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There will never be another surfer like Miki 'Da Cat' Dora. No one. Not even close. Dora was surfing's most outspoken practitioner, charismatic prince, chief antihero, committed loner, and enduring mystery. From the early 1950s through the early 1970s, this enigmatic rebel with movie star looks and a restless intelligence dominated the Malibu waves and his peers' imaginations -- both on and off the beach -- blazing a singular trail that would inspire generations to come.
But when, post-Gidget, the sport exploded into the mainstream in 1959-60, and surfing changed forever -- many say for the worse -- Dora's paradise was lost.
Outraged at gridlocked swells and a scene that had grown ever more commodified, as well as what he perceived as society's inevitable corruption and compromise, Dora eventually fled Malibu, seeking empty waves - and anonymity - beyond America. He'd also run afoul of the law, and he led the authorities on a seven-year chase around the globe. After his arrest in 1981, and some jail time, he left America, returning once in a while to visit, but never again to live -- and in the end (2001) only to die.
Dora would never give up searching for the spirit of the Malibu he'd lost, or for the freedom to live as he chose. Wherever he made his home - New Zealand, South Africa, France - he personified the rebel heart of surfing and, unlike other wavemasters, became a legend in his own time.
This brilliant oral/narrative biography is based on interviews with more than three hundred people who knew Dora, as well as the author's own encounters with him. It uncovers more truth than thought possible about surfing's most seductive and complicated icon. It is the story of one man's insistence on personal freedom, and the rewards and the costs that brings. It is also a story of innocence lost, of the growth and commercialization of the post WWII California lifestyle.
Loner. Rebel. Outlaw. Wanderer. Legend. The life of Miki Dora is the greatest surf story never told. It's all about surfing, and not about surfing at all.
- Sales Rank: #4827645 in Books
- Published on: 2008-04-08
- Released on: 2008-04-08
- Format: Bargain Price
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.56" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 475 pages
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, April 2008: Defining the life of legendary surf icon Miklos "Miki" Dora can be as elusive as the man himself. The self-proclaimed "King of Malibu" has been compared to trailblazers such as Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, and Pablo Picasso for providing the archetype of the counterculture surfer. Yet he was also a convicted felon who rarely missed an opportunity to scam even his closest friends. All for a Few Perfect Waves meets this conflicted figure head on, as David Rensin provides a rare look at the famously guarded Dora through hundreds of interviews with those who knew him best. The result is a portrait of a life wedged between hyperbole and vulnerability. His beguiling personality charmed many, but few relationships and situations were ever deemed off-limits to a con. Happily, any judgments are left up to the reader, as Rensin's engaging narrative seeks only to explore the inner workings of a man who truly lived life on his own terms. --Dave Callanan
An Exclusive Q&A with David Rensin, Author of All for a Few Perfect Waves
When profiling an elusive figure like Miki Dora, the "why" is evident, but not the "how." How did you manage to gain unfettered access to Dora lore?
Rensin: To gain access to people, stories and material like letters, faxes, emails, photos, and interviews, I had to first gain everyone's trust - not an easy task when you consider that Miki spent his life mostly avoiding the press, complaining about it, telling his friends to not sell him about and not talk about him. And, when someone did break through and write about him, as I did for the August 1983 issue of California magazine - for a long time the only mainstream press story about Miki; the rest were in surf genre magazines, including interviews, and Dora's own stories about improbable international adventures - he was likely to threaten a lawsuit. (But never win.)
I started with Miki's father, who sent me to Harry Hodge, the administrator of Miki's estate. Harry is from Australia, and he was head of Quiksilver in Europe, so we met several times when he came through Los Angeles. It really came down to the human connection. We hit it off. He told me what he thought a biography of Miki would have to entail: not trashing Miki, not whitewashing him, not sensationalizing. And the book still had to be warts and all - otherwise it would be seen as dishonest. I told him I could do that. I wouldn't dance on Miki's grave, but I also had to be totally independent. I would not let anyone control the story. My loyalty would be to the story, whatever I found.
I also told him that I thought an oral history, with some narrative connective tissue, would work best because I could gather 360 degrees of opinion about and experiences with Miki. I thought that was the only fair way to go with someone who had such a multi-faceted personality, who compartmentalized so well. If I took a side, I'd get strong reaction against it from some quarter. Better to be non-judgmental about a character about whom everyone was very judgmental.
