Trigger Bros Windsurfing

3 years ago
Reply
Register to post, see what you've read, and subscribe to topics.
Flying Dutchman
Flying Dutchman
WA
1751 posts
WA, 1751 posts
17 Aug 2022 3:51pm
WindmanV
WindmanV
VIC
819 posts
VIC, 819 posts
17 Aug 2022 6:17pm
A great video full of memories when I surfed and sailed that area.

Phil: come to Green Point, Brighton and ask for Peter. He's had BOTH hip joints replaced and he still sails and wing dings .


Thanks, Dutchy!
glideontime
glideontime
NSW
207 posts
NSW, 207 posts
19 Aug 2022 8:19am
good historical reporting FD.........amazing stories........thanks for gleaning that out of those giants. that race with no harness at the end of the vid ......can you imagine sailing that far out of harness in that velocity wind......omg.........tough stuff.
sailquik
sailquik
VIC
6171 posts
VIC, 6171 posts
19 Aug 2022 9:21pm
Thats a fantastic bit of video historical Journalism Paul.Many thanks.

The Trigger Brothers are absolute Legends in the surfing industry. and they were heavily influential in the early Victorian windsurfing industry as told here.

I used to race with Matt in the Victorian Slalom Series in the early '90's and he was a very fast and skilled sailor.

I had some Surfboards and Sailboards glassed by Paul in the 90's as well. Great craftsmen and great blokes. Great to see that Paul and Matt still have the passion!
GazMan
GazMan
WA
848 posts
WA, 848 posts
19 Aug 2022 11:03pm
Brings back fond memories of my first custom short board circa 1988-1989, one of their polyester slalom boards which I seem to remember was an Arthur Brett design with very little rocker, similar to the Bay Blitzer design of theirs:






musorianin
musorianin
QLD
597 posts
QLD, 597 posts
20 Aug 2022 10:10am
Super video, iconic brand, love that part of the world. Thanks so much!
aeroegnr
aeroegnr
1772 posts
1772 posts
20 Aug 2022 8:22am
Really cool. That story of the seal was something else, poor seal. People worry about foils cutting critters up but sounds like that seal had a bad day vs. fin.
Flying Dutchman
Flying Dutchman
WA
1751 posts
WA, 1751 posts
20 Aug 2022 5:11pm
Seems to be a lot of history with Trigger Bros... the good 'ol days!
Lurch2021
Lurch2021
VIC
3 posts
VIC, 3 posts
20 Aug 2022 7:48pm
Really enjoyed that one - keep them coming!
Please Register, or first...
Topics Subscribe Reply

Return To Classic site 😭
Or... let us know if a problem, so we can tweak! 😅