I lived for big waves. It's where I felt comfortable and I could surf with ease. With smaller waves, it didn't feel… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
It's just the most amazing feeling to be out there in the water riding waves. It's like walking on the water. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I tend to get overly excited and want to just go. I just love, love big waves. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I caught every wave I wanted and I fell in love with big waves at 16 years old. Then it just was… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
There's giant waves in numerous occasions around the world, it's a matter of the wind being offshore. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
Well, it was - big wave surfing was my job. And I had to accomplish some great feat every year. And we… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I went to Alaska a while back and surfed the waves generated from a glacier calving and ever since then, I've never… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
When I took off on nearly vertical waves that no one else would touch, people assumed I had no fear. When they… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I had gotten too comfortable. I was desensitized whenever I got in the water. I started riding big waves for that rush,… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
In yoga, you need to focus on staying in the moment in a sometimes uncomfortably hot room. That focus and alertness help… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I've been soulsearching: why do I do this? Because I don't really get the rush on these waves, and I don't surf… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
In Nazare, the ocean is known as a place of death, not of riding waves. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I got desensitized by riding so many big waves that I don't really get a rush anymore. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen I was terrified and I vowed never to surf waves over ten feet tall. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
To ride big waves you have to be ready mentally, physically and spiritually. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I used to not care if I died, but once I married and had children and became part of a big surfing community, that… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The surfers' code is that you surf your wave and let the world discuss it as you move on to the next one. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
Fear is when we're thinking about the past or thinking about the future, two things that do not exist. If we stay in the… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I lose my mind if I miss a swell that I want to be on and I have the ability to be on it. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The ocean is my church and my playground, and it's where I love to be. It's where I belong. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
There's giant waves in numerous occasions around the world, it's a matter of the wind being offshore. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
The first time I tried surfing, we went out in front of Cement City and I just remember falling in love. It just instantly… — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
I lived for big waves. It's where I felt comfortable and I could surf with ease. With smaller waves, it didn't feel as natural. — Garrett McNamara Copy Share Image
