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LOS ANGELES The stout waves off the Kona coastline on Hawaii's Big Island 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 and an iron he'd borrowed from a neighbor.
Tom Morey, the creator of the Boogie Board and an influential figure in the surfing world, has died due to complications from a stroke, according to his family. He was
The prolific longboarder and father of the boogie board is larger than life. Read the tributes to Tom Morey, the man who revolutionized wave riding forever.