Tom Morey inventors of the Boogie Board who opened the waves to the masses, dies - Lookout Local Santa Cruz
![SurferToday.com on Twitter: "On July 7, 1971, Tom Morey built the world's first modern bodyboard. The engineer, inventor, and surfer woke up early and cut out his new shape from lines he SurferToday.com on Twitter: "On July 7, 1971, Tom Morey built the world's first modern bodyboard. The engineer, inventor, and surfer woke up early and cut out his new shape from lines he](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5sG_2dWQAg7G7O.jpg:large)
SurferToday.com on Twitter: "On July 7, 1971, Tom Morey built the world's first modern bodyboard. The engineer, inventor, and surfer woke up early and cut out his new shape from lines he
![Free-thinking inventor of the boogie board and surfing hall-of-famer, Tom Morey, dead at 86: “Hello. I am a spaceman. I am the spirits of Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Bob Free-thinking inventor of the boogie board and surfing hall-of-famer, Tom Morey, dead at 86: “Hello. I am a spaceman. I am the spirits of Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Bob](https://beachgrit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-3.31.09-pm.png)
Free-thinking inventor of the boogie board and surfing hall-of-famer, Tom Morey, dead at 86: “Hello. I am a spaceman. I am the spirits of Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Bob
![Friends, family create fundraiser for ailing Boogie Board inventor Tom Morey – Orange County Register Friends, family create fundraiser for ailing Boogie Board inventor Tom Morey – Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/morey-p23y1lo-11-19-99-cm.jpg?w=620)