1. What Surfers Say…
“Yeah, I surf…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I spend 90 per cent of my time drowning in the white water.”
2. What Surfers Say…
“I’ve surfed California, Hawaii, Indo, Australia, Tahiti…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I rented a board in each of these places and failed to stand up on a single unbroken wave.”
3. What Surfers Say…
“That scar is from when I wiped out after riding a gnarly reef break in Tahiti…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I actually tripped on the sand and fell on my fin.”
4. What Surfers Say…
“I only go out if it’s at least double overhead…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I’ll go out, get scared shitless and wipeout the whole way back to shore.”
5. What Surfers Say…
“I think I’m going to start doing yoga…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I’m going to join a yoga class… to meet girls.”
6. What Surfers Say…
“Hawaii is over-rated…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I can’t afford to go to Hawaii. Ever.”
7. What Surfers Say…
“Fuck competitive surfing! It’s all about soul surfing, man…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I’m always asleep when the World Tour competitions are being streamed and I’m too poor to go watch it in person.”
8. What Surfers Say…
“I totally do not pee in my wetsuit…”
What Surfers Mean…
“I always pee in my wetsuit.”
9. What Surfers Say…
“I took this shot on my GoPro. I’m thinking of becoming a freelance surf photographer.”
What Surfers Mean…
“I took about a thousand snaps, most of them turned out like this…”
10. What Surfers Say…
“We’re going to do a surf road trip this summer through France and northern Spain.”
What Surfers Mean…
“We’re going to France to hide out inside our van, which covered with beer cans and damp sleeping bags, while it pisses it down with rain because the surf is flat.”
11. What Surfers Say…
“Yeah, I have tonnes of boards – my favourite is a vintage 1960s single fin longboard.”
What Surfers Mean…
I bought this on eBay because it was the only one I could afford
12. What Surfers Say…
“You should have been here yesterday…”
What Surfers Mean…
“No, really, you should have been here yesterday.”
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