# Miki Dora

Miklos Sandor Dora III (August 11, 1934 – January 3, 2002), known professionally as miki dora was a noted surfer of the 1950s and 1960s in Malibu, California.Dora received numerous nicknames and aliases during his life, including "Mickey Dora," "The Black Knight," "the Gypsy Darling," "Malibu Mickey," "Kung'Bu," "the Fiasco Kid," "El Taquache," and "Da Cat." == Life == Dora was introduced to surfing by his father, Miklos, in the late 1930s. His stepfather Gard Chapin was also a "surf pioneer . . . a roughneck rebel who never fit into polite society." Chapin's obsessions with surfboard design brought Dora into contact with California industrial designers including visits to the studio of Charles and Ray Eames.Dora's signature surfboard, released in 1966, became the biggest selling surfboard in history, and again on its re-release 25 years later.