This was our third trip to Jaws to watch great surfing conditions. Little to no winds, and the peak of the swell 30 – 40 feet. Me and Crisitina got out early to watch surfers and bodyboards challenge themselves to great surf on the North Shore of Maui
She is a bodyboarding pioneer. Wendy Vogelgesang, from California, was a very young girl when the first Morey Boogie boards were launched. More than four decades later, the passionate wave rider shares her love story with the plank shaped by Tom Morey.
Vogelgesang believes she paid $19.95 for the early Morey Boogie Kit model. She still remembers attaching the skins with glue and wrapping the edges with tape. “The tape fell off the first summer,” reveals Vogelgesang.
The green and white bodyboard stood the test of time … More
Brad Domke (Wabasso, Florida) breaks new ground yet again as he takes his finless, strapless skimboard attack to to the legendary, windy wilds of Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 4, 2016
Location: Playa San Diego, Oaxaca, México
Riders: Brad Domke and Tom Curren
I finally got around to revisiting a hard drive containing footage from a surf trip to Punta Conejo Resort last spring. While we were scoring a small, playful swell, Brad Domke and Tom Curren were quietly staying at the resort and joining forces to explore uncrowded surf. During one afternoon session the two showed up while I was shooting video of our crew. It was my impression that Tom was learning to ride a number of finless wave tools from the skimboarding master and seemed to progress quickly this day. He started out catching waves with a Boogie Board on top of a blue soft top board. Clearly the additional floatation allowed him to easily catch waves before bailing the soft top after takeoff and standing up on the Boogie. Then he progressed to catching waves on just the Boogie and finally moving on to the skimboard. Regardless of the progression or the board, Curren is the ultimate style master and remains one of my favorite surfers of all time. While their collaboration is not news, I do believe this was one of the first trips that Brad and Tom got together for finless sessions. Feeling lucky to capture this rare moment, like right time in the right place I guess…