95 Quotes About Surfing

Our conversation changed. It usually had a busy, must-say-everything edge to it, even during the long, lazy days of waiting for waves on Tavarua. But out in the lineup, once the swells started pumping, large pools of awe seemed to collect around us, hushing us, or reducing us to code and murmurs, as though we were in church. There was too much to say, too much emotion, and therefore nothing to say.

For surfers, being tubed is like being reborn.

And when you fall, because you always do fall. When you swim for the beach to catch your board. There’s peace to be found in the shoreward pull with every passing wave.

The main thing you remember is the noise. All that water cascading around you sounds kind of brutal, kind of dangerous, but time has stopped, so all you do is try to hang on and hope that nature, the ocean, treats you well. I just recall seeing another surfer way down the beach, and then it was all over and I was out, and safe, going wow, wow, that was a gift from nature.

What chance has a lonely surfer boyFor the love of a surfer chick,With all these Humbert Humbert catsComing on so big and sick?For me, my baby was a woman.For him she’s just another nymphet.

Skateboarders are the surfers of urban landscapes, with the shimmer of the sea replaced by pieces of metal or glass on the floor.

There's no such thing as a handicap - it's all in your head

Out of the kitchen, and into the surf.

Rule #1 - Never kiss a stinking mermaid.