FIRST AGAIN: Joyce Hoffman, the first woman inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame and to have her own signature surfboard, is again the first woman surfer to be honored with a life-size statue in the U.S.
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“I can’t even put it in words. It’s absolutely incredible, it’s such an honor, and it’s so humbling,” she said. “I guess I’ll have to spend the rest of my life trying to deserve it and live up to it.” Hoffman began surfing when she was 13 when her family moved to Capistrano Beach. Between 1963 and 1971, she dominated women’s surfing competitions around the world, won multiple surfing championships, and has been featured in Sports Illustrated and Life Magazine.Her statue was placed in Watermen’s Plaza alongside statues of other prominent watermen and women in Dana Point’s history who influenced the surf industry.
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