Wendy Vogelgesang shares her 1972 Morey Boogie love story

She is a bodyboarding pioneer. Wendy Vogelgesang, from California, was a very young girl when the first Morey Boogie boards were launched. More than four decades later, the passionate wave rider shares her love story with the plank shaped by Tom Morey.

Vogelgesang believes she paid $19.95 for the early Morey Boogie Kit model. She still remembers attaching the skins with glue and wrapping the edges with tape. "The tape fell off the first summer," reveals Vogelgesang.

The green and white bodyboard stood the test of time. Tom Morey, the inventor of the modern boogie board, told us how it was marketed and was happy to know that his products are made to last.