Most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.

During the sixties, all the risk-type sports were very popular, because everybody was rebelling against their parents, or rebelling against the whole system. But those days are over. This is the day of conservatism.

Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there is nothing there. And you could hike to the top from another direction. How you get there is the important part. It's the same with surfing.

Everything we make pollutes. The most responsible thing we can do is to make each product as well as we know how so it lasts as long as possible.

To do good, you actually have to do something.

Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.