Miki Dora carries Mary Hughes at Topanga Beach

Title

Miki Dora carries Mary Hughes at Topanga Beach

Description

Miki Dora stands on a surfboard and carries Mary Hughes on his shoulders at Topanga Beach. Behind them is The Point restaurant.

Date

1961

Source

Digital only

Rights

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Creator

Norman Jean Roy

Contributor

Dora family

Publisher

"Vanity Fair" (August 2006)
"All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki 'Da Cat' Dora" by David Rensin (HarperCollins: It Books, 2008)
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Citation

Norman Jean Roy, “Miki Dora carries Mary Hughes at Topanga Beach,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/2245.