Susanna Moore Quotes

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

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

I've been boogie-boarding, off and on, since I was a kid. But I started being devoted to the cause of getting up every morning to surf, when I'm in Los Angeles, about a decade or so ago.

Surfing is my great passion in Hawaii.

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

I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.

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

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park.

I love having the opportunity to surf.

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

Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.

I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so it was part of my dream that I was able to fulfill to have horses.

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.

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.

Surfing - I have to go surfing.

Surfing makes me happy, so that's just what I'm going to keep doing.

I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then eventually I lived in Dana Point, Calif., a real surf hotbed.

My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13.

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

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

I was more of a surfer girl and never really that punky.

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

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.

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.

The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.