{"id":5687,"date":"2015-11-03T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2015-12-05T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T22:06:14","slug":"our-first-hall-of-fame-inductee-linda-benson-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/our-first-hall-of-fame-inductee-linda-benson-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First Hall of Fame Inductee Linda Benson (&#8217;62)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5687 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2849-1024x944.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2849-1024x944.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2849-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2849-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_2849.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tandem-Surfing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Linda tandem surfing in youth and this year\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tandem-Surfing.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tandem-Surfing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tandem-Surfing-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5690'>\n\t\t\t\tAt just a bit over 70, Linda recreated a tandem surfing pose from the early 1960s. Go, Mustang Linda!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benson-at-16-cover_linda_w_flag_t670.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Linda Benson with trophy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benson-at-16-cover_linda_w_flag_t670.jpg 482w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benson-at-16-cover_linda_w_flag_t670-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Benson-at-16-cover_linda_w_flag_t670-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5689'>\n\t\t\t\tLinda Benson (&#8217;62) with one of the many trophies she has won!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0045.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Linda Benson posing by woody station wagon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0045.jpg 986w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0045-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0045-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5682'>\n\t\t\t\tLinda Benson stands next to the &#8220;woody&#8221; station wagon owned by Ed Wright (&#8217;63) and Nora Yeager Wright (&#8217;64), parents of SDA art teacher Jeremy Wright.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0039.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Alumni looking down at Phase 4 bricks\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0039.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0039-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0039-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5681'>\n\t\t\t\tAlumni take a look at the Phase 4 brick installation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0035.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Alumni Chair standing in front of seated alumni\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0035.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0035-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0035-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5680'>\n\t\t\t\tKen Harrison stands before some of the crowd at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0034.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A group of alumni standing in the grass\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0034.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0034-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCF0034-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5679'>\n\t\t\t\tSeveral alumni gathered for a group photo before the ceremony\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our Fifth Annual Founders Reception featured a new event that turned out to be a hit: the San Dieguito Hall of Fame. Our first inductee was surfing pioneer Linda Benson (&#8217;62), who won the women&#8217;s division of the Makaha International Championships in 1959, shortly before becoming the first female to ride the waves of Waimea Bay.<\/p>\n<p>She surfed professionally for ten years, supplementing her surf career with stunt work for actresses like Annette Funicello and Deborah Walley in some classic 1960&#8217;s surf movies.  She won several US championships and was inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>As the school is unable to consider a physical Hall of Fame until San Dieguito gets through the several years of scheduled construction (more on campus construction at our website), the Alumni Association made do with an honorary Mustang Legacy Project brick in Phase 4, which was unveiled at the induction ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Linda received a 12&#8243; x 12&#8243; brick from the Alumni Association. Here is the inscription she chose: <\/p>\n<p><strong>LINDA BENSON &#8217;62<br \/>INTERNATIONAL<br \/>SURFING HALL OF FAME<br \/>FIRST WOMAN TO SURF<br \/>WAIMEA BAY<br \/>WORLD CHAMPION 1959<br \/>5X US CHAMPION<br \/>SDUHS BEST HS EVER!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We agree: San Dieguito IS the best high school, ever!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Linda Benson! San Dieguito is proud of you and your achievements. (For more coverage, read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2015\/nov\/02\/stringers-who-cared-hitler-didnt-surf\/\">this article in the <em>San Diego Reader<\/em><\/a>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Fifth Annual Founders Reception featured a new event that turned out to be a hit: the San Dieguito Hall of Fame. 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