This is impressive as hell. When I was nine, all I could do was eat Chicken McNuggets and cry. Also when I was 34. But let’s all marvel at Sabre Norris from New South Wales.
Watch a 9-year-old girl land her first 540
Meet Sabre Norris. She’s a skateboard wizard.
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.
In her own words, from the YouTube description:
“My skating all started because I wasn’t allowed to get a bike because we don’t have a garage. So my mum bought us skateboards instead. I started from rolling down my dad’s business car park. I’ve been skating for about 3 years. My favorite trick is a 540. I watched Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins do it on the internet, and I just had to do it. That was my 75th attempt of the day. Every time I tried one and didn’t land it I put a rock on the table. It ended up being my 75th rock. I was frothing. I did some 720s too. Not proper. I called it 540 to revert to splat. I didn’t cry though. My goal is to do 100 of them before this Saturday. I’m up to 75. I still can’t ride a bike, but I can do a 540.”
SHE STILL CAN’T RIDE A BIKE.
Be right back, starting a White House petition for Sabre to be the new President of Everything.
(h/t Feministing)
