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And now, I've come full circle. Graphic design eventually allowed me to get back to my first passion, surfing. I sit up on the point for hours just looking at the reflections on the water, feeling the trade winds. I once read that you're not a "real" surfer if you ever quit. I disagree-as long as you return, in some form, at some time. And I believe, as I've told a few acquaintances occasionally over a cold beer or two, you learn to surf through life. Funny, it's appropriate that I'm writing this from a plane seat. And I'm wondering how my friends I met during a workshop I gave in Belgrade two years ago are faring ... Graphic design took me all over the world-a few times- but that's a different article. The important thing is to not lose sight of those early dreams. And if you do, as we all do from time to time, just don't forget to get back. I often think back to the high school sociology students I taught in Del Mar, and a study I used to tell them about. A group of sociologists studied older, dying people to see what things in their lives they regretted. Were there patterns of similar regret in their lives as they lay on their deathbeds? They were surprised to find most people regretted very little of what they had done in their lives. But, almost unanimously, they regretted the things they hadn't done. • 2ND SI GHT: DAV ID CARSON (universe) and FOTO GRA FI KS (ging ko press ) 53 top: david carson playing in the 'front yard' .1999 above: Luke. age one. gets a lesson from dad. ' one of my goals now is to someday see Luke get tubed in front of the house." January 30.1999. photos: christa skinner chec k out three boo ks on david 's graph ic de s ign wo rk (in cluding work wit h SURFER. TRANSWORLD SKATEBOARDING and TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING magaz in es): THE END OF PR INT: THE GRAPHI C DESI GN OF DAV ID CARSON (chroni cle boo ks) .