Always Quote by Garrett McNamara

Well, it was - big wave surfing was my job. And I had to accomplish some great feat every year. And we kept finding…

— Garrett McNamara

As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.

— Dick Dale

It's hard for me to describe the joy I felt after I stood up and rode wave in for the first time after the…

— Bethany Hamilton

I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage…

— Eddie Vedder

When I kept surfing, surfing kept me.

— Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way…

— Jolene Blalock

I surf because it keeps my life at an even keel, without it I would tip into the oblivion.

— Andy Irons

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

Surfing was something I always wanted to do.

— Kelley O'Hara

Everything that mattered, I learned from surfing.

— Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

I got really into surfing, and that was my life from when I was 10 years old to 18. I surfed almost every day,…

— Charlie McDowell

When I was sixteen I was terrified and I vowed never to surf waves over ten feet tall.

— Garrett McNamara