Tom Morey Invitational
Surfing's original prize-money competition, held in Ventura, California, on Fourth of July weekend, 1965; better known as the Tom Morey Noseriding Contest. Surfboard manufacturer Tom Morey—who would later create the wildly popular Morey Boogie bodyboard—developed the Invitational as a way to promote his new factory-retail surf shop. The Morey contest was notable not just for its $1,500 purse (gat...
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1965 Tom Morey InvitationalSubscribe to view
Mike Hynson, 1966 Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
Dewey Weber, 1965 Tom Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
1966 winner Terry Jones. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
David Nuuhiwa, 1965 Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
Mike Hynson, left, and Mickey Munoz, 1965 Morey contestSubscribe to view
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1965 Tom Morey Invitational
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Mike Hynson, 1966 Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
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Dewey Weber, 1965 Tom Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
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1966 winner Terry Jones. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
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David Nuuhiwa, 1965 Morey Invitational. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
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Mike Hynson, left, and Mickey Munoz, 1965 Morey contest