SOLANA BEACHSOLANA BEACH — In the early 1970s, the Boogie Board was born. So was Charlotte Gumbrell’s love for riding the waves on the popular foam body boards. Fifty years later, Gumbrell is still at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Tom Morey, the inventor of the ...

Tom Morey was looking for a way to seal a piece of foam to create a mini wave-riding board, an idea to use scraps of old surfboards that would allow him to ride waves on his belly, maneuvering across ...

Surfing legend Tom Morey, creator of the Boogie Board, has died. He was 86. The California Surf Museum in Oceanside said in a published tribute that Morey died last week at Saddleback Medical Center ...

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 86. “It was Morey who introduced ...

Tom Morey would say he never set out to change the world, but his lightweight invention would ultimately allow millions of people the thrill of wave riding. Morey, inventor of the Boogie Board and one ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --Tom Morey, who invented the Boogie Board in Hawaii, allowing belly wave riding, has died at 86. Morey died on October 14 in Laguna Hills, Calif., from complications of a strike, his ...