Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Morey poses with the Swizzle, one of the surfboards he invented. (Los Angeles Times) The stout waves off the Kona coastline on ...

They sat in a circle and slapped the saltwater toward the sky, cheering and giving thanks to the man who helped share the thrill of the ride. A paddle-out memorial in San Clemente on Saturday, Nov. 6, ...

Boogie boarding is a water activity suitable for people of all ages and ability levels. Sometimes referred to as bodyboarding, boogie boarding is a form of wave riding that does not require much skill ...

For the last seven weeks the Morey Boogie Board Division of the Kransco manufacturing company has occupied a squarish tan building in one of Oceanside's new industrial parks, a mile or two east on the ...

It’ll be a chance to boogie with the waves and pay tribute to one of surfing’s greatest icons, a man whose creation allowed countless people to enjoy the ocean. Paddle-out memorials are being planned ...

He sold one to a fellow beach bum for $10 and figured that, for a day’s work, at least it covered his costs. Within a year, Morey Boogie Boards were selling by the tens of thousands, opening waves ...

LOS ANGELES — The stout waves off the Kona coastline were still the domain of stand-up surfers as Tom Morey fiddled in his garage with a 9-foot plank of polyethylene foam, an electric carving knife ...

Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died Thursday at age 86. Morey grew up in Laguna Beach, Calif., where he started surfing and became one of the ...