In the late 1960s, Craig Libuse was a passionate water skier enjoying his free time in the lakes of Sierra Nevada. But one day, Morey Boogie changed his life.
December 22, 2020 |
Windsurfing
Kransco s California Windjammer soft sailboard was designed by Mickey Fremont and produced by the people who brought you the original Morey Boogie.
In the early 1970s, Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake put a sail on a surfboard and called it a
By 1973, the new sport held its first world championship; by 1984, it was an Olympic sport.
Like Tom Morey s name of boogie for a new type of soft foam surf vehicle, the name Windsurfer was such a perfect name that it started to become a generic name for a surfboard with a sail.
They soon came up with a new name for the sport it spawned and called them sailboards.