Dan Empfield competed in this type of event in Kona back in 1981 & created the first wetsuit made for it
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friend Dan Empfield, inventor of the QR swimming wetsuit, could well have... [DOC] [TLE] 2006 QR Quintana Roo Catalog - Scribd [PAR] 2006 QR Quintana Roo Catalog triathlon by tspinner in Types > Brochures, 2006, 
... QR began in 1987 by creating the world's rst triathlon specic wetsuit, and in 
... aerodynamic position by allowing less exposed chest area and a atter back.