Tom Morey, engineer, surfer and musician, invented bodyboarding on the 7th July, 1971. Boogieboarding is now 40 years old and much has been changed since Morey came up with his idea.
Born in Detroit, USA, August 15, 1935, Tom Morey has always been a passionate inventor and beta tester. In that July summer day, he cut a rectangular shape of polyethylene foam and covered it with newspaper. The first bodyboard was … More
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