SAN DIEGO – 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 it, as the ...

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 ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Tom Morey, who celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Boogie Board over the summer, has died. He was 86. Morey died at a hospital in Laguna Hills, California on Thursday, according to The Washington ...