Jesse Spencer Quotes

Traditional guidebooks have never quite done it for me. Too often, they seem to be aimed at a certain type of comfortable, middle-class traveler.

My son, Gio, wanted to do a horseback trip in Mongolia, but he didn't want to do an Abercrombie & Fitch-type tour, where they show you around while you sleep in B&Bs.

Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world.

I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.

If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

I go through phases of not liking the pretention and sycophantic nature of L.A. but I can be surfing in 10 minutes and snowboarding in two hours - I love the connection with nature.

I went to Rosemary Beach, Florida, for the first time in the spring of 2012.

I run on the beach, surf, and bike.

Most people like to backpack through Europe; I think the States is big enough for you to have an adventure in.

Travel is a passion. I intend seeing the world.

I make no apologies for not being very outdoorsy and for not really enjoying the cold.

I have my mountain man moments like hiking in the woods.

Sometimes, you go down to Florida and Tampa and you get a couple days off, you can get complacent.

My dad had a board, and my older brothers windsurfed. I just wanted to do what my brothers did. I was seven, I think, and I was like, 'Can I go, can I go, can I go?,' and I've never turned back.

When I'm in Kathmandu, I go out into the hills and go trekking.

I'm certainly no hardcore backpacker, but I do enjoy being out in the woods for a few hours.

I'm always looking for what there is to see that's weird and wonderful and off the beaten path.

I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.

Being able to surf in Tahiti and places like Brazil was unreal.

For me, it's about eating a bunch of fruit and exercising, which opens up the creativity, makes it easier to give ideas a chance and bubble to the surface. I'm no angel, but it helps me, as does hiking, heading to the ocean to catch some waves - for me, sweating it out is definitely good for the creative process.

Surfing waves of water or clouds of powder snow is the best feeling on earth.

I think, as a young guy, I was always drawn to being in wild places. Climbing was a logical extension of that.

When I started, I was 18 and really into punk rock and just wanted the action. Over the years, I've gravitated towards the travel and experience around surfing and trying to relay that feeling. Going forward, I'm interested in story-driven and personality-driven themes.

I like to work out in the gym, but when I'm in Miami, it's all about the beach for exercise.

I have to have sun. That's why I travel so much.