Bertrand Piccard Quotes

Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.

As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.

Kite surfing is a great way of keeping fit. Kiting is great because you're bouncing over the waves and you're surfing the waves. I do quite long kite surfs-50 miles in a day.

Big waves are a whole different ball game. You're riding a wave with an immense amount of speed and power, generally over 10 meters. On the face of the wave, obviously life and death thoughts start to happen.

Anything that involves the outdoors I'm all about, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, wakesurfing to mountain-biking. Anything that gets me outside.

We don't windsurf in Harlem.

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I am really passionate about sports in general - especially water sports.

Jet-skiing is my favorite water sport.

I'd like to go away for six months and learn to kiteboard and windsurf. I love pinochle, I love chess and I love windsurfing.

Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once.

When I was nine, I was taught to ride a surfboard in Waikiki by the beach boy Rabbit Kekai.

Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.

I grew up surfing. My dad probably put me on a surfboard before I could walk.

I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.

I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking.

I'm into outdoor sports like hiking, windsurfing, water-skiing.

Surf is something I have been obsessed with since I was a child.

My goal is to continue to act and still be a professional kiteboarder.

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

I enjoy snorkelling, water sports and paragliding.

I was put on a surfboard by a cute boyfriend in high school.

The team we had, the Hobie Vita-Pakt Super Surfer team, you know, the Hilton boys were on there, Conrad Hilton's grandkids, and they were really good. After being around those kids, I could ride a little. Do a 360, some kick-turns, stuff like that.

I'm a pretty good snowboarder but a terrible surfer.

Surfing - I have to go surfing.