Kathy Kohner Zuckerman appearing with vintage poster artist, Rick Sharp, at Duke's Waikiki. Announcing the release of her new film "Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget", Zuckerman has a facinating story to tell. Before the blonde beach babe brought to life by Hollywood actress Sandra Dee, before the character that first introduced Sally Field to the world on television, there was a nonfictional girl who unknowingly and unintentionally catalyzed a change to the sport of Surfing forever—paving the way for female surfers. You see, Frederick Kohner’s best-selling book about a young girl breaking into the Malibu surfing scene in its infancy was a true story based on his daughter’s experience at “The ‘Bu”(Malibu). |
