Santa Cruz SentinelVince Collier, 1960-2018: Santa Cruz loses 'Godfather' of surfingSanta Cruz SentinelLove him or hate him, when Vince Collier was in the lineup, surfers knew it. “He was larger than life,” said Jason “Ratboy” Collins, a former pro surfer from Santa Cruz's Westside. “If you ran into him, you probably wouldn't forget that. If you had a ...