He created a lightweight, flexible board out of a piece of foam in his backyard in Hawaii in 1971. It introduced millions to the pleasures of riding waves on their bellies.
A simple five-minute chat with Tom Morey could very well result in a book. Duck dive into the magic world of bodyboarding s mastermind and ultimate visionary.
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.