quotations about surfing
Well, I think competition is holding back the progression of surfing, because you don't have the freedom to make mistakes and fall. And you don't have the time in between events to go and learn something new. You can get lucky and land something one time, but to be able to do it over and over again, you have to really be able to practice it. We just don't have that time. So I think competitive surfing is kind of stuck.
JOHN FLORENCE
"Once and Future Kings", Surfer Magazine, June 15, 2017
I make my living as a surfer, but I would never call it a job. I'm not even sure you can think of it purely as a sport. Surfing is a bigger concept. It's the essential element of my life, and if I had to compare it to anything, I'd say that surfing is like playing music. There can be endless variations on a song; infinite ways to make a melody. And likewise, everyone who rides a wave brings something unique to the process. No two people surf the same way, and no two waves are alike. It's a constant interpretation of whatever the ocean brings combined with whatever you bring.
LAIRD HAMILTON
Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing)
Hanging out at the beach one day
And I heard someone say that if I Was cool I'd be surfing
That's when I decided I wasn't gonna be some punk kid
Gettin sand kicked in his face and losin all the chicks
I wish that I was cool I wish I was surfing
Making beach babes drool, I wish I was surfing
And every single day I would be surfing
I wish that I was cool I wish that I was surfing
I went out and bought my board how much practice can it take
I mean I've already seen "Point break" and if Keanu can do it then I can too
FENIX TX
"Surf Song"
Surfing is a lifestyle to so many more people than it is a sport, so I do understand that the Olympics will change it. But I think it will just stay changed in the surfing sport of it.
EMILY CURRIE
"Surfing joins Olympics in 2020. Should Southern California host next?", San Diego Union Tribune, June 22, 2017