This helped really put people at ease, and allowed me to get the best and most honest material. No one felt they had to defend a point of view. And though it might run counter to the classic biography, I didn't want to figure out Miki, but to let his mystique remain.
Harry liked that and passed me back to Miki's father, Miklos Dora, Sr. We talked, I told him the same. I knew I had to be absolutely authentic with him and he was authentic in return. He had read the California magazine piece and thought it had captured Miki's character. He also told me I'd been "a little hard" on his son as well. I gave him some of my other books to read. He liked them and gave me the go-ahead.
Now came the hard part: finding people who knew Miki and convincing them to trust me to do a non-judgmental book that wouldn't focus on the easy "outlaw" aspects of his life that landed him in jail for a short while, nor treat him only as a faded old celebrity surfer from Malibu. The idea was to do a portrait of the man, and in so doing, explain the myth. Harry had told me that when discussing the book with Miki over twenty years of lunches and dinners, Miki said he wanted to be thought of as more than just a surfer. As a journalist who had spent some years surfing, but not a surf journalist, I felt I could give him that bigger tableau.
In the end, the tone of my interviews, the questions I asked, the passion I shared, and my willingness to listen instead of try to fit the story to preconceived ideas won out and people trusted me and word spread. I got over one million words of interviews from more than 300 people on five continents.
I guess it worked.
How do you think the famously guarded Miki would react to this book?
Rensin: I was often asked how Miki would react to the book; would he even want it done? Miki had always emphasized how privacy was important. He supposedly hated the commercialization of surfing and his name. These were strong and authentic themes in his life. But they were not absolute. Did he hate being photographed? I've seen many, many snapshots of him. Did he hate surfboard companies and clothing companies? Not if they didn't try to rip him off. Yes, there was a general discontent and desire to be left alone at times--and he wanted empty waves--but his actions were often situational, not carved in stone.
I think that publicly Miki would say he didn't want a book, but privately he would want it. He had to be able to put it down, to always have plausible deniability. Part of what I had to do to gain access to interviews was prove that Miki in fact wanted a legacy. I could do that because I had the correspondence as evidence. He had talked with potential book collaborators and had done some interviews. He met with people who wanted to make movies of his life. It never worked out. Some people say he just gamed these suitors for money, and in some cases that is true. But not always. I think Miki never did his book/movie because had to live his life instead of write about it, and because he wanted too much to be in control. I respect that: the wanting to get it just how he wants it. It's his life after all. He didn't want anyone interpreting it. But he had difficulty trusting co-authors. I suppose he was simply waiting for the right person with the right point of view to come along, but as an experienced collaborator, I wonder how well he would have weathered the ups and downs inherent in that kind of working relationship. It's never easy.
In the end, Miki left the evidence of his life (letters, notebooks, etc.) that he could easily have trashed. He knew someone would inevitably do something. He called it the vultures picking at his bones.
Anyway, does it matter whether or not Miki would have wanted the book? I don't think so.
How would he have reacted? He'd have said I blew it, that I could have gotten the real story if only I'd taken the time. But he'd have carried the book everywhere, showed it around and, depending on the situation, would have said he hated it or loved it. That's Miki.
How was Miki able to reconcile the fact that he played such a significant role in rise of 60's surf cinema? Considering that these films created the surfing population explosion that Miki loathed, it would seem that he made quite a complex bed for himself.
Rensin: I don't think Miki played that big a role in the rise of surf cinema. The irony is simply that at a time when he was most loudly decrying the exploitation of surfing because Gidget and other beach party films had crowded his beloved Malibu, he was also taking money to be a stunt rider and technical advisor. Maybe his ego couldn't let him stay away. Maybe it was the free lunch at the craft services table. Maybe it was his notion that he could subvert from the inside by acting weird as an extra in the background. Maybe he met some women he wanted. Maybe it was just fun, there was no surf, and he needed to do something that day. Later in life he realized that he had in some small way aided and abetted, but I don't think he wasted much time with regret.
Miki has been compared to everyone from Jesus to James Dean. However, after reading All for a Few Perfect Waves, I found my own comparison: he was the Tyler Durden of surfing. Akin to the Fight Club character, surfers cannot always condone Dora's antics, but we quietly support his pursuit for point-break perfection. Do you agree?
