A FEW years ago, Grant Humphreys was surfing a three-metre wave with mates at the fabled Javanese reef break Grajagan, a place famous for its long, hollow left-hander.
What happened next is a common fear of surfers. He fell and was held under water for what seemed like an eternity, even though it was probably a few seconds.
“You get a blackout feeling, and then start panicking about the next wave coming over,” Mr Humphreys said.
The experience lingered in his mind and eventually inspired a project for the final year of his industrial design degree … Details
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