Beacham, Debbie
Resolute pro surfer and organizer from La Jolla, California; professional world champion in 1982, and president of the Women's Professional Surfing Association from 1982 to 1986. Born Debbie Melville in 1953 in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of a navy pilot, she spent her early years living on or near a series of naval bases around the country. At 13 she moved with her family to La Jolla, and...
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Debbie Beacham, Off the Wall, 1983. Photo: Craig FinemanSubscribe to view
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Debbie Beacham, Windansea. Photo: Mark KellerSubscribe to view
Debbie Beacham, Sunset, 1981. Photo: Dan Merkel / A-FrameSubscribe to view
Debbie Beacham. Photo: Jeff DivineSubscribe to view
Golden Girls, 1975; Debbie Beacham, second from leftSubscribe to view
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Debbie Beacham, Off the Wall, 1983. Photo: Craig Fineman
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Debbie Beacham
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Debbie Beacham, Windansea. Photo: Mark Keller
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Debbie Beacham, Sunset, 1981. Photo: Dan Merkel / A-Frame
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Debbie Beacham. Photo: Jeff Divine
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Golden Girls, 1975; Debbie Beacham, second from left