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Wave woman : the life and struggles of a surfing pioneer : Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt (1913-2011) / Vicky Heldreich Durand.

by Durand, Vicky Heldreich, author.

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Phoenix, Arizona : SparkPress, 2020.

Heldreich Winstedt, Betty.

Women surfers -- United States -- Biography.

Women surfers -- Hawaii -- Biography.

Hawaii -- Biography.

9781684630424 (paperback)

1684630428 (paperback)

185 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Introduction: the big arc of Betty's life -- The first wave (1954) -- Pioneer origins (1913-29) -- California dreaming (1929-36) -- Lost wax and white gold (1937-51) -- Hawaii calls (1951-53) -- The Gold Coast (1954-55) -- Westside story (1956) -- Wave riding goes competitive (1957-59) -- New horizons (1959-60) -- Sojourn in South America (1960) -- Life after Lima (1961-63) -- Becoming a fisherwoman (1963-89) -- Changing tides (1990) -- Last years in Makaha (1990-2011) -- Reminiscence -- Appendix: England to Salt Lake City (1850-1929).

Wave Woman is the untold story of an adventurer whose zest for life and learning kept her alive for ninety-eight years. Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt was the granddaughter of Mormon pioneers who, after spending an active and athletic childhood in Salt Lake City, moved to Santa Monica with her family and enrolled at USC to study dental hygiene. Betty went on to elope with a man she hardly knew, and to have two daughters. In middle age, Betty finally followed her dream of living near the ocean; she moved to Hawaii and, at age forty-one, took up surfing. She lived and surfed at Waikiki during the golden years of the mid-1950s and was a pioneer surfer at Makaha Beach. She was competitive in early big-wave surfing championships and was among the first women to compete in Lima, Peru, where she won first place. Betty was an Olympic hopeful, a pilot, a mother, a sculptor, a jeweler, a builder, a fisherwoman, an ATV rider, and a potter who lived life her way, dealing with adversity and heartache on her own stoic terms. A love letter from a daughter to her larger-than-life mother, Wave Woman will speak to any woman searching for self-confidence, fulfillment, and happiness.

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Location	Collection	Call No.	Copy	Status
Hanapepe Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Hawaii State Library	Hawaiian & Pacific	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Hawaii State Library	Hawaiian & Pacific	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Hawaii State Library	R -- Hawaiian & Pacific	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Non Circulating	Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library	R -- Hawaiian Reference	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Non Circulating	Add Copy to MyList
CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B HELDREICH DURAND	Biography	Transit	Add Copy to MyList
Kaimuki Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Kapolei Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Checked In	Add Copy to MyList
Kihei Public Library	Hawaiian Biography	H B Heldreich Winstedt Du		Damaged	Add Copy to MyList

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