SURFING QUOTES

quotations about surfing

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

BUZZY TRENT

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If you don't understand the wave, you can't respect it. And if you don't have respect, it's only a matter of time before the ocean teaches you to get some.

LAIRD HAMILTON

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you watch the boys go surfing
just shut your mind out for a while
you watch white brakers crash
on the palm-lined beach
an easy way of life
life by the ocean
now she turns on her charm
the way you like it
you make it all the time
and watch the sun go down

BEACH BOYS

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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; especially as, though the tents and ships were so near, he did not seem in the least to envy, or even to take any notice.

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

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Surfing is not easily defined. To be sure, it's a sport with requisite athletes and tournaments, prizes, and prestige. Equally, it embodies the mystic and poetic in the human spirit that fosters an atypical lifestyle with cultlike vigor.

ELLIOTT ALMOND

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In a moment I might be under the wave swallowing seawater and small jellyfish, but right now I am an ancient princess of Hawaii, I am a bikini model, I am a goddess before the crest of a monster billow.

WILMA JOHNSON

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As for my own surfing, let's just say that when the waves start pushing 10 feet, I get this tremendous urge to make a sandwich.

BRUCE JENKINS

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Let's go surfin' now
Everybody's learning how
Come on and safari with me

BEACH BOYS

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Hey Honolulu, we're going to happy Hawaii
Alice has been there, she said it was fun
Swimming and surfing, enjoying the sun

ABBA

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From the muscles in your back to the happy chemicals in your head; eating better, sleeping better, feeling better. Life's just better when you add surfing to it.

BEN MARCUS

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Gone surfing, tell the world I'm out
Here in the sun, here in the sun
Back in the sea, all's good with me

THE WHITLAMS

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Some surfers won't surf during dusk or dawn in places known to have an active shark population. Many prefer to have a buddy with them while surfing, as being the only bait out at a surf point is just a little too creepy.

BETHANY HAMILTON

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Surfing is a way to be free.

LISA ANDERSEN

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If in doubt, paddle out.

NAT YOUNG

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Surfing on the bluest wave, I'm ready to go
Reaching for the shiny eye that swims below
Try to catch one, only the best one
I'm looking for the bluest wave

BLUE WAVE

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The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.

DUKE KAHANAMOKU

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Lex surfed wicked, like the devil. He wasn't afraid of anything, seemed like. He grinned at West as the waves came up toward them like towers of green glass, an emerald city. We're off to see the wizard, he shouted. He whooped. His body crouched ready to fly. He shone against the sun.

FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK

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For many of us, surfing is a passion, something our lives revolve around. We owe it to the ocean and to our groms, present and future, to give something back. Be aware and proactive in its protection.

NIKKI HORSMAN

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There's nothing quite like surfing by yourself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but unpredictable weather patterns, below deck accommodation, sea snakes, coral cuts and packs of reef sharks make it a trip for the committed seadog.

MARK THORNLEY

Tags: Mark Thornley

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Surfing forces your insecurities--about your abilities and your body--out into the open where everyone can see them, but it also makes you come to terms with your imperfections. It's nearly impossible to care about cellulite or a wedgie when you're voluntarily putting yourself through what feels like the world's largest wash cycle.

VERENA VON PFETTEN

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