Shaun White Quotes

I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.

I love Hawaii. I really enjoy surfing in Oahu, and Waianae is such a great area. And Maui - I like Maui a lot, too.

I want to stay in Hawaii a little while. I'm kind of liking it over there.

I would love to go to Hawaii and do 'Hawaii Five-0,' because who doesn't want to work in Hawaii?

My favorite vacation destination is Hawaii.

My best vacations have been in Hawaii.

Mina loves Hawaii, and she goes there a lot for vacation.

Every day is different when I'm home, but mainly I just surf. There's no nightlife or shopping, so it's pretty mellow but really nice to come back to after a trip or an event. If you're traveling, you're all stressed out, then you get to Kauai, and nothing matters anymore.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

I have to at least get a couple weekends in where I can just be on Santa Monica beach or Malibu and just ride the waves.

I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!

Wherever I can go, I hit the water, whether it's the ocean, or in L.A. it's Zuma Beach in Malibu; I just hit the water.

When you come to a place like Kauai, you don't go for a high tech world.

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.

I'm a sun and ocean guy.

In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there.

Life is very nice in Hawaii. I rent a place that has its own cottage so when my friends and family come to visit, they have somewhere nice to stay.

We all need to relax more, but I don't find it easy.

My best vacation memory is getting barreled at the beach in Hawaii.

My dream is to go spend a week on some island with no phone.

I like islands.

Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.

And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be.

My happy place is 40 feet out in the Gulf of Mexico, sitting on a sandbar in 80-degree water, watching clouds crawl by. Absolute heaven.