Swing for the fences!
The US Open of Surfing must be nearing its end though, metaphorically, might stretch out to eternity. Wonderful, as I could revel in the joys of Huntington Beach forever, but also I would like to know who will be crowned champion. It has given us many, worthy, champions including recently hall of fame inductee Brett Simpson, Kanoa Igarashi, Shane Beschen, Rob Machado and Sage Erickson.
And the last in the list, a beautiful flower with fierce competitive spirit, recently let all dreamers, out there, know how to hit a home run in the love department.
Erickson is currently in a committed relationship with Daniel Norris who just so happens to be a Major League Baseball player and even the uneducated surfer knows that Major League Baseball can get craaaaaaaaaaazy rich.
Norris, a left handed relief pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, has been in the bigs since 2014 and is making $1.75 million this year according to Spotrac and while that is a lot, Juan Soto, who was just traded to the San Diego Padres, recently turned down $440 million because he can certainly earn more.
Imagine earning $440 million.
Better, imagine dating $440 million.
But how?
Well, Erickson just revealed what it takes. Per The New York Post:
A fortuitous DM slide has culminated in a steady relationship between two pro athletes. Sage Erickson, a 31-year-old surfer, and Daniel Norris, a veteran lefty reliever on the Cubs, have been dating for about 1 1/2 years.
“He’s just incredible,” Erickson told E! News earlier this week. “We actually met on Instagram when Instagram suggested three people to follow when you’re browsing and he was one of them.”
Erickson revealed that she followed Norris on the platform as a suggestion from the algorithm, then made the plunge to slide into his DMs when she saw he posted a photo of a surfboard.
“I love him and I love that we’re both athletes and we can understand what we go through,” Erickson said. “We very much understand long distance. We understand wins and losses and ups and downs and staying positive and we’re probably both a little bit crazy at this point from our sports and trying to adapt and stay on it.”
The classic DM slide.
Will you utilize?
Which baseball player is on your radar?
Have at it, slugger.
He posted a pic of his Wavestorm on IG and landed a female pro, lol
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The WSL fan base is largely made up of parents who want their kids to be pro surfers. They pretty much all know each other and all hate each other but moms and dads angling for free wetsuits and swag for their prodigy progeny isn’t an exploitable demographic. Though they are big into buying video gear and they’ll cash in their IRAs for whoever’s this month’s hottest coach.
This is relevant to the surfing community, how? Beyond stupid. What is Beach Grit’s goal (besides making money at any cost)? To be the TMZ of surfing? Surfing’s Jerry Springer? What a cringe element of surf “journalism” you are. You are the perineum of the surf world, the epitome of what surfing is not.
dialated?
Sage shoulda aimed a little higher and DM’d the Gronk…
Good move Sage , gold digging has no boundaries and a 31 year old pro surfer must be looking at what to do next , there is only so many commentary and sales rep jobs out there
And ambassador
bring her home to my denmark…
let’s play catch!
Back in my day ‘to slide into the DMs’ would imply that one put on a pair of Doc Martins boots.
Gosh. How the other half live.
Oh to be wealthy and inordinately physically attractive.
Its awesome.
Is it difficult to walk around a cluttered environment, whilst constantly admiring one’s own physique?
I get others to do it
Good call.
you’re lucky…DM around here means Dung Muff…so sliding into it is not so great….love Doc Martins though, Cheers!
wingman or wingwoman were key chess pieces…
and scribes, currently…
someone put voices to words…
to Chas and David’s pods…
let’s modify the OKnown brochures that we throw in the trash…
where’s the logo…?
forward-
here’s my location.
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Looks like you have a speck of dust on your sensor as seen in the sky. Use canned air.
trademark, inkspot, balloon, UFO, wetspot…donno…
in reality it was on the inside of the lens…took it to jaffee’s and it came right off, then appeared again! tarantula egg?
I wonder how long Sage thought about sending a DM to me instead of Daniel. Tough call with a few excited sleepless nights I’m sure, but I’m glad they’re happy and understand my age played a part.
LOLOLOLOL
In the quiet moments, I bet she regrets her decision.
Life could be so much simpler without a multi millionaire complicating things.
He’s very poorly paid for the MLB. He lives 1790 miles away in Chicago.
Jump a plane. Hitch a ride north to Ventura and DM away. She is alone. He’s working.
This would be great filmed as a reality show. You are the moderator of a prominent blog for fucks sake.
And that’s your “in”. New BF has a photo of a surfboard on his IG account, Nega has photos of signature pig dog.
Think you’re selling yourself short if you’re not on a plane.
I currently don’t even have a passport! What a catch!
I thought Americans were the only people that didn’t have passports?
Americans and the poor,
If she only knew that you were a Hurluley team rider, then there would’ve been no question about who to ‘slide into’ first.
My favorite part of Make or Break was when Tatiana Weston Webb Mendes outsmarted poor Sage!
That was the highlight for me as well
Is there some algorithm for the rich or famous to view such DM’s because I sent Kelly one almost a year ago and he still hasn’t replied.
For the record it was fanboy question not a marriage proposal
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Unfortunately Kelly’s on record as saying, “receiving fanboy questions are worse than marriage proposals from strangers”.
I’ll pop the question to him later in the guise of an attractive part Chinese lady and see if I get a more rapid reply…
My friends wife in Orewa called me during covid. Apparently, her husband, my friend Dean is now Dena. She sent the photos.
Maybe he can reach out to Kelly with a marriage proposal? He claims to not be gay, I mean she…. but if Kelly really is a scientologist?……
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he is just taking his time thinking of a worthing response. be patient.
Some years ago I was in a similar DM situation.
After a couple of weeks I was hit up for ‘operation’ money.
I immediately blocked the person.
A while later I saw a thing on TV about internet scams and came to the conclusion that instead of being a single western woman that I’d messaged, it was probably a team of foreign men in some third world dump.
Never again.
P.S.
No dick pics were taken or sent…
It was me. I really needed those butt implants!
Lol
or like alot mixed athletic relationships that start out sweet, only to end…
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dates nut tree…throw in a million pairs of sneakers and leave a phone number…ad sponsored by MeOff Jeebus Coupling Services, Unlimited…
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Recently ordered a big slugger dog from the Randy Jones stand at Petco Park. Worst hotdog I’ve ever had. The thing was hideous. Both in appearance and taste. I felt violated upon seeing it. What I imagine receiving a dick pic in the DM’s is like.
his meat chop site is in AZ…opps, wrong Randy…thinkin of Johnson’s dog…(and he is a great photog) I can’t and won’t imagine!
At least a unwanted dick pic in your DMs doesn’t cost you $12.
Boiled dogs, the bun is better, bbqed dogs the meat is better. Always go for less dog when boiled and you will save yourself $2 and with that $2 you are an eighth of the way towards a Pacifico at petco
Good on Sage for channeling her inner Sadie Hawkins and making the first move, but probably a lot easier to land an insanely wealthy pro baseball player via a mere DM slide when you look like this
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Never say die, dear Com. Beauty in eyeblack of the beholder.
I copped a spray from Rory ” D grade Hunter S” Parker where he insinuated in no uncertain terms I was a misogynist. ironically his platform was stab mag, with this exact image with the words “hotter than fish grease” attached.
what a dead shit.
like me giving dietry advice.
Rory….LongTom….Ben… The golden era
Legends, may I add Mikey?
He’s very lowly paid for a baseball player…. short too.
Missed out on the age of sliding into DM’s. It does sound rather exhilarating. Never of heard of this guy though.