Mickey Muñoz
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 great Leslie "Birdman" Williams, who was once called "the best there is at Malibu" by Mickey Dora himself. And also legendary big wave rider Tommy Lee, who became famous for his horrible cannonball wipeout at Waimea Bay back in the early 1960s.
This morning my neighbor, the Iguana, and I had to check the obits just to make sure we were still here.
Thankfully, we are. I have one foot on the banana peel and he has both, but we are still standin'.
And then I am going through today's e-mail and one pops up with the subject "Mickey Muñoz." My heart stops. "Oh nooooooo, not Mickey too?" I am thinking.
But, happily, it wasn't bad news. In fact it was great news. Mickey, aka the "Mongoose," is turning 70 years old and is having a birthday party at Doheny on Friday, 8/24 to celebrate!!!
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posted by NeoN @ 8/20/2007 07:00:00 AM
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