Jack O`Neill, who pioneered the wetsuit and popularized cold-water surfing, dies at 94
(LA Times Dodgers)

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. The one-eyed surfing icon, who cut a rakish figure with his black eye patch and bushy beard, died...