Standing at the eastern end of the Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve is a proud, but lone male statue marking surfing history’s not-so-humble beginnings in the continental United States (thanks to one Duke Kahanamoku). Now, his counterpart might be found in a 17-foot tall statue of a female, back to a longboard .  The statue’s sculptors, Brian Curtis and Thomas Marsh—who also created the West Cliff male surfer—say the woman is “not modeled after anyone in particular,” per the Santa Cruz Sentinel , but meant to pay respect to such local pioneers and icons as Jane McKenzie, Betty Van Dyke, Rosemari Reimers Rice, Robin “Zeuf” Janiszeufski Hesson, Brenda Scott-Rogers, Sarah Gerhardt, and Ashley Lloyd. Related: What If Your Best Surfing Is Still Ahead Of You?…