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          Laura Lee Ching, also known as Laura Blears, Laura Blears Ching and Laura Blears Cody is an American surfer.!

          Laura Lee Ching

          American surfer

          Laura Lee Ching, also known as Laura Blears, Laura Blears Ching and Laura Blears Cody (born December 25, 1950) is an American surfer.

          Early life

          On December 25, 1950, Laura was born.

          Ching won the Makaha Invitational and became the first woman to compete in the Smirnoff men's championship in Ching was the World's number one lady.

        1. Stay in the know and top of the action from pro surfer Laura Blears Ching.
        2. Laura Lee Ching, also known as Laura Blears, Laura Blears Ching and Laura Blears Cody is an American surfer.
        3. Laura Ching competing in swimming competition on the ABC tv series 'Superstars'.
        4. Now known as Laura Lee Ching, she won the Mākaha International Surfing Championships and became the first woman to compete in the Smirnoff World Pro-Am.
        5. Her father was Lord James Blears (died 2016), a professional wrestler and amateur surfer. Her mother was Leonora "Lee" Adelaina (died 2007). Laura had three siblings, Jimmy (also a champion surfer; died 2011), Clinton, and Carol.[1]

          Career

          Laura won the 1972 Makaha Invitational and became the first woman to compete in the Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships in 1973.[1][2] She was the world number one female surfer in 1973.[1] She also appeared on What's My Line? and ABC's Wide World of Sports' Challenge of the Sexes.[3]

          Recognition

          Laura appeared in a six page pictorial for Playboy magazine in its July, 1975 issue.

          Her pictorial was shot at Keawaʻula Beach (popularly known as Yokohama B