Margo Oberg

Margo Oberg, born Margo Godfrey on 8 September 1953 in Pennsylvania, was the first female professional surfer in the world. Her family moved to La Jolla, California, when she was five, she began surfing at ten and entered her first contest a year later. She won the 1968 World Contest in Puerto Rico at 15 and defended it in 1969, then retired briefly before returning in 1974. In 1975 she was the first woman paid to surf, and she won the first three professional world championships in 1975, 1976 and 1977, plus those of 1980, 1981 and 1983. She competed until 1991, founded the Margo Oberg Surf School on Kauai in 1977, and was inducted into the International Surfing Hall of Fame and the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.