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There's a much bigger picture beyond surfing, its part of an ocean culture. Everything comes back to Mother Nature. Surfing is a way of connecting, and saying thanks.

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Tristan Prettyman
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 23
Composer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Del Mar
California
Everything
Beyond
Much
Saying
Way
Culture
Surfing
Comes
Connecting
Mother
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Nature
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Where I grew up, surfing was a way for people to celebrate their love and respect for the ocean.
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I love being home, reading the paper in the morning and having a cup of coffee, doing laundry, going grocery shopping and running daily errands. For me, it's important to have that balance in my life.
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On tour I feel like it's always so go go...you're always just taking in and storing information and feelings and things. So for me I need time off to let all those things come out and settle.
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For me I want to know everything that goes on with my business but at the end of the day I just want to live, experience, be inspired and create music.
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I think humans in general, make associations and feel the need to group things together to have a better understanding of them. Though I would say my music is more country in a lot of ways, than it is surfy.
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For me surfing is just something that I love to do. I grew up surfing, is sort of like a family requirement. I can't imagine my life without it. But I am not defined by it, nor is my music. They are very separate.
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