Mike Doyle - talking about a film premiere night, bruce brown shot the film of him of the hawaiian winter of 1965.... (from the book - Morning Glass)
"Mickey Dora was at the theater that night, pouting, it seemed because everybody was paying more attention to the movie than to him. He was wearing a white sheet, like an arab costume, but that wasnt good enough to compete with our first look at twenty five foot Sunset. Just as the movie was ending, we heard a series of loud concussions coming from the restrooms. Dora was throwing cherry bombs in the toilets. They didnt show surf movies at that theater again for a long time".
Mike Doyle - talking about when the legends of surfing got invited to the 1981 world surfing championship (from the book - Morning Glass)
"After a few years in 1981, Dora was arrested by french authorities in, of all places, Biarritz. I tried several times to have a conversation with him, but it was impossible. Dora talked in riddles, and, for me at least, none of it made any sense.
As apart of our agreement with Nat (Nat Young) and the other contest organizers, we all met the mayor of Biarritz. The meeting was held in the middle of the town at nine o'clock in the morning. Nearly everyone in the town had gathered at the front of a grandstand decorated with flags. There was a big float, and TV stations from all over Europe were there. We all showed up on time - except, of course, Dora. He was an hour late, as if he had a more important engagement that morning. When the time came for the mayor to introduce each of use to the crowd, we stood and waved. When he came to Dora, Mickey was wearing a clear plastic pull-on mask that distorted his features-so he could be there, but at the same time not really be there. After all these years, Dora hadnt changed a bit".
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