FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: californiasurfinglessons.com

Surfing Lingo

In The Soup - When a surfer is in the white foam of the wave after the wave has broken.

Lip - The very tip of a breaking wave curling or plunging down.

Making A Wave - To go for a wave and "make it", as opposed to getting tossed off your board and pounded by the wave.

Nose - The pointy part of the surfboard and the part that points away from you when you are paddling and riding.

Peak - The part of the wave which is about to break.

Booger - It's another word for a body boarder

Cut-Back - A 180 degree turn that's done on either of the two edges of the surfboard in order for the surfer to be positioned towards the breaking part of a wave.

Dropping In - Where a surfer catches a wave in front of another surfer who is closer to the breaking part of the wave. Dropping in is also known as cutting off and snaking.

Face - The front part of the wave. A surfer rides the face of the wave.

Fin - That's the triangular thing on the bottom of the board that gives the board balance and helps you control where you ride. Most boards have one fin but shorter boards will sometimes have three to give the board more balance.

Goofy-Foot - Rider who surfs with right foot as the lead foot and the left foot as the back foot.

Hang Ten - When a surfer has all ten toes on the nose of the board. This is an extremely difficult trick to pull off.

Hodad - A beginner or non-surfer.

Pitched - Getting tossed off the lip of the wave and usually off the board.

Ripping - Pulling off mad and maniacal moves on the wave. Having your way with a wave.

Shubee - A tourist who buys surfing gear, dresses surf, but has never surfed in their life.

Swell - The lines generated by the energy of the wind which travels over the ocean's surface, making waves in shallower water.

Tube Ride - When a surfer rides through the tunnel formed by a hollow, breaking wave.

FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: fencingniagara.com

FENCING QUOTES

Using a sword is like sex. It's all a matter of balance, leverage and timing.
Bob Anderson

Hold your sword as if you were holding a bird in your hand: not too lightly to prevent his escape and not too tightly to prevent him choking?
Justin LafaugerI, 1826

Time and quality of work will provide better results than selection based on any champion profile; we don't select champions, they select themselves by work, passion and determination to achieve the highest results?
Janusz Rednarski

"Fencing is a game of subtlety, and bluff can be met with counter-bluff"
Charles L. de Beaumont

"The leading coaches of the world unanimously agree that epee has become the premier weapon to fence and to watch"
Bob Anderson

"Weapons are like significant others...if you found them cheap to start with...they usually don't remain faithful for long"
Canadian Armoury Guildmaster

"The essence of fencing is to give, but by no means to receive."
Moliere

"That there are persons of mistaken ideas in almost every Art or Science, is what few will deny. Yet I am inclined to believe there are more erroneous opinions entertained with regard to the Art of using the Sword than on most other subjects."
Joseph Roland, 1809

"Using a sword is like sex. You can't get good by practicing by yourself or with your relatives."
Jack Sparrow

FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: nonstopenglish.com

GOLF QUOTES

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.

Lou Holtz 1937-, American Football Coach

Golf is a fine relief from the tensions of office, but we are a little tired of holding the bag.

Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

Al Boliska

All is fair in love and golf.

American Proverb Sayings of American Origin

Anyone who likes golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

Andy Rooney, American Television News Personality

I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and, all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.

Bear Bryant 1913-1983, American Football Coach

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter

Drive for show, but putt for dough. Bobby Locke

Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned.

Boris Sokoloff

I think in twenty years I'll be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. It scares me.

Eddie Murphy 1961-, American Actor, Comedian, Producer

I throw a ball and get paid for it. Others do it by throwing the bull.

Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

Lee Trevino 1939-, American Golfer

If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.

Paul Gallico


In golf, as in life, it is the follow through that makes the difference.

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Life is a game but golf is serious.

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Taxes and golf are alike; you drive your heart out for the green, and then end up in the hole.

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