Quotes tagged ‘Surfing’

“Look at it! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I’m not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on.”

— Kurt Wimmer, W. Peter Iliff, Rick King, Bodhi, Edgar Ramirez, imdb.com

“And then last year, I took a surf trip to Nicaragua, and I got bit by a snake and I almost died.”

— Jim Gavin, Dud, Wyatt Russell, imdb.com

“Surfing Instructor: If you get bitten by a shark, you're not just gonna give up surfing, are you? Peter Bretter: Yeah, probably.”

— Jason Segel, Peter Bretter, Jason Segel, imdb.com

“Oh mama I wanna go surfing Oh mama I don't care about nothing”

— The Drums, open.spotify.com

“Hank: Hey Bobby. How was the surf today? Did Boomhauer do his famous flamingo? That's when he stands on one leg, that's not easy to do, even on the ground. Bobby: No, all he did was fall flat on his face and embarrass himself, and us by association, we didn't even get to ride the wave.”

— Judah Miller, Murray Miller, Bobby Hill, Pamela Adlon, imdb.com

“I am so stoked on my life. I have been through a lot and have learned a lot. I feel very blessed with everything that I'm able to do - especially being able to surf. I try to keep it simple and just be the best person I can be, and if it makes a difference in other people's lives, that's great!”

— Bethany Hamilton, surfertoday.com

“Going out in public is a bit different; I'm even more noticed, but my heart is in surfing and it always will be.”

— Bethany Hamilton, surfertoday.com

“Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.”

— Bethany Hamilton, amazon.com

“I laugh with the sun, I drift away with the wind, I tease the ocean: high sea is the only thing I love. My feet are the most beautiful thing I’ve seen, I wash them continually with water and its foam.”

— Edith Södergran, amazon.com

“A mermaid without fins - who knew? You can’t drown me now, I learned how to drown myself and I’d rather choke on ocean foam than swim in strangers’ beds.”

— Sade Andria Zabala, amazon.com

“I loved the smell of ocean water. Salt always smells like memory.”

— Matthew Stadler, amazon.com

“The times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you're really sort of becoming one with nature. Surfing's as raw as a sport as it gets.”

— Kelly Slater, surf-quotes.tumblr.com

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

— Albert Camus, amazon.com