Philosophy - Wind n’ Waves
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006“A wave is like a woman; it comes in many shapes and sizes; it will excite you with anticipation, wrap you in a cocoon-like embrace, and either scare the hell out of you or give you the ultimate pleasure.” - Pete Syracusa
“It’s not about the surfboard and the surfer, it’s about the ocean and the wave!” - Billy Yeager (surfer, Florida soulman, rocker)
“There are so many ways to ride a wave. Carve, cruise, speed, slip, slide, glide. Whatever the day presents.” - Mike Waltze (surfer, pioneer windsurfer, outer reefer)
“One thing I like about surfing, you don’t have to win to be a winner.”
- Terry “Tubesteak” Tracey
“Right time, right place in the open ocean - when you think about it, it’s an unbelievable thing!”
- Gibus de Soultrait (surfer, editor Surf Session magazine)
“The dolphins just slipped on by, except for one who I perceived winked at me, and I understanding, of the simple pleasure of the moment, waved a simple thank you.”
- Peter Simons (surfer, photographer, world traveler, proud parent & environmentalist)
“A good barrel puts almost anything into the proper perspective.”
- Will Henry (surfer, activist, executive director of Save the Waves Coalition)
“The ocean soothes the soul. The look and the sound, and the smell of it all will pick you up, no matter what kind of day you are having.” - Sean Davey (struggling artist, surfer/bodysurfer, goodwill ambassador)
“You never know unless you go.” - Dean LaTourrette (surfer, writer, leisurneer)
“For all your Spirit needs, look out at the Sea!” - Max Mills (surfer, explorer, winemaker)
You’re doomed, pal, like every wave, So, enjoy the swell times. Then with your top turning white ever more of the life juice slipping away… the crash inevitable, well, just fizzzzzle out gracefully, or go out with a roar, remembering, it makes little difference, since it never was about you anyhow, always about the Ocean.
- Y (surfer, hydrotherapist, toymaker, aka Tom Morey)
“There’s an old Puerto Rican saying that is often used when someone is surprised by good performance on shabby equipment: ‘No es la flecha sino el indio.’ Translation: ‘It’s not the arrow, it’s the archer.’ That is, it’s not about the board you ride, but the way you ride it.” - Steve Fitzpatrick (surfer, lensman, Caribbeaner)
Even monkeys Fall out of trees - LT (Soul-master, hydrotherapist, jedi-guru
“Sometimes I miss traveling around the world and surfing new destinations, like I used to live for, but even at my home break, every single wave I catch includes a little bit of travel; a bit of a new destination.” - Craig Jarvis (surfer, editor of Zigzag Magazine in South Africa)
“There are times it is good to reflect on the fact that most of hustling humanity is on the other side of the sandy shingle pile in front of you.”- Mike Eaton (surfer, surf- and paddleboard shaper extraordinaire)