Lost Hills Season 3: The Dark Prince

Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

Western Sound and Pushkin Industries

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

There’s an evil undercurrent that runs through the surf world, and it all leads back to the Dark Prince of Malibu: Miki Dora. A surfer who ruled Malibu from the 1950s to the 1970s, he was also a con man and led the FBI on a 7-year manhunt around the world. To many people, Miki is a hero. But there’s darkness in the legacy he left behind.

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0:00.0	Once upon a time in the long-lost golden era, Malibu had one undisputed king.
0:11.0	We were laying on the beach and attention was to the water and there seemed to be somebody
0:17.9	performing out there and of course that was Mickey Dora.
0:21.6	He was king of Malibu at the time.
0:24.8	Mickey Dora, a legend in the surf world.
0:29.1	In the summer, he was the greatest surfer that ever lived.
0:33.5	Mickey Dora was the best surfer and bad boy at Malibu.
0:37.7	A sort of iconic, anti-establishment, star-like surf character who had this most elegant grace
0:46.8	riding the waves at Malibu.
0:50.0	His style was unmatched and so was his aggression.
0:55.7	If someone was in his way, they could get shoved off the wave or run over or whatever
1:01.0	might happen.
1:02.6	You know, his big thing to put on his board was FTW and in those days FTW meant fuck the
1:10.7	world.
1:12.4	Question authority.
1:14.4	Trust no one.
1:17.2	In the 1960s, surfing was going mainstream.
1:21.2	The beach boys were on the billboard charts.
1:23.8	Beach party movies were in the theaters.
1:27.0	But Mickey wasn't like the clean cut California kids in the movies and the songs.
1:32.6	He was an outlaw, a criminal, a con man.
1:37.3	For nearly a decade, he led the FBI on a hunt around the globe.
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