"I was thinking of staying warm in San Francisco and Santa Cruz. I thought I was gonna have a little shop there, make boards and, later, wetsuits. But nobody is more surprised than I am at how it's ...

Surfing legend Jack O'Neill died on Friday at the age of 94 in Santa Cruz, California. O'Neill was known for being one of the pioneers of the wetsuit. Per LATimes.com: Who actually invented the ...

Santa Cruz, the former home of wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill, is losing one of its oldest surf shops. After 25 years of business, O’Neill is closing its downtown store on Pacific Avenue. The store ...

In July, the Santa Cruz community pauses to remember and celebrate the life of a visionary whose impact continues to ripple through our waters, classrooms and hearts. Jack O’Neill — surfer, inventor, ...

This Tuesday (July 9), we celebrate Jack O’Neill Day to honor an individual who impacted the sport of surfing and a Santa Cruz local who launched the O’Neill Sea Odyssey. This program has introduced ...

O'Neill died of natural causes Friday at his Santa Cruz home, his family said in a statement. He was 94. The eye-patch-wearing ocean lover died peacefully, surrounded by family in his oceanfront home ...

Jack O’Neill, the founder of the first and most successful surfing wet-suit company in the world, has long had the financial means to live anywhere he wants. Yet the well-traveled inventor, ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Jack O'Neill, a Northern California surfing world icon who pioneered the wetsuit, has died. O'Neill's died of natural causes Friday at his Santa Cruz, California home, his ...