Jack O’Neill, a giant in the surfing industry and the man credited with inventing the surfer’s wetsuit, died Friday at his home near Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. The death of the eye-patched, bearded and rugged man...
Drew Kampion wrote an obituary for John Severson... for John's family:
In 1998, I had the honor of interviewing Doc Ball, then at age 91. Subsequently, much of that interview appeared in an article I collaborated with Gary Lynch on. Printed in LONGBOARD magazine...
It's been a year and a half since surf legend Kelly Slater revealed footage of himself riding a perfect 2.1 metre tube 250km away from the nearest beach in California.
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I am indebted to Nobuhito “Nobby” Ohkawa --大川信仁 -- for helping to preserve the early history of Japanese surfing, making it more widely known throughout the world, and allowing...
