O’Neill Regional Wave of the Winter Winners Announced!
Bomb-baggers throughout the U.S. and Caribbean score $1,000 and bragging rights
Bomb-baggers throughout the U.S. and Caribbean score $1,000 and bragging rights
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Never in the history of the O’Neill Regional Wave of the Winter has there been so much diversity in our field of entrants and, ultimately, our short list of winners. Some are defending champions. Some have never won it before. Some are young ladies. Some are 50-year-old men.
But after a four-month holding period (December 1, 2020-March 31, 2021) filled to the brim with impressive entries from all over the continental U.S. and Caribbean, we’ve determined the winners for the third annual event. After the field was whittled down to four semifinalists for each of the five regions, those surfers were then judged via online user voting on Surfline’s Instagram Story.
Watch: The Best of Wintertime California Wax On, Wacks Off features Ian Crane, Yadin Nicol, Caroline Marks, Pat Gudauskas, Eithan Osborne
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It was only a couple short months ago where it seemed like North Pacific Overdrive just wouldn’t stop weeks and weeks of pumping surf all up and down the Golden State. (Check out some O’Neill Regional Wave of the Winter entries here.) But time moves on, as it does, and the seasons change and while the North Pacific hasn’t called it quits for the year just yet, many California surfers are already a bit nostalgic about December and January. The edit above featuring Ian Crane, Yadin Nicol, Caroline Marks, Pat Gudauskas and Eithan Osborne, who logged many miles up and down the coast illustrates exactly why.