Giants of Bodyboarding

Although many surfers might consider the ‘boogie board’ the black sheep of the wave riding world, one things for sure, just like surfing the sport has progressed like a bat out of hell. You could easily argue that boogers have taught surfers a thing or two when it comes to taking flight. Yet, for some reason, surfers love to have a go at those who relish the opportunity to go prone atop Tom Morey’s invention.    Back in the day, bodyboarding was frowned up, looked down upon, sneered at and told to “go die in a hole” by the surfing fraternity. Why, because boogies just got in the way. They could sit deeper, take off later and dominate the sets. The learning curve was much faster no dues were paid. They were as bad as SUPs, almost. But then what’s happened is that over the last few years, surfing seems to have won the ideological battle.     Boogie numbers have dwindled while surfing’s ranks have swelled. And all of a sudden surfers, Zigzag included, are revisiting the value of boogie-boarding and it’s influence on wave-riding culture. That’s the way it goes, innit. As soon as it’s not a threat, or […]

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