‘Feel the fear!’ Louise Minchin admits parenting terror over dangerous sports
express.co.ukBBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin spoke to British surfer Andrew Cotton on her new podcast series Push Your Peak. During their chat, Louise admitted that she would be concerned as a parent if her children chose to push themselves to the same limits Andrew describes during his interview.Louise, 53, began hosting a podcast series last month called Push Your Peak on behalf of indoor cycling and performance brand, Wattbike.The journalist, who is also a huge sports enthusiast, sits down weekly with athletes that have pushed themselves beyond their limits.Big wave surfer and Red Bull athlete, Andrew Cotton, helped put Britain on the surfing map.However, the daredevil suffered a life-threatening wipeout and broke his back whilst surfing on a 55ft wave in Nazaré, Portugal, back in 2017.
Since then, Andrew, who started surfing at the age of seven on the North Devon coast, has been on a mission to rebuild his strength to try and surf the biggest waves in the world.With reference to his terrible accident, Louise wanted to know Andrew’s parents’ views on his surfing. “I’m a parent…” Louise trailed off before exhaling, “Aagh!” “I don’t know, how would you describe it?”Andrew understood Louise’s sentiment, replying: “As a parent myself, you worry about your kids.“But sometimes I just don’t think my parents know what’s really going on or don’t really understand what I’m doing. “But we’ll see, I don’t know!” the surfer added with a laugh. “I feel the fear!” Louise interjected quickly, clearly sympathising with Andrew’s parents.Louise kicked off her new podcast on February 23 and will continue to interview superhuman athletes each Wednesday so that they might share their inspirational tales with her listeners.
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