Kim Hamrock
Kim Hamrock (Born 1960) is an American surfer.[1][2][3] She was awarded the “2005 Woman of the Year” by the Surfing Walk of Fame.[1][2] Hamrock has won many US surfing competitions.[1][3] She won the national Longboard Championship.[1][3] She wrote the book “My Grandma Surfs Better than You”.[1][3][4] The book was published in 2017.[1][3][4] Hamrock is nicknamed “Danger Woman” because she does not let male surfers bully her.[1][2][3][4] She also teaches surfing.[2]
Early life[change | change source]
Hamrock grew up in La Habra Heights.[1] She lived twenty miles from the coast.[1] Hamrock was six years old the first time she saw someone surfing.[1][5] The surfer was on television.[1] She liked surfing from seeing it on television.[1] At age 13 she went to Hawaii with her grandmother.[1] She surfed for the first time.[1]
Career[change | change source]
Hamrock went to school at La Serna High in Whittier, CA.[1] She did not live near the ocean.[1] At age 16 she was able to drive a car.[1] Then, she could drive to the ocean to surf.[1] She would surf even though men thought girls should not surf.[1] She would also get car rides to the ocean from Marty Hamrock. She married Marty Hamrock in 1979.[1] She had children and did not surf very much.
Hamrock became serious about surfing in 1990.[1] She began winning competitions.[1]
Awards[change | change source]
During the mid-1990’s Hamrock won six national U.S. awards.[2] She won four shortboards awards 1993-96 and two longboard awards in 1995-96.[2][5] Hamrock began surfing professionally in 1998.[2] She placed third in the Women’s Longboard World Championship in 1999.[2] She placed fifth in 2000 and won the Women’s Longboard World Champion in 2002.[2] In 2005 she was runner-up at the XXL Big Wave Awards.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 "Kim Hamrock "2005 Woman of the Year" Surfing Walk of Fame". 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Kim Hamrock". History of Women Surfing. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Big-wave surfer Kim Hamrock, author of 'My Grandma Surfs Better Than You,' talks bullying, etiquette in the water". Orange County Register. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Noble, Barnes &. "My Grandma Surfs Better Than You: A Women's Guide to Catching More Waves|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kim Hamrock". Sports Illustrated. 1993-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.