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The Wetsuit: Born of San Francisco's Frigid Waters

Bay Curious by KQED

May 21, 202622:29Society & Culture

Jack O'Neill is often credited with inventing the first wetsuit and selling it out of one of the nation's first surf shops near San Francisco's Ocean Beach. But many people don't know that a UC Berkeley physicist had a b...

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The Wetsuit: Born of San Francisco's Frigid Waters is an episode from Bay Curious by KQED. Jack O'Neill is often credited with inventing the first wetsuit and selling it out of one of the nation's first surf shops near San Francisco's Ocean...

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Published May 21, 2026, 22:29 long, audio available.