1. The Legend of Miki Dora

Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

Western Sound and Pushkin Industries

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Miki Dora, Malibu’s most celebrated surfer, was known as Da Cat. Gorgeous, graceful, and debonair, Miki was intimidating. He ruled Malibu from the 1950s to the 1970s. But then, he disappeared. Because Miki was not just a surfer. He was a con artist, who led the FBI on a 7 year hunt around the globe, while he searched for the perfect wave.

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1:20.2	Not too long ago, I met a surfer named Danny Oberg. He lives in Santa Barbara now, but he learned
1:27.9	to surf in Malibu when the sport was barely known on the mainland. I still go surfing after
1:34.2	about 62 years of surfing. I go down to Rincon and live close by and I still have the stoke.
1:41.7	Danny told me a story about one of his early surf experiences, a day that made an indelible
1:48.8	impression on him. It was 1959. He was 12. The waves at Malibu were huge, but he and his
1:58.3	friend decided to paddle out anyway. They were cooks. They didn't know what they were doing.
2:04.3	So we were beginners, you know, we're down at Malibu. It was a big day, you know. But we went
2:11.9	out by the pier. When it gets real big, you have to go way down by the pier to paddle out.
2:17.2	And so we jump in the water with our boards, you know, little skinny 12 year olds and
2:23.7	turn in our little skinny arms, you know, doing this cook paddle, trying to get on.
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