Best Quotes from Surfing Movies

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What are the best quotes from the best surfing movies? From North Shore to Endless Summer, Point Break, and Surf’s Up, we have all quotes about surfing and life to inspire you to catch some waves!

Surfing Quotes from Endless Summer

“You can go right or left, but you can’t very well do both at once..”

“If you could harness the power of one of these waves you can light a city for a week.”

“Waimea Bay has only been ridden since 1958 when the first group of surfers challenged it. Surfers watched it break for 10 years before going out. Can you imagine the courage it took to be the first?”

“Packing for the journey was important. Six pairs of trunks, two boxes of wax, some modern sounds, and in case of injury, one Band-Aid.”

“Good ol’ Hawaii and the dirty ol’ nasty Pipeline. This is a surfing spot that’s hardly even a surfing spot. It’s more like a Roman gladiators pit.”

“Surfers here don’t carry wax, they carry life raft rations.”

“I couldn’t help but think of the hundreds of years that these waves must’ve been breaking here but until this day no one had ever ridden one. Think of the thousands of waves that went to waste… and the waves that are going to waste right now at Cape Saint Francis.”

Surfing Quotes from North Shore

“Plenty haole surfers, but we’ll blow them away, brah.”

“I can tell you’re lame by the way you wear your shorts.”

“When the wave break here don’t be there, or you gonna get drilled.”

“I tried to tell you, man. Nobody listens to Turtle.”

Best Quotes from Point Break

“This was never about the money, this was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. We are here to show those guys that are inching their way on the freeways in their metal coffins that the human spirit is still alive.”

“I want to tell you something. I was in this bureau when you were still popping zits on your funny face and jerking off with the lingerie section of the sears catalog.”

“If you want the ultimate, you’ve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.”

“Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.”

Best Surf Quotes

I don’t wanna be a star. Have my picture in magazines, have a bunch of kids looking up to me. I’m a drunk, Bear, a screw up. I just surf ’cause its good to go out and ride with your friends. I don’t even have that anymore. – Big Wednesday

We would sleep in our car… and the smell of the wind would wake us. And each morning, we knew this would be a special day. – Big Wednesday

Did you know that salt water is most closely related to human blood, and you know what that reminds me of? Our own essence, gentlemen. – In God’s Hand

Why is it when the waves are just right, when it’s big enough and hollow enough and I’m inside of it… everything… whatever I’m doing, why I’m doing it, in that moment… it all makes sense. Most everybody wants something else from it, but I’m afraid if I ask for more, it’ll all disappear. – In God’s Hand

So, you wanna surf? And the waves near the town where you live aren’t half bad. Then what? How far are you willing to go? What sacrifice are you willing to make? How good do you want to be? – In God’s Hand

Look at that. Do you know what you’re sitting on there? This is koa wood. The best surfboards in the world are made of that stuff. – Surf’s Up

That’s the best place n the world to be. In the tube. – Surf’s Up

Charlie don’t surf. – Apocalypse Now

What the hell do you know about surfing, Major? You’re from goddamned New Jersey! – Apocalypse Now