“The surfer effortlessly carved through the barrel, showcasing their mastery of riding the waves.”

“He dropped out to pursue a career as a model and was offered a part as a cowboy surfer in a US sitcom.”

“He was in his forties with curly salt-and-pepper hair and was wearing a surfer shirt.”

“She loved to surf the waves at Honolua Bay.”

“The heavy seas, however, had generated a massive surf with a powerful undertow just offshore.”

“Venturing overboard as ordered, they were pulled out of the swirling surf and onto the beach by friendly natives.”

“Officially, I was a chartered accountant, but actually I was just a beer-drinking surfie.”

“He's from Richmond, Texas, but as a young teenager and high school dropout he hitch-hiked to California to become a surfie, and there he met a man who changed his life.”

“We camped under the pines in the main surfie site at Anglet and walked down to the beach every morning.”

“I bought a new surfboard to ride the waves at the beach.”

“The International Surfing Association is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing, Bodyboarding and Surfriding.”

“When the two attempt to catch the same wave, it's usually the surfboarder who comes out on top, so stay out of the way.”

“I AM not often humble, but I am in awe of a 13-year-old surfboarder who lives in Hawaii.”

“First came surfboards, and right on the heels of that came surf trunks and wetsuits.”

“As a 13-year-old, when most kids are thinking about skateboards or surfboards, what made you want to ride bulls?”

“He returned to the beach, retrieved his and Jake's surfboards and then brought them out to where we were still in the water.”

“Surfings by Will Inman is an introductory compilation of a fine-tuned poet's resplendent works.”

“About one half of all unprovoked shark attacks worldwide involved surfers or windsurfers.”

“In 2005 surfers and windsurfers were involved in 54 percent of the attacks in which victims' activities at the time of attack are known.”

“Most surfers are injured from contact with their own surfboard's side rails and fins.”