Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I’m not great at surfing.
I love kite surfing and mountain bike riding. It’s kind of interesting; my kite surfing ability has probably deteriorated with the rate of Kaggle’s success.
Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.
Internet safety begins at home and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.
In the surfing days, that was all there was for me. Sailing, starting around ’68, it was kind of the same deal. I always got really into whatever it was I was doing.
I’ve been surfing several times, and I’m terrible at it. But what I found was that you’re usually waiting on the board, hanging out, watching the waves come in. And one that you think is a big wave is not actually one.
When I started to do work outside of surfing, commercials where I needed to lead, I came out of my shell more, and I realised I wanted to create an environment that’s fun because, a lot of time on shoots, people are so stressed and running behind the clock in an intense way.
Surfing isn’t really in my blood. It’s hard to catch a big wave in Billingham.
Adrian has golf, Tom has surfing, Gwen has Gavin, I guess, and this is all I have – I wake, eat and sleep No Doubt.
Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I’m up at 5 A.M. every day.
If I leave my computer, I’m probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.
Surfing is definitely something I used to do a lot more before I was working, but I know the waves will always be there, and it’s something that, when I’m not traveling as much, I’ll definitely get back into.
I use the Internet a lot – it’s a big hobby of mine, just surfing the Internet.
To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary ‘surfing’ and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.
Africa is one of my favorite places because there are so many things to do – either surfing or going to see the animals. You can drive two hours or six hours up the coast – or just 15 minutes up the road – and it’s probably something you haven’t seen before.
I was teaching, which I didn’t love or hate; it was just OK. I was OK with it, and the hours were good for surfing or whatever. All not good reasons to go into teaching.
I’m not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I’m not into surfing – that’s what I’m trying to say.
Surfing is cleansing, pure and beautiful; it’s where I feel most comfortable.
Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.
I love playing video games. I love listening to music. Just surfing the web. Facebook, Twitter, keeping in touch with people from home.
I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I’ve found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement each other. There’s definitely a spiritual thing to both of them; they totally connect you to a higher realm.
Surfing big waves is not an extreme sport to me. I fall off, tumble down, and come up. My heart’s racing because I’m thinking I almost drowned, and I thank God I can breathe again, but I always think, ‘What am I hitting?’ Water.
Surfing is such an incredible experience with a huge ego element.
The ocean is so powerful and so healing at the same time. It’s kind of like a sanctuary. And the culture of the people in surfing, I love that. It’s such a community. It’s just got this, like, chill way about it. When you’re in the water, it’s very inclusive.
I did some pretty crazy stuff that I never thought I would do, for the sake of a movie, like surfing in eight-foot waves in pitch-black darkness, where I can’t see anything. That still haunts me, kind of, in my nightmares, but it was worth it, it was fun.
There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. This makes it a sport you can share with people. It’s not just a solitary thing – it’s become a family thing, too. It’s about exercising and passing something on from father to son, and from mother to daughter.
It’s for ‘Haasil’ that finally I got to do a lot of water surfing. Kabir Raichand, my character performs surfing and to do it accurately, I had undergone a crash course in Mauritius.
I hope to be able to keep surfing as long as I’m alive.
The people I don’t understand are atheists. I go surfing and snowboarding, and I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.
I come from an area where it’s mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing… I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I’m a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.
God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.
There’s something suspicious about saying, ‘I’m just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.’ You know what? I think most 13-year-olds’ passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.
I used to not care if I died, but once I married and had children and became part of a big surfing community, that changed.
I don’t measure waves; I’m just blessed to be surfing.
I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing – I think it would give me that extra confidence.
I’m super excited about gaming always. That’s the thing that I geek out over; those are the vlogs that I’m surfing if I’m not already playing a game at night.
I like surfing in Mexico a whole lot better than sitting with people in Washington that I don’t even like.
You’re surfing with all this glamour, and a lot of people are talking about Gwyneth, JLo, and Cameron.
I learned to surf for ‘Soul Surfer.’ Surfing is like golf: You’re always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It’s magic.
I’ve never been to college, and I think about that. But I kept putting it off, and I am also thinking about having a child, and that’s really important. Also, I want to do a lot of traveling and surfing – two of my hobbies.
Laughter is like surfing; it’s like a wave coming out of the auditorium – before it has died off, you must come in with the next line. But if you come in too soon, no one will hear what you say.
I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. I’d go out with a board under my arm and think, ‘I can’t do that in Cranhill.’
I’m excited to go surfing every time. I have fun in any kind of wave in the ocean.
I originally started GoPro with the sole purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves and their friends while they were surfing. I thought it was crazy that very few surfers had any photos or videos of themselves.
Surfing and trail running chill me out. I like reading, too. And playing my guitar – I wish I were better.
Trying to keep up with health advice can feel like surfing the Net for weather forecasts: what you find is always changing, often contradictory and rarely encouraging.
Biarritz is world-famous for its surfing. The waves roll high and wild and surfers cross the planet to pit their skills against the swells and curls of these waters.
I don’t distract myself from work stuff with funny emails and surfing the internet when I’m at work; I don’t distract myself from my family when I’m with them.
Growing up here in Hawaii, I loved swimming, surfing, and having fun in this paradise we are lucky to call home. But I gradually realized that I was actually happiest when I was doing things for other people, doing things to protect our water, oceans, and beaches.
When we first moved to California from Las Vegas, we got into surfing. We figured we should do something to get in shape, but we hate working out. Surfing is definitely a work out.
If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to get work done during normal business hours? After all, they can put in the requisite ‘face time’ whether they are surfing the Internet or analyzing customer data.
I am always working out, whether I am on vacation or at home. When in La Jolla, I like to surf, play tennis, and golf – but surfing is definitely my favorite.
Besides writing music and surfing, I like to simply chill with my friends. Watching movies and going out to eat are often my prime choices for a day off.
The surfing – the waves in Indonesia are amazing.
If I didn’t follow my passion for surfing… I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera.
