O'Connell, Pat
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Pro surfer from Laguna Niguel, California, best known as the skipping, giggling, permanently cheerful shortboarder from Bruce Brown's 1994 surf movie Endless Summer II, described by Surfline as "the happiest surfer alive." O'Connell was born (1971) and raised just outside of Chicago, Illinois, and began surfing at age 12, after moving with his family to Southern California. Eight years later he w...
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Pat O'Connell (left) and Benji Weatherly, 2009Subscribe to view
Pat O'Connell, 1994. Photo: HammerSubscribe to view
Pat O'Connell, Salt Creek, 1992. Photo: Larry MooreSubscribe to view
Pat O'Connell (left) and Robert Weaver, Endless Summer II. Photo: Sharon MarshallSubscribe to view

Pat O'Connell

Photo: Steve Sherman

Pat O'Connell (left) and Benji Weatherly, 2009

Pat O'Connell, 1994. Photo: Hammer

Pat O'Connell, Salt Creek, 1992. Photo: Larry Moore

Pat O'Connell (left) and Robert Weaver, Endless Summer II. Photo: Sharon Marshall