Big-Wave Surfing

I proposed a correlation between triathlon and surfing in one of my Costa Rica posts. I'm reading this interview with Greg Long, who (I understand) is perhaps the world's best big wave surfer. Here's an excerpt:

Dedina: How are you training in terms of physical exercise, diet and mental preparation?

Long: I train every single day in some form or another to prepare to ride big waves. The main activities are yoga, swimming, cycling and running. I also have a very clean diet, mostly vegetarian. Your body is essentially a machine. If you put bad fuel into it, it won’t perform as efficiently as it should.

So maybe it goes both directions!