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title: "2 Surf Quotes By Xavier Rudd"
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> [For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/for-me-surfing-is-as-close-a-connection-i-can-have-with-mother-nature/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/xavier-rudd-22712_close_for-me-surfing-is-as-close-a-connection_363175.png)

> [Surf culture and surfing for me are two completely different things. Surf culture has become very - it's a very commercial, competitive thing, fashionable. With all due respect to the 'Surfer Dude' movie, I think the 'Surfer Dude' movie reflects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/surf-culture-and-surfing-for-me-are-two-completely-different-things/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/xavier-rudd-22712_become_surf-culture-and-surfing-for-me-are-two_1434357.jpg)

## Other authors on Surf

## More by Xavier Rudd

> [We're not just on the earth, we're of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/we-re-not-just-on-the-earth-we-re-of-the-earth/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/i-feel-my-live-shows-are-my-music-everything-blossoms-from-the-live/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/for-me-surfing-is-as-close-a-connection-i-can-have-with-mother-nature/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/i-do-pinch-myself-like-when-shows-in-non-english-speaking-countries/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/yidaki-didgeridoo-has-been-used-in-every-part-of-australian-regional/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/playing-live-is-everything-sometimes-being-on-the-road-is-hard-and-it/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/my-dad-was-a-really-good-surfer-and-by-the-time-i-was-10-he-was/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [Follow, follow the sun, and which way the wind blows, when this day is done. Breathe, breathe in the air. Set your intentions. Dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/follow-follow-the-sun-and-which-way-the-wind-blows-when-this-day-is/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/the-music-comes-through-me-and-i-let-it-come-the-way-it-comes-and-it/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [The music industry is not set up well at all, environmentally. But I sing about what I feel, and I'm very inspired by activists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/the-music-industry-is-not-set-up-well-at-all-environmentally-but-i/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/i-have-aboriginal-roots-on-my-father-s-side-and-have-always/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [Surf culture and surfing for me are two completely different things. Surf culture has become very - it's a very commercial, competitive thing, fashionable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/surf-culture-and-surfing-for-me-are-two-completely-different-things/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [It's about listening to the land and being patient and being ready to absorb our dreaming or our path or our destiny slowly, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/it-s-about-listening-to-the-land-and-being-patient-and-being-ready-to/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [I love New Zealand and don't get to come there much. The south coast of Australia and New Zealand have a similar vibration, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/i-love-new-zealand-and-don-t-get-to-come-there-much-the-south-coast/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

> [My music is roots music: it's a combination of growing up on the coast and mucking around with wood and wooden tones and sounds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-rudd/my-music-is-roots-music-it-s-a-combination-of-growing-up-on-the-coast/)

[Xavier Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-rudd/)

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