WATCH: JOYCE HOFFMAN STEALS FROM THE BEST!

The amount of distance Joyce Hoffman put between herself and rest of the field in the mid-'60s can only be measured in eye-straining units: she was miles, leagues, light-years ahead. Hoffman was physically gifted—lean, strong, and quick. She was ridiculously driven. "Joyce would leave the North Shore for Makaha to practice before the contest," LeRoy Grannis said. "It was eight hours a day. Every d...