Rensin: I agree. Miki, like Durden, was that sage of harsh reality who made his own way, and the hell with the rest of you. Like Durden he was not completely a loner, and was willing to bring along new initiates if they attracted him with their own inner search. Often while writing the book, I kept thinking about Fight Club and how the rule never to talk about Fight Club was Miki's rule for himself. Many of Durden's aphorisms apply as well to Miki: "The things you own end up owning you." "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." And my favorite, "Fight club exists only when fight club begins and when it ends." Or, as Miki famously said: "When there's surf I'm totally committed. When there's none, it doesn't exist."
How important was Dora's close and inflammatory relationship with Greg Noll?
Rensin: Dora's relationship with Greg Noll endured fifty choppy years and I think it was an anchor, a familiar place to return to. Noll just didn't take crap from Dora, yet he appreciated the rascal in him. Noll had it, too. They met as kids. They were of an era and mindset. Noll never wanted anything from Dora. When they made "Da Cat" boards, he endured the games Dora played. And he wasn't afraid - after Dora would pay him a visit at home - to ask to check his suitcase for the silverware. He knew what Dora was about, and he let him know he knew, but he never shunned him for it. They could appreciate each other and that love, if you want to call it that, grew over time. Also, Noll is physically imposing. You don't mess with Noll. Dora didn't.
What is your favorite Dora story or experience?
Rensin: It's really tough to come up with a favorite Dora story or experience. Overall, I love his audacity, his willingness to go against the grain, to not be bound by the rules, to so cannily manipulate an innocent surf media to his advantage after they'd helped rip away his paradise of empty waves. He was always pulling stunts like wearing a see-though plastic mask, or letting his groupies chauffeur him around, or having what he called his "party kit" (everything from a glass with ice cubes to a tuxedo, so he could crash Beverly Hills doings with ease), to various little cons and pranks (baby chicks in the lifeguard tower). There are too many to go into here. But I guess if I had to chose, a favorite would be Miki being baptized in the Mormon church when he lived in New Zealand in 1975. He played on the eagerness of two young missionaries and led them on a merry chase. I'm sure he was authentically curious about their vision of the universe, but I think he was definitely tongue-in-cheek. And best of all, he went through with the immersion. Dora was living theater. The idea, the best approach now and then, was to sit back and enjoy the show.
From Publishers Weekly
In this vivid biography, Rensin (The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up) takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of legendary surfer Miki Dora. Growing up in post-WWII California, the half-Hungarian Dora came to surfing in the 1950s and '60s, when it was still an oddball pastime of random kooks riding longboards made out of redwoods off nearly empty Los Angeles beaches. Dora's grace and signature style brought him attention as surfing grew into the central image of the California endless summer. Yet Dora was no ordinary beach bum, and his restless intelligence led him around the world in search of waves as yet unsullied by the masses. Dora also possessed a darker side and had no qualms about ripping off even his closest friends. His credit card scams eventually landed him in prison. Rensin faces a difficult task in tracking down an elusive and paranoid target (Dora died of pancreatic cancer in early 2002). After a muddled introduction in which Dora is compared to everyone from Muhammad Ali to the beat poets, Rensin lets Dora's friends, lovers and rivals tell the story. The result brings a remarkable focus to a man whose greatest accomplishments were written on water. Dora's life tracked the explosion of celebrity culture and it's hard not to sympathize with Dora's ambivalence about his fame. (Apr.)
