Benson, Becky

-

Pioneering Hawaiian pro surfer, state champion in 1972 and 1973, and world-ranked #3 in 1977. Becky and older sister Blanche—daughters of Col. Albert Benson, a cameraman whose work was featured in over a dozen surf movies—were fixtures on Oahu's North Shore in the mid- and late '70s. "I never actually had the guts Blanche did," Becky later said. "My dad used to say she was all guts." Benson was 9...

Subscribe or Login

Plans start at $5, cancel anytimeTrouble logging-in? Contact us.