Surfing Quotes

Life is a wave of creative consciousness rippling through space and time that we have the honor of aesthetically surfing.

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.

With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.

I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.

It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out.

Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.

Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.

I can be a little bit outrageous. I can be a lot of things. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff. But I also like to just chill with my friends and go and see movies and do normal things.

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

Surfing is an individual expression of one's own worth and one's own ability to participate directly with nature. And what makes it really enjoyable to me is that every wave is different... there's a special, non-repetitive pleasure in it that never gets boring.

If in doubt, paddle out.

The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go.

Charting is a little like surfing. You dont have to know a lot about the physics of tides, resonance, and fluid dynamics in order to catch a good wave. You just have to be able to sense when its happening and then have the drive to act at the right time.

Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

There is wisdom in waves. Some surfers see it right away, others never do. To find success in surfing, we must learn to be in harmony with nature. This will bring a sense of peace. By sharing this peace, and contributing to other people's happiness, we can find the true meaning of life. Keep surfing . . .

I'm just a surfer who wanted to build something that would allow me to surf longer.

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Annabeth came up to me. She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder—ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first.

Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.

It's all about where your mind's at

Three most important things in life, surf, surf and surf.

I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.

I can be surfing the exact same wave and then sometimes something will just set off, even if I'm riding the same board the whole time. Something will just set off and it just feels like you can push just that extra bit harder.

I tried body surfing once, but how often do you find a corpse?

Well I'm always working on constantly everything. I never take the approach that I'm doing as well as I possibly can... I always think there's more and I think if you don't have that, you are not driven to be better.

For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.

It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.

You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.

I'm always in Malibu, and I'm a big fan of surfing and stuff. I love the beach. Someday I will live on the beach.

It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.

Sometimes things just happen. Sometimes surfing this bank from Snapper to Kirra, sometimes you don't even think what you're doing but you do it anyway ... You get to the end of a wave and go, what did I do? Sometimes you go into a totally different state of mind.

I could not help concluding, that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on, so fast and so smoothly, by the sea.

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

There is not one right way to ride a wave.

I've always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are.

It's a waste to chase the pipe dream of a magical tiny theory that allows us to make quick and detailed calculations about the future. We can't predict and we can't control. To accept this can be a source of liberation and inner peace. We're part of the unfolding world, surfing the chaotic waves.

Actually, watching television and surfing the Internet are really excellent practice for being dead.

I got to learn to surf.

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Out of water, I am nothing.

We're all equal before a wave.

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

Surfing is a deeply wonderful thing – anytime, anywhere and any way

As long as I'm still surfing wherever I am, I'll always be happy.

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.