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Review
"Above and beyond the call of unearthing the mystery that was Dora…a stunningly comprehensive tome…[an] incomparable body of work which will mess with both your mind and heart, the likes of which may forever set the literary sandbar, and rightfully so." -- Eastern Surf Magazine
"David Rensin doesn’t shy from documenting Dora’s multitude of sins - the stealing and swindling, the juvenile pranks, the prison terms - even as he celebrates the man’s desire to live of a life of utter, and often utterly irresponsible, freedom." -- Los Angeles Magazine
"David Rensin doesn’t shy from documenting Dora’s multitude of sins—the stealing and swindling, the juvenile pranks, the prison terms—even as he celebrates the man’s desire to live of a life of utter, and often utterly irresponsible, freedom." -- Los Angeles Magazine
"Engrossing… Rensin proves an inexhaustible interviewer, teasing out color tales never before set in print." -- Men's Vogue
"Engrossing… Rensin proves an inexhaustible interviewer, teasing out colorful tales never before set in print." -- Men's Vogue
"From the depths of hell to flying as high and as free as an eagle - and everything in between - All For a Few Perfect Waves left me laughing and crying at the same time." -- Greg Noll, world-renowned big wave rider
"In this vivid biography, Rensin takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of legendary surfer Miki Dora ... Rensin lets Dora’s friends, lovers and rivals tell the story. The result brings a remarkable focus to a man whose greatest accomplishments were written on water." -- Publishers Weekly
"The most complete portrait of Dora ever painted, but also a solid recounting of surfing’s original boom years and a thin, peculiar slice of Americana in the late 1950s and early 60s... All for a Few Perfect Waves is much more than just another day at the beach." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Until now enigmatic surfer legend Miki Dora’s history was written only in water, but David Rensin’s primo All for a Few Perfect Waves catches the life of this charismatic renegade." -- Vanity Fair
"Waves attempts to decode Dora through a near-cacophony of storytellers, ranging from the personal and intimate (ex-lovers and family) to the scurrilous and picaresque (whore-hopping pals, partners in crime)… should close the door on the need for further explorations of Da Cat." -- The Surfer's Journal
" In times like these it turns out not only is there an oral history of Miki Dora, there must be. Great reportage." (Stephen Gaghan, surfer, screenwriter/director (Traffic, Syriana) )
"David Rensin has found the perfect subject. You may like Dora. You may hate him. But you will never ever tire of him through the very impressive shine of Rensin's reporting and writing." (Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights )
"Until now enigmatic surfer legend Miki Dora's history was written only in water, but David Rensin's primo All for a Few Perfect Waves catches the life of this charismatic renegade." (Vanity Fair )
"[Rensin's] bio of Miki Dora, the original maverick surfer, gets his story right." (Outside magazine )
"The most complete portrait of Dora ever painted, but also a solid recounting of surfing's original boom years and a thin, peculiar slice of Americana in the late 1950s and early 60s... All for a Few Perfect Waves is much more than just another day at the beach." (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
". a candid portrait... This book isn't just about surfing; it's about risking it all for complete personal freedom." (Playboy )
"David Rensin doesn't shy from documenting Dora's multitude of sins-the stealing and swindling, the juvenile pranks, the prison terms-even as he celebrates the man's desire to live of a life of utter, and often utterly irresponsible, freedom." (Los Angeles Magazine )
"Above and beyond the call of unearthing the mystery that was Dora.a stunningly comprehensive tome.[an] incomparable body of work which will mess with both your mind and heart, the likes of which may forever set the literary sandbar, and rightfully so." (Eastern Surf Magazine )
"Engrossing. Rensin proves an inexhaustible interviewer, teasing out colorful tales never before set in print." (Men's Vogue )
"From the depths of hell to flying as high and as free as an eagle - and everything in between - All For a Few Perfect Waves left me laughing and crying at the same time." (Greg Noll, world-renowned big wave rider )
"Waves attempts to decode Dora through a near-cacophony of storytellers, ranging from the personal and intimate (ex-lovers and family) to the scurrilous and picaresque (whore-hopping pals, partners in crime). should close the door on the need for further explorations of Da Cat." (The Surfer's Journal )
"Miki took to his grave many stories that no one will ever know, but this book will also tell many and give new insight into his life. In the end only a select group knew the real person. I'm not sure I did-but almost." (Kelly Slater, best-known surfer in the world )
"For fifty years, surfing in Southern California has been shrouded in a myth wrapped in an enigma by the name of Miki Dora. Now, we have the facts. A magnificent book." (Kevin Starr, California Librarian Emeritus and professor at University of Southern California )
"In this vivid biography, Rensin takes on a daunting task: to clarify the clouded myth of legendary surfer Miki Dora ... Rensin lets Dora's friends, lovers and rivals tell the story. The result brings a remarkable focus to a man whose greatest accomplishments were written on water." (Publishers Weekly )
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Dora lives, thanks to David Rensin.
By Roebee
Rensin took on a nearly impossible task- the bio of Miki Dora- and hit it out of the park!
As a life long surfer fascinated with Dora, I, like most, have been craving the real story of this surfing icon. Very often, a warts-and-all bio can deflate its subject, but this book makes Miki even more interesting by showing his human frailties.
It's an oral history told by the people who knew him, and it's apparent from the start the exhaustive work Rensin must have done to make this book happen.
