1. “Surfing to me is like playing music. You play different melodies with different boards.” ― Skip Frye
2. “I try changing my surfing, which is the absolute worst thing you can do. Everyone surfs their own way. If I try to surf like someone else I look like a dork.” ― Andy Irons
3. “The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.” ― Laird Hamilton
4. “Surfing leads you through life, especially when you’re young and with hope in your heart.” ― Tom Blake
5. “Being spat out of one of those giant, roaring Hawaiian tubes is the most amazing sensation I’ve ever experienced in my life. It’s joy, fear and accomplishment all rolled into one experience.” ― Shaun Tomson
6. “Foam is your friend. Don’t be scared of it. A little bit of extra foam here and there is good for the soul, and your surfing.” ― Rob Machado
7. “One of the greatest things about the sport of surfing is that you need only three things: your body, a surfboard, and a wave.” ― Naima Green
8. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” ― John Kabat-Zinn
9. “The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.” ― Kelly Slater
10. “I’ve tried body surfing. It’s nice.” ― Ziggy Marley
11. “You can take a surfer out of the surf, but you can not take surf out of surfer.” ― Bob McTavish
12. “I don’t need sponsors. I surf better when I’m broke anyway.” ― Dave Parmenter
13. “Surfing’s the source. Can change your life. Swear to God.” ― Christopher Pettiet
14. “Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a taste of heaven.” ― John McCarthy
15. “Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.” ― Jack London
16. “I’ve committed to surfing the rest of my life.” ― Lance Armstrong
17. “Surfing in crowds is like mind over matter. If I don’t mind it don’t matter.” ― Brodus Rogers
18. “If there was no such thing as barrels I probably wouldn’t even surf.” ― Clay Marzo
19. “Surfing is such an amazing concept. You’re taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, ‘I’m gonna ride you!’ And a lot of times Nature says, ‘No you’re not!’ and crashes you to the bottom.” ― Jolene Blalock
20. “Your surfing can get better on every turn, on every wave you catch. Learn to read the ocean better. A big part of my success has been wave knowledge.” ― Kelly Slater
21. “I think you could build a couple of humans with the amount of skin lost on the reef at Pipe.” ― Martin Potter
22. “Out of the water, I am nothing.” ― Duke Kahanamoku
23. “When the surfs up, your life is too.” ― Wilhelm Sverdvik
24. “Never drive away from good surf.” ― Roger Sharp
25. “There is not one right way to ride a wave.” ― Jamie O’Brien
26. “Sometimes in the morning, when it’s a good surf, I go out there, and I don’t feel like it’s a bad world.” ― Kary Mullis
27. “My passion for surfing was more than my fear of sharks.” ― Bethany Hamilton
28. “It’s not tragic to die doing something you love.” ― Mark Foo
29. “I’m just a surfer who wanted to build something that would allow me to surf longer.” ― Jack O’Neill
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