<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2013/surfer-turns-entrepreneur.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Surfer Turns Entrepreneur</title><excerpt>Alec Avedissian ’08 has carved a life out of surfing. He chose Westmont for its Christian commitment and coastal location. An economics and business major with a minor in Spanish, he studied at an international business school in Bilbao, Spain, not far from surfing. For his Westmont in San Francisco internship, he reported to an investment bank at 4:30 a.m. andsurfed in the afternoon. During a summer in Indonesia, he did international marketing for an automobile company and took a surf trip to Bali. After graduating, Alec traveled in South America for three months, backpacking and surfing from Patagonia to Bogota.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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