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 ...

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 ...

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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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Jack O’Neill, surfer, ocean lover, boating ...

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 ...

PLEASURE POINT >> Wetsuit vanguard and Santa Cruz surfing legend Jack O’Neill died Friday morning at his home. He was 94. O’Neill was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death, O’Neill ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...