Margo Oberg

Margo Oberg (born Margo Godfrey, September 8, 1953 in Pennsylvania) was the first female professional surfer in the world.[1] In 1975, professional contests started and she became the first female professional surfer.[2] She won the WISA Hang Ten Championships and the women's event at the Smirnoff.[3] In 1976 and 1977, she was "unofficially" crowned Women's World Champion, winning at the Bells contest, the Coke, the Brazil International, and the Women's Masters.[4] In 1978, she won the Stubbies and the Bells contest, and came in first on the overall Surfer magazine poll (she had first won the poll in 1968.)[5] She then quit for a year to build herself a house, and won her fourth and fifth world titles in 1980 and 1981.[6]

She is the mother of two sons, Shane Kainoa and Jason Kaipo.[7]

Post-Professional Surfing Career

Following Margo's professional career in surfing, she started a surfing school, Margo Oberg Surf School, on the island of Kauai in 1977.[8] She still owns and operates her surf school to this day. In 1995 she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame as that year's Woman of the Year; the Walk is in Huntington Beach, California.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Margo Oberg Biography". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Surfing School by Margo Oberg". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Woman of the Year". Retrieved 8 November 2014.