Just because summer is over doesn’t mean you have to forgo your favorite water-based activities until next season. Instead, simply don a wetsuit and dive right in. You’ll stay nice and warm no matter ...

And yes, we know the very legendary Jack O’Neill did in fact have an eyepatch, so no disrespect. On the contrary, we celebrate the man from Santa Cruz who virtually invented the modern surfing wetsuit ...

What are the best O’Neill wetsuits? O’Neill is one of the oldest wetsuit manufacturers with a loyal following since they first hit the market in the 1950s. It is easy to see why, as their wetsuits ...

Let’s talk about “firsts.” O’Neill wetsuits sure has a ton of them. While it’s pretty common knol’ that Jack O’Neill invented the modern wetsuit in the ‘50s, did you know he actually created the first ...

Support our work! The Inertia may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn more about our gear review policy here. O’Neill first debuted the legendary Hyperfreak wetsuit ...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Memory of Jack O’Neill and with heart-felt appreciation to Greg Clarke, John Hunter and JonMikel Rodriguez of the O’Neill Wet Suits’ design team ...

Jack O’Neill was just looking for a way to keep warm. The waters in Northern California were so frigid that winter surf sessions barely lasted an hour before ice cream headaches forced surfers such as ...

Jack O’Neill, the Santa Cruz entrepreneur who opened one of the world’s first surf shops and pioneered the neoprene wetsuit that helped popularize year-round cold-water surfing, has died. He was 94.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Businessman and surfer Jack O’Neill, a ...