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The second last event on the 2011 IBA World Tour in Azores has been granted 6 Star GQS status after the Knights Beach Pro in South Australia failed to secure government funding to stage the event.
Tom Morey, engineer, surfer, and musician, invented bodyboarding on July 7, 1971. Boogieboarding is now 40 years old, and much has changed since Morey came up with his idea.
Bodyboarding has entered the Guinness World Records. In Praia do Cabedelo, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, up to 272 bodyboarders have gathered in the water to break the previous achievement: 250 riders, at the same time, out in the line-up.
The world bodyboarding community is disappointed with Nike's latest ad "The Chosen", where surfing, BMX, skateboarding and snowboarding are presented as the future priorities of the brand in the extreme action sports field.
When Tom Morey invented the modern bodyboard, stringers were not a priority. In the evolution of bodyboarding, many add-ons have been introduced to get better rides, carves, and quality in aerial landing.