Mo Freitas take a break from a Pro SUP Surf contest to ride Hamboards at the end of Route 76 near Crystal Pier in Wrightsville Beach, NC.
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O’Neill surf brand founder, wetsuit pioneer, and surfing icon Jack O’Neill passed away Friday at age 94, several sources confirmed.
O’Neill is credited with introducing the first neoprene wetsuits to the surf community in the 1950s, which opened up the world of cold water surfing and forever changed the industry and product evolution.
Referred to as a “NorCal Maverick,” O’Neill created his namesake surf brand in 1952 when he opened a surf shop in San Francisco … More
RIP John Severson: 1933-2017
It is with a heavy heart that we announce John Severson, Founder of SURFER Magazine and patriarch of modern surf media, passed away Friday evening in his sleep. He was 83 years old.
Born in December of 1933 in Los Angeles, Severson began surfing at age 13 after his family moved to San Clemente. He released his first film, Surf, while serving in the U.S. Army in Honolulu. Severson would join Bruce Brown, Bud Browne, and Greg Noll as surfing’s original filmmakers in the late ’50s and early ’60s, touring productions like Surf Fever, Big Wednesday, and Going My Wave up and down the California coastline … More