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Albee Layer Is Dating Skateboarding Starlet Nora Vasconcellos, And He Wants Everyone To Know It!

“A lot of surfers claim to be skate groupies, but I’m the only one with real follow-through.” – Albee Layer

news // Jul 28, 2019
Words by stab
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Here’s a skate x surf collab we can all get behind.

In a recent Instagram post, Albee Layer exposed the contents of his heart, declaring to over 100k followers that he and professional skate starlet Nora Vasconcellos (AKA @noravexplora, 300k+ followers) have formed a romantic coupling, but in the most Albee way possible.

“A lot of surfers claim to be skate groupies, but I’m the only one with real follow-through,” was Albee’s sarcastic vehicle for this message, which he then paired with an “#IGofficial” hashtag. 

Committed trawlers could have seen this announcement coming, as there’ve been easter eggs left all over the Gram in recent months, including this adorable sand cuddle on Nora’s page:

Screen Shot 2019 07 27 at 12.36.57 PM 

We hit up Albee to learn more about his most recent (and as far as we can tell, first public) love interest. 

Stab: How long have you and Nora been “hanging,” as the kids call it?
Albee Layer: 
We’ve been hanging for a while, but just as friends, then we ended up dating kinda out of nowhere.

Who made the first move?
She did. 

What’s your favorite thing about Nora?
My favorite thing about her is the color purple [laughs]… nah, she’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.

Does it suck or rule to have a girlfriend who’s cooler and more famous than you?
It rules having a girlfriend who’s better and more successful than me. My five-year plan of becoming a stay-at-home dad/part-time big-wave surfer/mountain bike enthusiast is well under way.

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