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Cautionary Tales Presents: Lost Hills - The Dark Prince
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Importance of Precision in Surfing
Mickey Dora was a surfing Jesse James, idolized by the so-called wild kids of Malibu Beach. In the 1950s, as surfing spread from Hawaii to California, Mickey gained a reputation as the most dynamic and watchable surfer on the mainland. When some bad deeds were caught up with him, Mickey just disappeared. He represented Malibu's dark side; he violently opposed what I think of as Malibu's true nature.
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