^ Jack O'Neill Honored SURFER Magazine.^ "Equestrian O'NEILL Uma - Tokyo 2020 Olympics"."RIP Jack O'Neill: surfer legend & businessman is mourned". "Jack O'Neill, Santa Cruz Surfer Wetsuit Pioneer, Dies At 94". ^ Gustafson, Eric "How wet-suit pioneer Jack O’Neill shaped surfing culture", August 7, 2015."Jack O'Neill, 89, a surfing legend who endures". "Jack O'Neill, wetsuit and surfing pioneer, dies at 94". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. ^ "Senator Boxer Gives "Conservation Champion" Award to O'Neill Sea Odyssey" (Press release).^ Eisenstadt, David (October 11, 2005).Surfing California: A Complete Guide to the Best Breaks on the California Coast. Big Wave: Stories of Riding the World's Wildest Water. ^ a b "Jack O'Neill, who pioneered the wetsuit and popularized cold-water surfing, dies at 94".Jack ONeill was born in Denver, Colorado, on March 27, 1923. According to his family, the founder of ONeill died of natural causes at his home in Santa Cruz, California. ^ "Surfing Icon Jack O'Neill, wetsuit pioneer, dies at 94". J Surfing Surf legend and wetsuit pioneer Jack ONeill passed away at 94.^ a b Drew Kampion and Ben Marcus (December 2009).In 2002, O'Neill was an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient for the Northern California Region. His granddaughter Uma O'Neill is a New Zealand-born equestrian rider, who represents that country and holds both New Zealand and American citizenships, she was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Games. O'Neill resided on a beachfront property in Santa Cruz, California, from 1959 until his death on June 2, 2017. He was married to Marjorie, who died in 1973, and they had six children. It has hosted about 100,000 children since it started. In December 1996 he began a non-profit organization called O'Neill Sea Odyssey which provides students with hands-on lessons in marine biology and that teaches the relationship between the oceans and the environment. Although O'Neill is widely believed to be the inventor of the wetsuit, an investigation concluded that UC Berkeley physicist Hugh Bradner was most likely the original inventor. Jack O'Neill's name is attached to surfwear and his brand of surfing equipment. Surrounded by family, Jack was as soulful and encouraging as always, reiterating his love for his family. This led to the establishment of a company that deals in wetsuits, surf gear, and clothing. ONeill called his San Francisco store the ONeill Surf Shop, making it the first surf retail store to use the now famous term surf shop. Jack O’Neill, surfer, ocean lover, boating enthusiast, wetsuit pioneer, balloonist, and founder of the iconic worldwide surf company O’Neill, has passed away in Santa Cruz, California, of natural causes at the age of 94. He later invents the neoprene wetsuit through experimentation with WWII diving vests. In 1952, he founded the O'Neill brand while opening one of California's first surf shops in a garage on the Great Highway in San Francisco, close to his favorite bodysurfing break at the time. Jack O’Neill opens the first surf shop in 1952 off The Great Highway, San Francisco. O'Neill later moved to San Francisco in 1949 and earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at San Francisco State University. O'Neill grew up in Oregon and southern California, where he began body surfing in the late 1930s.
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