Dora Lives: The Authorised Story of Miki Dora - C.R. Stecyk and Drew Kampion

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There are a number of books right now bearing his name, and rumours of a film epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio are doing the rounds.

What Miki, who passed away in 2002, would have made of the hype is unsure, because Dora himself was a mess of dichotomies, something made all too clear in Dora Lives. Authored by influential scribes C.R. Stecyk and Drew Kampion, and illustrated with many candid portraits and action shots, the book sucks you into Dora’s contradictory life.

He was a son of privilege, a dirty rebel, a Hollywood player, a petty thief and jailbird, who both revelled in and abhorred his fame. Featuring luminous interviews and convoluted articles penned by the man himself, Dora Lives is a worthy summation of one of surfing’s most iconic characters.