Haslock, Gwyn

Pioneering female surfer from Cornwall, UK, often called the "Godmother of British Surfing"; a weekend warrior who nonetheless repeatedly put herself atop the competition podium during the late 1960s and '70s, and later rode her way to fame as a dedicated and earthy senior surfer. As writer-podcaster Matt Barr noted in 2020, Haslock's "brilliantly blithe attitude to surfing is a welcome antidote t...