Weber, Sharron
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(VIDEO) Sharron Weber
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Sharron Weber, 1969. Photo: Brad Barrett
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Sharron Weber with Dru Harrison (center) and Mike Purpus, 1970
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Sharron Weber, 1968. Photo: Dave Singletary
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Sharron Weber, 1972 World Surfing Championships, San Diego
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Sharron Weber, 1969 US Championships winner
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History of Surfing
Above the Roar
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Triumphant but aggressively ignored goofyfoot surfer from Honolulu, Hawaii; winner of the World Surfing Championships in 1970 and 1972. Weber was 15 in 1963 when she moved with her family from Virginia to Oahu, and bought her first board from reigning U.S. champion Linda Benson. She won the first of six Hawaii state titles in 1965, was runner-up to Margo Godfrey in the 1968 World Surfing Championships, and won the 1969 United States Surfing Championships.
Weber's first world title came in Vi...