Despite its cold ocean water, the Bay Area played a big role in the invention of the wetsuit. Ocean Beach surfers and a UC ...

Of course you can wear a surf wetsuit for triathlon. There are no rules against it--unless it happens to be thicker than 5 mm--and quite literally thousands of triathletes have done it in the ...

A dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean, at California State University in San Marcos, surfers paddle against a current in a temperature-controlled tank. The flume pool is part of the university's Surf ...

The short commercial starts with a surfer standing at the edge of the ocean. The water is murky. The air is foggy. The music is ominous. To combat the general postapocalyptic vibe, the surfer zips ...

Whether you're heading down under for the winter or you're just super dedicated, here's the best surf gear. Reading time 16 minutes Ah surfing, the sport of champions. It provides incredible exercise, ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Few things ruin a beach day faster than getting too cold.

For as much as we all rave about how good wetsuits are today—about the “advancements in wetsuit technology” and such—neoprene remains a very delicate material, especially the super stretchy stuff. The ...

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.

Jack O’Neill, the Northern California surfing world icon who pioneered the wetsuit and opened one of the world's first surf shops, has died at this home in Santa Cruz. He was 94. The bigger-than-life ...