Mickey Muñoz, aka Mickey Munoz, nicknamed "The Mongoose", [1] (born 1937) is an early surfing pioneer and surfboard shaper. He was featured in the 2004 surfing documentary Riding Giants. He currently resides in Capistrano Beach, California and designs boards for Surftech, a manufacturer of epoxy boards.

2021年10月22日 · Southern Californian icon, board builder, Gidget stunt double, professional surfer, all around surf pioneer Mickey Munoz joins us to tell about the solid balsa 8’10” he bought from Joe Quigg for...

Mickey Muñoz is a California surfer/shaper who is quite simply, a legend in surfing history. A pioneer of big-wave surfing in Hawaii and the inventor of the “Quasimoto”, Mickey’s positive attitude throughout the years has kept him stoked no matter what craft he’s riding.

Munoz, Mickey 1937 - Quick-footed regularfooter from Capistrano Beach, California; among the first group to ride Waimea Bay in 1957; runner-up in the 1965 United States Surfing Championships.

2017年4月5日 · Mickey Munoz took off on a wave at the famed Malibu surf spot and suddenly Laird Hamilton appeared behind him on a massive board.

Mickey Munoz, AKA “Mongoose” legendary surfboard designer and contest surfer Mickey Munoz, nicknamed “The Mongoose,” born in New York City 1937, is one of the early pioneers of surfing and is most famous for his work as a surfboard shaper.

Mickey Muñoz is a pioneer in more ways than one. Aside from being part of the original crew that braved the elusive Waimea Bay in 1957, his newfangled approach to wave riding led him to trademark his own maneuvers and stances. ...

2010年7月22日 · He writes about surfing by clutching a pen in his teeth, he shots surf photos adjusting the camera with his tongue, he vicariously surfs using totems sent to him by surfers from all over the world. Surfing is not about what kind of board you ride, what kind of wave you ride, or how good you ride; it’s about “state of mind”.

2007年8月23日 · As area surf pioneer Mickey Munoz turns 70, he celebrates with a surf contest, a men’s Mickey-as-Gidget look-alike contest and much more fun. The winds are picking up in Dana Point Harbor and, while he’s hanging out on a catamaran, he contemplates whether it will be worth it to go surfing.

Winning the first professional surf contest and pioneering Waimea Bay are some of the many things Mickey Munoz the surfer has accomplished. Equally impressive yet not as widely recognized is Mickey Muñoz the designer. At Surftech we call him the “designer’s designer.” For years he was one of the main men at Hobie.