It all began with a silly childhood moment in a hotel pool.

My son Jarvis put his rash vest collar into his mouth and said, “Dad, watch this?” He then blew into it and the top third of it fully inflated. I laughed,

then quizzically asked, “Can you float like that?”

He did float, but very briefly.

On the drive home that day I thought to myself: what if a rashie could actually help you float?

The next few months became a bit of an obsession!

Pulling apart life vests, sewing restraints into rashies and experimenting with how to control buoyancy inside a garment - not in theory, but in real conditions.

The goal was to design safety wear that people would actually want to wear and something that can stabilise and buy you time in the water when conditions begin to challenge you.

IRV's aim is to help you regain control in potential panic situations.