Surfing Champion Fulfills Dream For Her Sport
San Diego
'ENCINITAS – In video clips of summers past, five-time U.S. surfing champion Linda Benson glides along white-tipped waves with her arms outstretched in her signature crouch.
As the ocean swells and sinks, she slices playfully along its undulating surface, making the Pacific her personal dance partner.
Benson, now 64, can still catch a wave, and by her own account, her journey to becoming president of the Women's World Longboard Tour is part Cinderella story, part Mr. Toad's Wild Ride...'
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