenna Johnson.

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Adam Rippon, Jussi-Pekka Kajaala

“Maybe one of the most beautiful days I’ve ever experienced in my entire life,” he said of theDancing with the Starsstars’ nuptials. “Both Jenna and Val are some of the most beautiful people on the inside and the outside.”

Rippon recalled one of his favorite moments, when everyone gathered in the hotel before the ceremony as the couple signed their wedding paperwork.

“We’re just eating fries and they’re signing their marriage papers and I’m like, ‘This is it, now it’s done and the rest is just a show.’ It was just really fun, because it felt really intimate. It was just beautiful.”

source: people.com