USD Magazine Fall 2005

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FROM SURFER DUDE TO TIE GUY by Krystn Shrieve [ h a n g t e n ] I

t helped him work hard with- out forfeiting fun. It made him a star. It reminded him of his mother. So it’s no wonder that even though it also broke his back and limbs, and siphoned every penny he earned, he keeps coming back for more. It’s surfing, and Devon Howard ’99 can’t get enough of it. His mother, a professional surfer in the 1960s, had him in the water at La Jolla Shores from day one. He turned pro at 19 and in 2000

sun. “When I graduated, they created a position for me as asso- ciate editor.” He ended up at the helm of the magazine for five years, covering competitions around the world. He also appeared in independent surfing films such as “Singlefin: Yellow,”which documents the travels of a surfboard and the six surfers, including Howard, who rode it. He also surfed in “Sprout,” the documentary film that lured him from the magazine.

ranked No. 5 in the world. Howard has lived off the surf- ing industry ever since. Even before he earned his degree in communications, Howard interned for free at Longboard Magazine in San Clemente, Calif., just to be part of the scene. “I covered surfing competi- tions, took photos and did what- ever I was told,” says Howard, whose dark hair is sometimes short, sometimes shaggy, but always a bit bleached from the

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