Surfing Quotes · Page 5

Why strive to survive when you can bring yourself to thrive?

— Jamie Timbre

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

— Laird Hamilton

As soon as I get bored, I start missing the kids, so I don't let myself get bored. I just go surfing.

— Joel Parkinson

I grew up in Imperial Beach, surfing and going to the beach - my son plays baseball at the park.

— Sonny Sandoval

I feel my absolute best physically, mentally and spiritually when I'm surfing every day.

— Marisa Miller

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

— Kelly Slater

Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.

— Dick Dale

If Jesus is on Tim Curran's side and Occy is Jesus, who gets to win?

— Cintra Wilson

Interferometry, like surfing, is a search for the perfect wave. But physicists don't have to paddle around and wait.

— Ken Goldberg

“Hawaii's spirit of 'aloha' is captured in the essence of its sea and sky, the fragance of its precious flowers, and it's…

— Andrew Pacholyk

When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the…

— Dick Dale

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing,…

— Simon Baker

Everybody talks like they're gonna knock me out. 'Greg Hardy's a villain, I'm going to put his face on the pavement' and…

— Greg Hardy

I have a lot of respect for all the sports, but one sport that I look at as being a little out…

— Travis Pastrana

I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so it was part of…

— Bo Derek

I did 'Echo Beach,' a surfing drama that meant I was often topless. Next came 'Demons,' and the opening sequence had me…

— Christian Cooke

For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy…

— Xavier Rudd

A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my…

— Aron Ralston

The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You…

— Jeremy Jones

I can be surfing the exact same wave and then sometimes something will just set off, even if I'm riding the same…

— Mick Fanning

When I'm playing music I'm usually not thinking of surfing, just because I'm usually thinking about the chords and the lyrics, and…

— Jack Johnson

Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the…

— Tom Araya

Across all countries and cultures surfers are connected not by nationality, religion, politics, age … but by their experience riding waves. This…

— Shaun Tomson

Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.

— Ray Kurzweil

For some reason surfing... I'm not scared of the ocean so the risk doesn't seem as great to me.

— John Slattery

“You think everything revolves around Zane Hollander, don't you?" "No. But I think your blush does.”

— Robin Bielman

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.

— Swami Muktananda

I'm sure surfing developed my poise better than any exercise could have accomplished.

— Laird Hamilton

It's so amazing to just be in the water, surfing with your friends.

— Garrett McNamara

“Kabat-Zinn writes, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

— Will Schwalbe

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much.

— Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Swimming is the root of surfing. The first board you ever have is your body.

— Laird Hamilton

Surfing the Internet every day has become a habit for many leaders and officials, including myself.

— Li Yuanchao

I love the ocean; growing up around Laguna Beach, I spent my summers surfing, diving, and snorkeling.

— Greg MacGillivray

I also love to surf the Net and talk on the phone with friends.

— Kiana Tom

It was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing.

— Eve Babitz

There's really only three things you can write music about: girls, cars and surfing.

— Tom Curren

As a fan of skiing and surfing, I take great interest in Olympics.

— Lee Min-ho

All my old surfing injuries have kind of come back to haunt me.

— Robert Englund