Hawaii Surfing

I invented localism. - Miki Dora

Surfing is for life. - Bruce Jenkins

If it swells, ride it! - Unknown

If in doubt, paddle out. - Nat Young

Surfing is attitude dancing. - Gerry Lopez

Thank God for a few free waves. - Miki Dora

We're all equal before a wave. - Laird Hamilton

Wiping out is an underappreciated skill. - Laird Hamilton

There is not one right way to ride a wave. - Jamie O'Brien

I've tried body surfing. It's nice. - Ziggy Marley

It's all about where your mind's at. - Kelly Slater

If you're having a bad day, catch a wave. - Frosty Hesson

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace. - Paul Theroux

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. - John Kabat-Zinn

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

The magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. - Joanne Harris

Sharks are the lions of the sea. They glamorize the oceanic glory. - Munia Khan

If you want to change the world, don't back down from the sharks! - William H. McRaven

The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean. - Laird Hamilton

I don't think there's such a thing as unprovoked shark attack. - Peter Benchley

If there was no such thing as barrels I probably wouldn't even surf. - Clay Marzo

You can take a surfer out of the surf, but you can not take surf out of surfer. - Bob McTavish

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges. - Peter Benchley

Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind. - Laird Hamilton

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house. - Bruno Tonioli

If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one. - Tea Leoni

I love surfing more than cricket. It's more interesting and you meet great people. - Hansie Cronje

It's like the mafia. Once you're in, you're in. There's no getting out. - Kelly Slater

It's a culmination of your life of surfing when you turn and paddle in at Mavericks. - Jeff Clark

I think you could build a couple of humans with the amount of skin lost on the reef at Pipe. - Martin Potter

I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion. - Nicolas Cage

Why don't you ever hear of a lawyer getting attacked by a shark at the beach? Professional courtesy. - Thomas F Shubnell

Surfing is very much like making love. It always feels good, no matter how many times you've done it. - Paul Strauch

If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool. - Trisha Goddard

Honolulu - it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. - Ken Dodd

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

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence. - Vanessa Hudgens

What I love the most about surfing is that it's my first love. It's the first thing I can remember being consumed by. - Stephanie Gilmore

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

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