Mickey Dora was one of the true colorful characters from surfing’s blossoming years of the 1950s and 1960s. He was known as the “Black Knight.” And, knowing Mickey, he probably gave himself that ...

As one of the most enigmatic, iconic, and potentially problematic surfers to ever ride waves, Miki Dora, and the stories about him, are the stuff of legend. He was one of the best surfers in the ‘50s ...

Mickey Chapin Dora (1936-2002 ) Miklos S. Dora III, Miki Dora, MSD III. The names are many, and so are the facets of the man they call “Da Cat.” Mickey Dora is surfing’s Black Knight, the consummate ...

It seems that lately I have had to write way too many columns about somebody passing away. So many great surfers and cool dudes have been doing that lately that it has been scary. We just lost the ...

Amen Dunes were the musical guests on Last Call With Carson Daly last night, where they performed “Miki Dora” and “Calling Paul the Suffering.” The latter is mellow and hymn-like, with a subtly ...

Amen Dunes, a.k.a. psychedelic New York songwriter Damon McMahon, has at last announced the follow-up to his fantastic 2014 album Love. Freedom is out March 30 from Sacred Bones. To introduce the new ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

In this vivid biography, Rensin (The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up) takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of legendary surfer Miki Dora. Growing up in post-WWII ...

With a general aversion to the general public, Phil Edwards is relatively tight lipped when it comes to sharing surf stories. But he’s got them in spades. “The Guayule Kid” as they called him when he ...

Steven Kotler is the author of "West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief." Miki DORA has been called many things: “Kerouac in board shorts” (the London Times); “a deconstructor of ...

Miki Dora has been called many things: “Kerouac in board shorts” (the London Times); “a deconstructor of the American dream” (Surfer magazine); and “the Bob Dylan of surf culture” (surfing writer Drew ...