Bodyboarding in the 2028 Olympics

Bodyboard, bellyboard, boogie board, or sponge. No matter what you call it, it's a groundbreaking invention, and it opened the way for a revolution in boardsports. Tom Morey was born on August 15, 1935, in Detroit. Nearly 36 years later - on July 9, 1971 - the charismatic engineer-inventor created the world's first bodyboard. But this creative young man was not new to water sports. After graduating in Mathematics at the University of Southern California, Morey used his professional skills to develop several surf-related innovations. Having worked in composite manufacturing and engineering at Douglas Aircraft, Tom knew the groundbreaking post-war materials. Morey started with the first-ever concave nose pocket (1954) and the "Wing Tip" (1955). Later, he developed the Trisect, a three-piece travel surfboard, and Slipcheck, a liquid surfboard traction solution that, according to him, would "give you the mind-power of a genius" and provide "the key to unlocking your buried potential." He quit his stable job and founded his own companies, with waves as a background inspiration for the business. Tom Morey was extremely active, and ideas kept flowing. However, market success would only arrive with W.A.V.E., Morey's removable fin system. In 1965, Tom Morey organizes the world's first surfing contest with prize money for the best athletes. Tom Morey Invitational had $1,500 for the top noseriding performers. In the same period, he developed a paper surfboard. Morey continued creating fresh and unorthodox surf gear. He shaped a six-foot board with skegs, an epoxy glass bottom, and a soft polyethylene deck, but the design was a flop. In 1969, while catching waves at Doheny Beach Park, Tom saw a young surfer riding a homemade four-foot board made from several four-inch wide polyethylene logs. "There was something like it at the time. This kid had something unique. I went up to him and said, 'that's a neat idea, but your shape's all wrong," Tom Morey once said. The descendant of the Dodge brothers was not happy with his life, so he moved to Hawaii to become a professional jazz drummer and enjoy beach life. With the development of new foams and plastics the family past time has reached new heights. 2021 Olympic games surfing was inducted it gave the bodyboarding community hope and optimism to introduce professional Bodyboarding as a discipline of an existing sport. This petition is to invite the Olympic committee to examine the sport and the financial growth it would have for not only the community but the world And how every little sponsor could reach Olympic gold