Tom Morey unveils his Universal Numeral System (UNS)
January 1, 2021 |
Bodyboarding
For the 50th anniversary of the original Morey Boogie board, the
father of the bodyboard and the sport of bodyboarding is revamping one of his most exciting creations - the Universal Numeral System (UNS).
Tom Morey s Universal Numeral System is a series of 11 symbols or glyphs - ten numbers and the decimal separator - that aim to deliver a more clear and easy to read numeral writing system.
The concept could very well be adopted in future names of bodyboard models. For example, Mach 2021 - who knows?
There are many numeral systems currently in use throughout the world.
December 22, 2020 |
Windsurfing
Kransco s California Windjammer soft sailboard was designed by Mickey Fremont and produced by the people who brought you the original Morey Boogie.
In the early 1970s, Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake put a sail on a surfboard and called it a
By 1973, the new sport held its first world championship; by 1984, it was an Olympic sport.
Like Tom Morey s name of boogie for a new type of soft foam surf vehicle, the name Windsurfer was such a perfect name that it started to become a generic name for a surfboard with a sail.
They soon came up with a new name for the sport it spawned and called them sailboards.
The story of the original Morey Boogie Board
Bodyboarding
Thomas Hugh Morey is the inventor and father of the bodyboard and bodyboarding. When he was just a grom, Morey learned to bodysurf on his father s back. But how was the modern bodyboard invented?
Bodyboard, bellyboard, boogie board, or sponge. No matter what you call it, it s a groundbreaking invention, and it opened the way for a revolution in boardsports.
Tom Morey was born on August 15, 1935, in Detroit. Nearly 36 years later - on July 9, 1971 - the charismatic engineer-inventor created the world s first bodyboard. But this creative young man was not new to water sports.
As Tom Morey and company grew and moved into a
small factory facility on Oak Street in Carlsbad, Craig offered to help Tom design a logo for the Morey Boogie Board. Tom wanted an image that showed what could be a boy or girl with long hair blending into the wave as they became part of the ocean, Libuse tells SurferToday.
The final logo became an iconic image for the famous bodyboard for many years, and the $25 Craig was paid for the rights to it became his first paycheck with Morey Boogie.
Despite keeping a low profile, Craig Libuse is a key personality in the