https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/25/betty-van-dyke-bay-area-surfing-and-organic-farming-pioneer-dies/ > Betty Ann Van Dyke was part of a pioneering Cupertino farming family and later became one of the few women to surf in Santa Cruz in the 1950s and 60s. > She went from helping grow Blenheim apricots and Bing cherries to lugging long surfboards into the frigid waters before the invention of wetsuits.