We asked Devon Howard–whose egg-y Howard Special earned a cult following–to give us the long and short of the mid-length surfboard. A few days ago at Jaws, Billy Kemper scratched into the wave of the ...

When it comes to assessing boards with more bulk than your standard shortboard, few do it better than Devon Howard. And it’s not just lip service. Yes, he’s articulate, but he speaks from decades of ...

Devon Howard dove into one thing in particular that many people struggle with when a surfboard gets a bit of length in it: generating speed.

Mid-lengths are very fun. A bit of knowledge about what makes them fun can go a long way in having more of it. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot Devon Howard is a man who knows his way around a mid-length ...

When on a chilly January evening in 1993 I turned down the gravel driveway that led to Dave Parmenter’s modest ranch on the ...