Spearfisherman was a company that made
dry suitA dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water, and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. The dry suit protects the whole human body, except the head, hands, and...
s and
swimfinSwimfins, swim fins, fins or flippers are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, and various types of underwater diving.Scuba divers use...
s (and perhaps other types of
underwater divingUnderwater diving is the practice of going underwater, either with breathing apparatus or by breath-holding .Recreational diving is a popular activity...
gear). Located in
Huntington Beach, CaliforniaHuntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in southern California, United States. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 189,594...
, Arthur Brown started it in or before 1945 and sold it to
Swimaster about 1955, which, in turn, was sold to the
Voit Rubber CompanyVoit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of AMF....
in the early 1960s.
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Spearfisherman was a company that made
dry suitA dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water, and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. The dry suit protects the whole human body, except the head, hands, and...
s and
swimfinSwimfins, swim fins, fins or flippers are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in water sports activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding, riverboarding, and various types of underwater diving.Scuba divers use...
s (and perhaps other types of
underwater divingUnderwater diving is the practice of going underwater, either with breathing apparatus or by breath-holding .Recreational diving is a popular activity...
gear). Located in
Huntington Beach, CaliforniaHuntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in southern California, United States. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 189,594...
, Arthur Brown started it in or before 1945 and sold it to
Swimaster about 1955, which, in turn, was sold to the
Voit Rubber CompanyVoit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of AMF....
in the early 1960s.
Swimaster was one of the five original United States diving gear makers: U.S. Divers,
HealthwaysHealthways was a firm founded by Dick Klein which made scuba gear. It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro. It was one of the five original USA diving gear makers: U.S...
,
VoitVoit Corporation is one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. It was founded by William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922 and was formerly part of AMF....
, Dacor,
Swimaster.
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