Dillon perillo biography

Dillon Perillo has gone to UCLA, worked a professional career and retired.

But not in that order.

The year-old Southern Californian worked for more than 10 years as a professional surfer before retiring, although he&#;s far from retired in the typical sense.

These days, he spends his weeks at UCLA sitting in lectures, attending discussion sections and spending hours on homework far away from the sounds of crashing waves and the thrills of surfing.

Through the changes, the fourth-year economics student&#;s identity has remained the same.

He&#;s still a surfer at heart.

“I just wander through school with my glasses on (and) get a coffee. I don&#;t even know the names of the halls,” Dillon said. “At the end of the day, I&#;m just a surfer. Simple guy.&#;

Born in Thousand Oaks but raised in Malibu, Dillon is the son of Damien Perillo, an avid surfer who started taking Dillon into the waves at 5 years old.