Jess Weixler Quotes

I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

Surfing was something I always wanted to do.

I attempt to surf. I'm not as good as anyone else in the water. I'm more like a beached whale. I just hang out on my board. I can ride, but I get too nervous unless I go with my boyfriend or my trainer. There are too many burly men out there!

All I care about, to be honest, is surfing. I love surfing more than anything. To me, there's nothing like that.

I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.

My surfboard is a 7-foot-3-inch spoon made by Rip Curl, kind of between a longboard and a shortboard. Surfing brings me into the here and now. It's a dance with the present.

Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love, and it's a part of me.

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at Bells. I'd reckon they were solid, 6-foot days, and he'd tell me to wait on the shoulder. I'd see him coming through the barrel, and he'd just scream at me to go. I'd drop in, and he'd give me a hoot from behind - I've always loved it.

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I started surfing at 10.

There is so much pressure on me to surfboard now

And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.

Surfing is something I just crave.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

I'm more of like a recreational surfer, not a consist surfer. Some people get out every week or every day.

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

I love having the opportunity to surf.

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

When I was 18 at the Santa Ana River Jetty is where I put my first board in the water that I ever got from Joe Quigg. I was just riding the whitewater in, and I was just in heaven.

I was out in L.A. and I had gone to film school and I was out here for a couple of years. For a lot of years, I was bartending and having a good time.

I got to learn to surf.

Photography is a hobby born out of my time in undergrad at USC. It is more of a pleasurable hobby, a stress reliever. I don't consider it a professional endeavor like acting or directing.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.