Sabre Norris

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Sabre Norris
Personal information
Birth nameSabre Elle Norris
NationalityAustralian
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)
Newcastle, Australia
Occupations
  • Surfer
  • skater
  • YouTuber
Years active2017-present
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSurfing, Skateboarding
DisabilityChiari Malformation

Sabre Elle Norris (born 3 January 2005) [1] is an Australian surfer, skater, and YouTuber from Newcastle. She is the eldest child of Olympic swimmer Justin Norris and Brooke Norris. [2]

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Early life

Sabre Elle Norris was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on 3 January 2005 to Olympic butterfly swimmer Justin Norris and his wife Brooke Norris. [3] She is the oldest of the 6 children.

Career

Sport

In 2016, at 11 years old Norris became the youngest surfer ever to compete in the open round of the Sydney International Women’s Pro. [4] [5] Her 4 November 2016 interview with Karl Stefanovic captured quite a bit of attention on Australia's Channel Nine's The Today Show; it reportedly attracted over 2 million views [6] prompting an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show [7] [8] which was viewed 40 million times. [9]

Norris is an accomplished skateboarder and although she has been diagnosed with Chiari malformation, [10] [11] [12] it did not impede her selection in the Australian skateboarding squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [13] [14] [15] She is the third female in history and first Australian female to land a "540". [16]

In 2018 she won a silver medal in skateboarding at the X Games (becoming the first woman to land a McTwist on a skateboard at an X Games); [17] [18] won the Bondi Bowl-A-Rama; [19] and finished in second place in the Vans Park Series Oceania Championships. [20] In 2019 the ABC published the biographical podcast Sabre Norris — the girl who shreds waves and skate parks. [21]

In 2021 she appeared in the documentary film Tall Poppy: A Skater's Story, about 21-year-old Australian skateboarder Poppy Starr Olsen. [22]

YouTube

Sabre Norris and her family have 4 channels called "The Norris Nuts", "Norris Nuts Do Stuff", "Norris Nuts Gaming", and "Norris Nuts Cooking". [23] which focuses on her and her five younger siblings birthdays, gaming, and performing challenges. They also record songs together for the channel. [24] As of 2023, they have around 11 million subscribers combined across their 3 channels. [25]

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