The Toughest Girl in Malibu

Lost Hills: Dark Canyon

Western Sound and Pushkin Industries

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Malibu, 1950. Before Gidget, before even Miki Dora, there was one surfer who ruled the waves and was known for cutting down anyone who got in her way. And she thought Miki was the kook. In this bonus episode, Dana talks to Vikki Flaxman Williams, the original surfer girl of Malibu, who at 91 is still as tough as ever.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:11.6	So I play Pickleball three or four times a week,
0:15.8	not this week because the gal who owns the court where I play
0:20.4	is an Amsterdam on kind of a honeymoon.
0:24.3	This is Vicki Flaksmann.
0:26.7	I do that and then I go to the gym, you know,
0:29.8	like three times a week if I can force myself.
0:32.8	I don't like it.
0:34.7	She's 91 years old and she's super athletic.
0:39.0	I like the rowing machine because years ago I paddled,
0:43.3	you know, outrigger canoes.
0:45.4	So have you always been a jock?
0:47.3	Yeah, more or less.
0:49.3	Yeah, I used to play beach volleyball and, you know,
0:53.6	I grew up in Santa Monica, so that's what we did.
0:57.3	Vicki lives in Scottsdale, Arizona now,
0:59.9	but she's one of the original Malibu surfers.
1:03.4	She started surfing Malibu in 1949.
1:06.7	That's years before Gidgett, even before Mickey Dora.
1:11.9	And she was hardcore, a bruiser, 5'5", 160 pounds
1:17.8	with broad muscular shoulders and a take no shit attitude.
1:22.3	Mickey Dora thought he owned Malibu.
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