Margo Oberg (born Margo Godfrey, September 8, 1953 in Pennsylvania) was the first female professional surfer in the world.
(meta data) TITLE: Margo Oberg "1995 Woman of the Year" Surfing Walk of Fame # Margo Oberg "1995 Woman of the Year" ### Won Open Women's Division as the Youngest Competitor in Her Very First Contest ###### PHOTO: Courtesy Dan Merkel Margo has dominated women's surfing for nearly three decades. Formerly Margo Godfrey, her first world title came while at the age of fourteen. Surfing on a 9 foot plank, her aggressive style made up for her slight build as was evidenced by her easy victory at the 1968 Puerto Rican World Contest. In keeping with the anti-contest feeling in the late 60s and early 70s, Margo stopped competing and surfed strictly for enjoyment. In 1975, after three years of married life on Kauai, professional contests started and Margo became the first pro woman surfer. She won the WISA Hang Ten Championships at Malibu and also the women's event at the Smirnoff in Hawaii. 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 in Hawaii. Her '77 victory was the first official recognition of women by the world tour. In 1978, she won the Stubbies and the Bells, and topped the overall Surfer magazine poll ten years after she had first topped in 1968. Taking a break in 1979, Margo spent a full year off the circuit building her house on Kauai. In an unparalleled performance, Margo won her fourth and fifth world titles in 1980 and 1981. A believer in health food and yoga, she surfs almost daily and instructs surfing on Kauai. Hoffman 1994Oberg 1995Sunn 1996Benson 1997Zamba 1998Poppler 1999Katin 2000Aragon 2001Mearing 2002Calhoun 2003Andersen 2004Hamrock 2005Beachley 2006Munro 2007Boyer 2008Botha 2009Calhoun 2010"Gidget" 2011Beacham 2011Cairns 2012Kennelly 2013Weber 2013O'Donnell 2014Mulanovich 2015Drummy 2016Burridge 2017Gilmore 2018Conlogue 2019
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