De Rooy, Dorothy (1948 – )

Friendly but highly competitive surfer from Sydney, Australia; four-time winner of the New South Wales State Titles, and second runner-up in the 1966 Australian National Titles; one of Australia's original modern first-wave female surfers. "Dorothy is excellent at crank turns," 1964 world champion Midget Farrelly said of De Rooy in a Sydney Morning-Herald article, "and is extremely agile in walking to and from the nose. In fact, she could come out better in a critical situation than a lot of ...