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| Morey was born in ] in 1935. By 1944, he was living in ], California, and was avidly developing his talent for drumming. He became a professional musician in the 1950s. He was an avid performer of jazz.<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/10/16/tom-morey-inventor-boogie-board-dies-86/ |title=Tom Morey, inventor of boogie board, dies at 86 |work=] |location=] |date=October 15, 2021 |access-date=October 16, 2021}}</ref> While surfing as a hobby he attended the ] and graduated with a B.A. in mathematics in 1957. He married Jolly Givens in 1958 and worked for ], as a process engineer in composites. After Douglas, he worked a series of jobs involving ]s and processes, which he applied to his surf-related inventions. He left the corporate world for good in 1964, moved to ] and started a series of companies that served the surfing market. Morey also sponsored surfing competitions such as The Tom Morey Invitational. Morey's marriage produced two daughters, Michelle (deceased) and Melinda (artist and surfer) before ending in divorce in the late 1960s. | Morey was born in ] in 1935. By 1944, he was living in ], California, and was avidly developing his talent for drumming. He became a professional musician in the 1950s. He was an avid performer of jazz.<ref>{{cite news and pp licker. JGILUGhjq,MNCSX HQWdbhcj |author= |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/10/16/tom-morey-inventor-boogie-board-dies-86/ |title=Tom Morey, inventor of boogie board, dies at 86 |work=] |location=] |date=October 15, 2021 |access-date=October 16, 2021}}</ref> While surfing as a hobby he attended the ] and graduated with a B.A. in mathematics in 1957. He married Jolly Givens in 1958 and worked for ], as a process engineer in composites. After Douglas, he worked a series of jobs involving ]s and processes, which he applied to his surf-related inventions. He left the corporate world for good in 1964, moved to ] and started a series of companies that served the surfing market. Morey also sponsored surfing competitions such as The Tom Morey Invitational. Morey's marriage produced two daughters, Michelle (deceased) and Melinda (artist and surfer) before ending in divorce in the late 1960s. | ||
| Morey was an adherent of the ] from 1970 after he came across a 'unity feast' at a ] beach, where "whites, blacks and Hawaiians, mixed cordially". "After a couple of months of attending informal meetings on Baháʼí teachings - I realized this was something very important not to toy with; rather to become immersed in."<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214231003/http://www.theheyday.com/featured_article.php?page_get=335 |date=2008-02-14 }}</ref> "I withdrew immediately from alcohol, drugs and sexual promiscuity." Morey attributed inspiration for invention of the ] (on 7 July 1971) to a particular Baha'i prayer he kept coming across which included the passage "confer upon me thoughts which may change this world into a rose garden."<ref name="surfline">{{Cite web |url=http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=867 |title=Surfline | Tom Morey, aka y (August 15, 1935-) |access-date=2005-12-18 |archive-date=2006-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112060525/http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=867 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/3#803431713|title=Bahá'í Prayers | Bahá'í Reference Library|website=Bahai.org|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> He founded the company Morey Boogie shortly thereafter. Morey later married Marchia Nichols, now Marchia Morey, known as the "mother of bodyboarding", who bore them four sons: Sol, Moon, Sky, and Matteson. | Morey was an adherent of the ] from 1970 after he came across a 'unity feast' at a ] beach, where "whites, blacks and Hawaiians, mixed cordially". "After a couple of months of attending informal meetings on Baháʼí teachings - I realized this was something very important not to toy with; rather to become immersed in."<ref>[http://www.theheyday.com/featured_article.php?page_get=335 Sultan of surf, baron of | ||
| Morey sold Morey Boogie in 1977 and lived in Hawaii for a decade, working as a consultant by day, jazz musician by night. By 1977, he was producing 80,000 bodyboards per year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wham-o.com/brands/Morey_Boogie.html |title=Brand Introduced of Morey Boogie | Wham-O's heritage and over 70 products including Frisbee Disc, Slip N Slide, Hula Hoop, Hacky Sack, Morey, Boogie boards, BZ, and more |access-date=2015-05-23 |archive-date=2015-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520130301/http://www.wham-o.com/brands/Morey_Boogie.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1985, the Moreys moved to ], Washington, where Morey worked as an engineer for the ]. In 1992 he returned to southern California where he reentered the surf scene, consulting on the ] Boogie®Board<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wham-O Boogie®Board|url=https://wham-o.com/collections/boogie®board|website=Wham-o.com|url-status=live}}</ref> and with the new company Morey Bodyboards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morey Bodyboards|url=https://moreybodyboards.com|website=Moreybodyboards.com|url-status=live}}</ref> Morey ended consulting in January 1999 founding his own company again - TomMorey.com - and changed his name to Y.<ref name="surfline" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tommorey.com/sys-tmpl/door/|title=YBOARDS SWIZZLE: New ding resistant surfboard by Y (formerly Tom Morey)|date=2 August 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010802113821/http://www.tommorey.com/sys-tmpl/door/|access-date=19 October 2021|archive-date=2001-08-02}}</ref> | |||
