Kelly Slater Quotes

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

I was 45 years old when I decided to learn how to surf.

I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.

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

I guess you're only as good as the waves.

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

I got to learn to surf.

Surfing - I have to go surfing.

I surf a lot.

I just want to be able surf everything - from big waves to small waves.

I'm excited to go surfing every time. I have fun in any kind of wave in the ocean.

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

When I'm not acting, I'm at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing.

Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could.

I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

There are good waves not that far from Manhattan - on Long Island, in north Jersey. It's true that the best surf around here tends to happen in winter, so you need a good wetsuit, and the time window of good waves is often pretty short, so you have to stay on top of the forecasts.

I'm fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water - my pulse and heart rate are slower in the water than they are on land.

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

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

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.

Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

I like surfers. Their imagery, it's great.

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.