A fortunate DM slide led to a steady relationship between the two pro athletes.
Sage Erickson, 31, a surfer, and Daniel Norris (31) a veteran lefty reliever for the Cubs have been dating for around 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 said that she followed Norris on the platform, as a suggestion by the algorithm. She then took the plunge to slide into his DMs after she saw a photo of a surfing board posted by him.
“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.”
She also complimented him on his surfing prowess.
“That was something also that I fell in love with is that he rips and he surfs really good and he knows so much about board design,” Sage said. “He’s got such a great style. It’s been an amazing thing for us to share. We love getting party waves together.”
Erickson has been a U.S. Open of Surfing Gold Medalist twice.
Norris, 29 years old, broke into MLB in 2014. He pitched for the Blue Jays (Tigers), Brewers, and Tigers before joining the Cubs.
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