Surfing Quotes - Page 6

• Surfing is kind of a good metaphor for the rest of life.
  The extremely good stuff - chocolate and great sex and weddings and hilarious jokes - fills a minute portion of an adult lifespan.
  The rest of life is the paddling: work, paying bills, flossing, getting sick, dying.

  Jaimal Yogis

  Sex, Rest Of Life, Sick

  Mu Soeng, Jaimal Yogis (2010). “Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (Large Print 16pt)”, p.121, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other — stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression.

  Shaun Tomson

  Expression, Essence, Heard

  Shaun Tomson, Patrick J. Moser (2006). “Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life”, p.134, Gibbs Smith

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• Surfing teaches patience . On land, surfers cannot will a swell to appear. They have to wait for nature to make the call. So surfers wait . They keep their eyes on the horizon and they wait.

  Shaun Tomson

  Eye, Land, Waiting

  Shaun Tomson, Patrick J. Moser (2006). “Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life”, p.43, Gibbs Smith

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• Surfing also teaches quality . I will wager that it is not the number of waves that makes a session memorable for any given surfer, but that one beautiful wave that he or she waited for … and rode all the way the way to shore.

  Shaun Tomson

  Beautiful, Memorable, Numbers

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• Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.

  Lori Loughlin

  Strong, Color, Tanning

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• Surfing is so much work. It's one of those things that I just love, but it's so hard.

  AnnaSophia Robb

  Working It, Hard

  "AnnaSophia Robb Exclusive Interview SOUL SURFER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 6, 2011.

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• For me, skateboarding started in 1965, so by the time the Dogtown era came around I'd already been skatin' for 10 years. When I started it was clay wheels and mostly home made decks. We were just trying to copy surfing. Everything about skateboarding had to do with surfing. It was all about fun and a way to surf when the waves were shitty.

  Jay Adams

  Fun, Home, Years

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• In the 90s, there was a yahoo factor where there would be 50 people crowd surfing at one time! It was insane, and it had nothing to do with the music.

  Ian MacKaye

  People, Insane

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• I was picking up surfing, which I also fell in love with. Then I was like, man, to combine the two [free ride and surfing ] would be perfect.

  Travis Rice

  Men, Two, Perfect

  Source: www.outdoorjapan.com

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• I struggle sometimes superficially with my management or with my own career about how much time I spend traveling or giving myself away to promote my music or myself when I'd rather be gardening or surfing or being at home with my loved ones. And everyone struggles with that; everyone struggles with having to go to work. And I struggle with how humankind ended up this way.

  Jason Mraz

  Struggle, Home, Careers

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 01, 2014.

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• ... there was purity and there was the dream, and the adventure, and there was the counterculture aspect. It was like shove society, shove the nine to five, shove the rules ... we're just going to follow our hearts, treat each other well, eat well, and enjoy the ocean. It was not for money and it wasn't for fame ... that's what we're gonna do ... purely because that's what our hearts want to do. That was amazing.

  Jim Banks

  Dream, Ocean, Heart

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• Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

  Gerry Lopez

  Giving Up, Paddling, Life Is

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• J-Bay displays the best of people’s surfing.

  Kelly Slater

  People, Display

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• To convince people to back your idea, you've got to sell it to yourself and know when it's the moment. Sometimes that means waiting. It's like surfing. You don't create energy, you just harvest energy already out there.

  James Cameron

  Mean, Ideas, People

  "6 Lessons In Creativity From James Cameron". Interview with Anne Cassidy, www.fastcompany.com. June 3, 2013.

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

  Robert Englund

  Kind, Injury

  Source: graveconcernsezine.com

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• Music is my way to shine back and express positive vibrations for a common healing. It's similar to farming, or surfing, or yoga. Before world peace, we have to have inner peace and music helps us get there.

  Jason Mraz

  Yoga, Healing, Shining

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• I tried body surfing once, but how often do you find a corpse?

  Emo Philips

  Body, Corpses

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• Change is like to surfing. You can't just paddle into life, stand still and expect to stay on top of your board. The waves of change will knock you off and drag you under. Some people even think changes are fun! You are where you are because you want to be there. If you want to be somewhere else, you'll need to change.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Fun, Thinking, Somewhere Else

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• The insanely gorgeous competition documentary on surfing obsession, Step Into Liquid — directed by Dana Brown and photographed by John-Paul Beeghly in hypnotic gradations of aquamarine — will send you into a dream state.

  Elvis Mitchell

  Dream, Competition, Documentaries

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• You're surfing with all this glamour, and a lot of people are talking about Gwyneth, JLo, and Cameron.

  Steven Cojocaru

  Talking, People, Style

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• I don't know how long I'll be competing but I'll always be surfing. I'll be surfing until I'm old.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Long, Competing, Know How

  "Riding the storm". Interview with Emma John, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.

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• I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you're surfing. All around it's beautiful and fun.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Beautiful, Fun, Ocean

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.

  Markus Zusak

  Brother, Cheer, Growing Up

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• I've never been to college, and I think about that. But I kept putting it off, and I am also thinking about having a child, and that's really important. Also, I want to do a lot of traveling and surfing - two of my hobbies.

  Jorja Fox

  Children, College, Thinking

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• I'm not surfing much anymore, but I love hiking and gardening, and I'm always wearing a hat and sunblock.

  Carolyn Murphy

  Hiking, Gardening, Hats

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