“She knew all my friends and family couldn’t be there and she brought everyone together and made this incredible video with everyone saying how much they wanted to be there and sending their love and support,” the 38-year-old said. E! News at the time, adding that he played that video “every day” while in Beijing. “So that was just so great. It really set the tone for the rest of the trip.”

The end of Shaun’s snowboarding career was also just the beginning of one of the couple’s favorite shared activities: skiing together. The Canadian-born and former Olympian is indeed a piece of cake when they hit the slopes.

“She’s really good at governance,” Shaun said of Nina to E! News earlier this year. “She grew up in Canada. So it was fun because that’s definitely a make or break relationship sometimes. Not if they can’t drive, but people have come up with me and it didn’t end well because sometimes I’m not the best coach.’

Nina’s affinity for skiing is just one of the many reasons why their relationship has always endured. As Shaun added to E! News: “It’s nice to have a partner who loves the mountains, is adventurous and all that.”

Keep reading for every step of Nina and Shaun’s romance, all the way to their engagement.