Humorous and tragic at the same time, Dora comes to life through his peers, many of them characters in their own right.
I could not put this book down, do yourself a favor and grab a copy.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Well deserved praise ...
By Robert Feigel
By the time author David Rensin contacted me regarding the book he was writing about Miki Dora I'd already spoken to or exchanged emails with several people who were writing books or articles about Miki and his life.
From the story I'd written before Miki's death and the tribute I'd written after he'd died (on surfwriter.net), it was assumed I knew Miki somewhat. "Somewhat" being the operative word.
What impressed me from the beginning was David's integrity and absolute commitment to somehow capturing Miki and the story of his remarkably convoluted and sometimes Byzantine life in a book. He wanted it to be a fair, balanced and comprehensive account that reflected the dynamic vitality, complexity and mystery of this enigmatic individual.
In my opinion he not only succeeded in that ambitious quest, but produced a real page turner in the process.
As I said to David at the beginning, "Miki's and my paths crossed several times over the years - both in and out of the water - and each encounter was unforgettable."
In the water, Miki was the most skilled, accomplished and naturally gifted surfer I've ever had the pleasure of seeing on a wave ... and for that he will always have my deepest respect.
Out of the water, he could be forceful, intelligent, clever, funny, generous, charismatic, charming and challenging one minute, and confrontational, difficult, disagreeable, selfish, unpleasant and paranoid the next.
In other words, he was fascinating, totally unknowable, and the most puzzling, unpredictable individual I've ever met.
So, naturally, I was looking forward to seeing what David could make out of Miki's labyrinth of a life based his own conversations with Miki and after talking with literally hundreds of Miki's friends, family, acquaintances and enemies.
What he has done is weave all that information - and all those memories, anecdotes, comments, reminiscences, revelations, facts and fiction - into a seamless account that brings Miki and pivotal events in his life back to life.
As an extra bonus, the book contains dozens of revealing photos from Miki's childhood onwards, many of which have never been published before - or I've never seen before - including the last portraits of Miki taken for a Vogue Hommes International article by Prosper Keating before Miki's death.
To say I couldn't put the book down would be an understatement. I'm usually a slow reader, but I raced through the book because I couldn't wait to find out where it would take me next.
The funny thing is, my wife - who never met Miki and whose only interest in surfing is through me and the kids - couldn't stop reading it either. When she finally put the book down all she could say is, "Whew! That was an amazing read ... whether or not you're a surfer or know anything about Miki Dora or even care. Amazing! A genuine tour de force."
Personally, I think I was expecting to simply read a book when I started. But it ended up as a deeply moving experience that often left me laughing and sometimes led to tears.
The book is rich in information and background I only became aware of when I read the book. I was constantly surprised - both by the subject's pathos and the author's ability to express it so poignantly.
That depth of feeling and understanding could only have been achieved by the author getting to know Miki through their personal encounters as well as by reading his letters, faxes and other writings - combined with countless hours of interviews and conversations with the people who knew him best.
The research is impeccable.
Congratulations, David. You've really met the challenge you set for yourself and produced the definitive biography of the man I will always think of as the "Wavemaster."
It is a truly fascinating book about a fascinating life and legend.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent Bio
By Eric Vondy
I'm not a surfer. I've never been on a board and until recently had little interest in surfing at all. I've only known of Dora for a few months but I pre-ordered this book as I knew he was someone worthy of understanding better.
The problem with writing a bio on Dora is that he was very private and very complex. Putting together anything that accurately conveys who he was is a monumental task. Was he a legend or a bum? Paranoid self-saboteur or rugged individualist? A guy who never quite got over his glory days at Malibu or mythic icon? Rensin doesn't discriminate or judge. By including all sides of Dora the picture is very complex yet complete - or as complete as it can be. He can't be written off as a self-absorbed con-artist and petty thief. Nor can he be written off as a hero. He was both of these things and much more and the author has done an excellent job of showing this.
Nearly all the negative reviews I've read here and elsewhere have been negative about the subject not the writing or the research. Disliking Dora is fine but don't blame writer. Does every bio of Hitler have a 1 star rating? No. Nor should you be knocking this book because Dora was a jerk.
And my question for Mr. Rensin: where's the movie? If I'm not mistaken the rights have been sold and I think an A-list actor owns those rights. Any chance of seeing Dora's story on the big screen anytime soon?
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