Ordille, Sandy (1955 – )

Intrepid first-generation pro surfer from San Diego by way of Ocean City, New Jersey; #7-ranked on the WCT in 1977 and 1980. Ordille was born (1955) in Ocean City, grew up in nearby Linwood, and began riding waves at age five on a drugstore-purchased styrofoam board, tagging along with older brother Steve who himself was already a promising young surfer.

In 1967, when Ordille was 12, the family moved to Ocean City, at which point she began riding a surfboard—in part as a way to put some dist...