KIT ZONE THE BRAND VISITS orca
Nineteen ninety three. The year of Jurassic Park, Mulder and Scully and Britain's Spencer Smith romping home to the ITU World Championship title in an instant classic in the Manchester rain. That race was an epoch-making day in triathlon, but it was also a significant 12 months in the fledgling world of triathlon-specific wetsuits, with something in the New Zealand air leading to both Ironman Wetsuits (latterly to become Blueseventy) and Performance Speedsuits (swiftly to become Orca) becoming established players.
Performance Speedsuits were launched by triathlete Scott Unsworth in Auckland at a time of very limited triathlon wetsuit options. A name change to Orca, the second fastest marine mammal after the common dolphin (but with an infinitely catchier brand name), followed in 1994 and the Kiwi brand would soon become ubiquitous in the pro and age-group triathlon scenes.
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