Tom Morey Interview in SurferToday.com

[rodndtube]

Worth the read if you have a few spare minutes.
http://www.surfertoday.com/bodyboarding ... rder-sucks

[Uncle Grumpy]

Great guy. A real treasure.

[Nels]

Great read. Brilliant mind. Uplifting observations.

Thanks for posting.

[soulglider]

"Buy a 1/8'' plywood door skin, shape it and contact cement it to the bottom. Then, varnish the wood. You'll have a really fast bodyboard.If you want something to surf, then figure out how to make it yourself. That's the real kick, riding what you created...I am a surfer! Short, long, medium or body, I ride the wave to have fun for myself, not the board to show off. I already have a girlfriend, and I've been married to her for 45 years."

words of wisdom...let it be

[rodndtube]

"Buy a 1/8'' plywood door skin, shape it and contact cement it to the bottom. Then, varnish the wood. You'll have a really fast bodyboard.If you want something to surf, then figure out how to make it yourself. That's the real kick, riding what you created...I am a surfer! Short, long, medium or body, I ride the wave to have fun for myself, not the board to show off. I already have a girlfriend, and I've been married to her for 45 years."

words of wisdom...let it be

Sounds like what AtlantaSurfer has been doing with his FrankenBoogie, the ply+polyethylene foam. After two weeks of sea trials with his 5 ft ply+2 inch foam top, he is moving to a 6-inch shorter version using 1 inch of foam. Both have fins.

[Atlantasurfer]

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The Frankenboogie V.2 is not exactly what Morey had in mind, but we are in sort of the same ballpark. I'll post more when the build progresses, but so far I have a 3/8 plywood bottom 56 x 22". In a few weeks i'm gonna have a pro put the FCS boxes in. The plan is to cover it with 1" Minicell (EVA) foam.

The original FB is a good vehicle (for me at least) in small waves. But it just doesn't duck dive too well.

[soulglider]

how about just the 3/8" ply? thats a paipo paipo!