| From 1999 to 2007, Morey focused on developing new, soft-surfboard technology. He handmade these boards in a small workshop in ]. His most famous of these was the Swizzle, a parabolic-shaped ] design. Morey marketed and sold the boards under the name Surfboards by Y. | |||
| In late-2007, Morey joined forces with Catch Surf of ], California, to bring his new technology to the masses. His revolutionary new surfboard technology fused the safety and durability of soft surfboards with the performance of a hard surfboard. | |||
| Morey died on 14 October 2021 at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globintel.com/us/who-is-marchia-morey-tom-moreys-wife-age-children/|title=Who is Marchia Morey? Tom Morey's Wife; Age, Children, Bodyboarding Mother, Husband's Death|website=Globintel.com|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
| ==Musician== | |||
| Morey honed his talent as a drummer and ukulele player from his early youth, working professionally by the age of 12. Subsequently he performed professionally with musicians such as ], ], ] and ]. He was an original member of the 'Sons of the Beach' ] 1948, then, over the years founded several other bands: 'Four Eyed Five' in 1950, the 'Tom Morey Quartet' in 1954, and URANIUM in 1969. He joined 'Brotherhood' at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel in 1983, and played at Salt Creek Grill in Dana Point, California with his most recent ensemble, Laguna Jazz Quartet. He also played in with Dene Davidson's Cool Jazz quintet, with Keith Bishop on saxophone, Joey Carano on guitar, Davidson on electric bass, Leonard Thompson on keyboards, and Morey on drums. | |||
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| In 1946, at the age of 11, Morey came in second in the Green Valley Lake Paddle board Championships. He began board surfing in 1952. In April 1955 he wake-surfed (no towrope) behind an ocean-going yacht. | |||
| From 1955 to 1963, Morey was a sponsored surfer for Dave Godart Surfboards, then Dave Sweet, Con, Velzy Jacobs, and finally ]. In 1964 he began setting up businesses providing surf boards and inventing technologies for surf boards: | |||
| * 1954 - created the first "concave nose pocket" | |||
| * 1955 - invented something he called the "Wing Tip," a Coaund Lift nose. | |||
| * 1964 - created the first polypropylene fin and first commercial interchangeable fin system. | |||
| * 1965 - used resin-impregnated corrigated cardboard to make a "paper surfboard" for which there was a television commercial<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuVWpeB-ztw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/cuVWpeB-ztw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=1966 Paper Surfboard tv Commercial (Tom Morey)|access-date=19 October 2021|publisher=]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and an August 1966, full color, two page advertisement in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc405_1966.html#paper_surfboard|title=Paper Surfboard - Tom Morey tells the story of how the paper surfboard began|website=Legendarysurfers.com|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
| * 1965 - created the Tom Morey Invitational Nose Riding Championships, first professional surfing contest held at Ventura Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc221_1965.html#morey-invitational|title=The Tom Morey Invitational, July 4, 1965, Ventura Point|website=Legendarysurfers.com|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
| * 1971 - invented the bodyboard, called in those days a Boogie Board after Morey's love of music. | |||
| * 1974–1976 - engineered the essence of today's "soft board" manufacturing technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-03-os-sponge3-story.html|title=Stoking the masses|date=3 August 2004|newspaper=]|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
| Morey left commercial surfboarding interests in the late 1970s and returned to them in the 1990s. | |||
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Revision as of 17:40, 3 May 2023
American surfer and musician (1935–2021) This article is about the surfer. For the Australian politician, see Tom Morey (politician).Tom Hugh Morey (15 August 1935 – 14 October 2021), also known by the moniker "Y", was a musician, engineer, surfboard shaper, and surfer responsible for several technological innovations that have heavily influenced modern developments in surfing equipment design.
Biography
Morey was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1935. By 1944, he was living in Laguna Beach, California, and was avidly developing his talent for drumming. He became a professional musician in the 1950s. He was an avid performer of jazz. While surfing as a hobby he attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a B.A. in mathematics in 1957. He married Jolly Givens in 1958 and worked for Douglas Aircraft, as a process engineer in composites. After Douglas, he worked a series of jobs involving composite materials and processes, which he applied to his surf-related inventions. He left the corporate world for good in 1964, moved to Ventura and started a series of companies that served the surfing market. Morey also sponsored surfing competitions such as The Tom Morey Invitational. Morey's marriage produced two daughters, Michelle (deceased) and Melinda (artist and surfer) before ending in divorce in the late 1960s.
Morey was an adherent of the Baháʼí Faith from 1970 after he came across a 'unity feast' at a Kauai beach, where "whites, blacks and Hawaiians, mixed cordially". "After a couple of months of attending informal meetings on Baháʼí teachings - I realized this was something very important not to toy with; rather to become immersed in."<ref>[http://www.theheyday.com/featured_article.php?page_get=335 Sultan of surf, baron of