My favourite surfer, your favourite surfer, on the insanely popular talk show…
Six weeks ago, a TV interview with the kid surfer Sabre Norris went viral.
Sabre, of course, is the eleven-year-old from Newcastle, Australia, who rips hell on a surfboard (one of those rare gals who has air-revs and frontside 180s on tap) and a skateboard (watch her 540 when she was nine, here) and when she talks she blooms like an iris. I wasn’t exaggerating one jot when I wrote that she was my new favourite surfer (goodbye Dane, John John, Filipe etc.)
As I wrote:
You’ve got to love a pro surfer kid born without a censor button. Sabre Norris, who is eleven years old and lives in the provincial Australian city of Newcastle, got on national television yesterday morning, called her former Olympian dad “fat and said he “has to suck his gut in for photos” and admitted that, even if she comes last in the Sally Fitz contest she’s a wildcard in, is going to drop the $250 prize money on doughnuts.
In response, Sabre sent me the loveliest letter you could ever imagine.
I responded that we had to make an episode of BeachGrit TV with her as the principal.
She was thrilled. We were thrilled.
But then Ms DeGeneres, who is fabulous beyond anything too, flew her and her mother Brooke to LA to shoot live in the Burbank studio a couple of weeks back and if you’re going to be on an episode of Ellen, fronting her millions of viewers, then even BeachGrit goes on hold.
Did she perform? Did the world swoon? Watch below!
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She lost me at Bieber.
The norris kids will be the next coffey family, but with more surf skills an a lot less dad whoring his daughters kinda vibe..
Love Sabre but I’m concerned that type 2 diabetes could be a risk to her career ascension
I loved the original interview, but the Ellen thing seemed a bit too forced. Her little surfing clip, however, was quite good.
I almost feel bad for the time I said, wait no I don’t.
THAT LETTER IS AMAZING! She’s still the best.
the grit is hardcore?
Hah, Vegas? Never would have guessed that.
Strider looks great. always enjoyed his show.