A Bay Area teen can now call himself “Mullet Champ.”
That’s Mason Padilla from Fremont.
He won the teen contest in the 2024 USA Mullet Championship , which celebrates the best mullets across the country.
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Mason has been growing out his hair for four years.
He plans to donate his mullet — which he calls the “West Coast wave” — to Wigs for Kids at some point in the future.
Mason won a championship belt, a GoPro camera, and a $1,000 cash prize.
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