Her father was Lord James Blears (died 2016), a professional wrestler and amateur surfer.
Laura had three siblings, Jimmy (also a champion surfer; died 2011), Clinton, and Carol.
[1] Laura won the 1972 Makaha Invitational and became the first woman to compete in the Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships in 1973.
[3] Laura appeared in a six page pictorial for Playboy magazine in its July, 1975 issue.
[4] In 2022 she received the restaurant Kimo's Maui's first Pioneers of Surfing Award.