Shaun White Quotes

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

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.

I love having the opportunity to surf.

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

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

Surfing - I have to go surfing.

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.

Many beach locales offer surf lessons, and you get a different perspective of the ocean when you're out on the water.

There is so much pressure on me to surfboard now

I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.

Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.

Surfing is something I just crave.

When I enjoy my surfing, I get good results, and I've always had fun in South Africa.

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

Surfing isn't really in my blood. It's hard to catch a big wave in Billingham.

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

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.

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

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too.

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!

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.

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.

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

To catch a wave, to stand up - it was just life-changing. There was nothing that even came close. I quit playing all other sports - by the time I was eleven, they were toast.