Lets'oao la lefats'e la ho surfing le pula-maliboho oa li-wetsuit Jack O'Neill o hlokahetse a le lilemo li 94 ha habo California ka Moqebelo a pota-potiloe ke lelapa la hae.
O'Neill, ea ileng a thusa ho qapa wetsuit, e lumellang basesisi ho palama maqhubu metsing a batang, e ne e le tšōmo ea lefats'e la ho palama maqhubu 'me a tsoela pele ho buella lisosa tsa tikoloho ea leoatle hamorao bophelong.
Mohlankana ea lilemo li 94 o thehile e 'ngoe ea lihlahisoa tse tsebahalang ka ho fetesisa lefatšeng ka bophara kamora ho bula lebenkele la hae la pele la ho palama maqhubu San Francisco khale koana ka 1959.
O qalile ho roala patch ea hae ea leihlo ka mor'a ho lahleheloa ke leihlo kotsing ea ho palama maqhubu ha a ntse a palame leqhubu lilemong tsa bo-1970.
Hamorao O'Neill o ile a fallisetsa lelapa la hae ka boroa ho Santa Cruz, California, moo a ileng a bula lebenkele la hae la bobeli, 'me ka bo-1980 e ne e se e le moqapi le moetsi oa sutu e kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng, leha qalong metsoalle ea hae e ne e se na tumelo e kholo ho seo a se qapileng.
"Metsoalle ea ka kaofela e itse," O'Neill, u tla rekisetsa metsoalle e mehlano lebopong la leoatle, 'me u tla be u sa sebetse,'" o boletse joalo, ho latela lelapa la hae.
Kaha O’Neill o ne a batla ho palama maqhubu nako e telele metsing a batang a lebopong la California, o ile a qala ho etsa liteko ka mefuta e fapaneng ea thepa, qetellong a qapa seaparo sa pele sa neoprene, se ntseng se aparoa ke basesisi ho fihlela kajeno.
Hamorao bophelong, o ile a qala ho tsepamisa maikutlo lisosa tsa tikoloho ea leoatle, a theha O'Neill Sea Odyssey ka 1996, e leng ntho eo a neng a nka hore ke katleho ea hae e motlotlo ka ho fetisisa.
Lenaneo le se le lumelletse bana ba ka bang 100,000 ho tsamaea ka catamaran ea hae ho ea Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, e le hore ba ithute ka paballo ea leoatle.
"Leoatle lea phela 'me re tlameha ho le hlokomela," ho qotsitsoe moitlami ea tummeng oa sekepe. "Ha ho na pelaelo kelellong ea ka hore O'Neill Sea Odyssey ke ntho e ntle ka ho fetisisa eo nkileng ka e etsa."
Liteboho li ntse li tsoela pele ho tsoa mecheng ea litaba tsa sechaba ho tsoa ho lihlopha tsa maqhubu le batho ba chesehelang lefatše ka bophara.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- O'Neill, who helped invent the wetsuit, allowing surfers to ride the waves in cold water, was a legend of the surfing world and went on to champion marine environmental causes later in life.
- O'Neill later moved his family south to Santa Cruz, California, where he opened his second shop, and by the 1980s had become the world's biggest wetsuit designer and manufacturer, though initially his friends didn't have much faith in his groundbreaking invention.
- Wanting to surf for longer in the cold waters off the California coast, O'Neill began experimenting with a variety of materials, eventually inventing the first neoprene wetsuit, still worn by surfers to this day.
