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A wetsuit is normally specified in terms of its thickness and style. For instance, a wetsuit with a torso thickness of 5 mm and a limb thickness of 3 mm will be described as a "5/3". With new technologies the neoprene is getting more flexible. Modern 4/3 wetsuits, for instance, may feel as flexible as a 3/2 of only a few years ago.
This new wetsuit was more flexible and more buoyant, giving it swim-specific characteristics that were not found in the diving or surfing wetsuits used by triathletes at that time. [2] In 1990, Quintana Roo discovered and pioneered the use of Yamamoto Rubber #39 in its high-end wetsuits. This new rubber was more buoyant and more flexible than ...
Bradner and his company, EDCO, tried to sell his wetsuits in the consumer market. However, he failed to successfully penetrate the wetsuit market, unlike, for example Bob Meistrell and Bill Meistrell, the founders of Body Glove, and Jack O'Neill. Various claims have been made over the years that it was O'Neill or the Meistrell brothers who ...
An investigation concluded that UC Berkeley physicist Hugh Bradner was the inventor of the wetsuit. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In December 1996 he began a non-profit organization called O'Neill Sea Odyssey which provides students with hands-on lessons in marine biology and that teaches the relationship between the oceans and the environment. [ 12 ]
Over the years, several notable athletes and sports figures have posed for the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Among them: Katherine Webb-McCarron. Back in 2013, Webb, fresh off a viral ...
With the advent of rubber technology, latex swimming caps became mass-produced in the 1920s, and more efficient silicone caps appeared in the 1970s. Today, competitive swimwear is a major business for companies like Speedo , Arena and TYR and its development involves such institutions as NASA and Australian Institute of Sport .
Former Auburn University student Katherine Webb went viral during the 2013 BCS National Championship Game. Webb, then dating her now husband in AJ McCarron, was there to support the Alabama ...
The history of competitive swimwear has been dominated by concerns over public nudity in the first half of the 20th century and by efforts to reduce water drag in the second half. [5] Those efforts initially lead male swimmers to reduce the early sagging one-piece swimsuits down to briefs only.