Surfing into history at Pt Leo SURFING has a history and the Vintage Surf Day being held at Pt Leo is much than being “about a bunch of antiquated surfboards”, according to Paul Trigger. Trigger, of Trigger Bros. Surfboards, says the day provides a chance to “meet the people that created and rode” those surfboards. George Rice, one of the biggest surfboard manufacturers in the 1960s
will be attending along with an early team rider Gail Couper, winner of 10 Easter Bells women’s titles. “There will be mind blowing surfboard collections from as early as the 1950s through to signed surfboards ridden by the professionals. Plus, a chance to purchase a wall hanger with a story,” Trigger said. Torquay Surf Museum historian Bob Smith will also be there with his
collection and the Rip Curl Easter Bells trophy. Visitors can also have a look at restored Kombis and woodies. The Disabled Surfers Association’s Mornington Peninsula branch will be running a barbecue and sausage sizzle and selling merchandise. The Vintage Surf day at Pt Leo starts at 10am on Sunday 29 October near the Pt Leo Lifesaving Club. Keith Platt
SHOWING some of the surfboards that will be on show at the Vintage Surf Day are, from left, Phil Trigger, George Rice Gail Couper, Paul Trigger and “the king of vintage surf day”, Phil Newman. Picture: Supplied
Bowling ‘em over: Senior members of the Mornington Peninsula community are being treated to a host of free activities around the shire this October for the 2023 Victorian Seniors Festival. On Thursday seniors were able to participate in a bowls ‘come and try’ day at Mornington Bowling Club, which has a beautiful spot with views on The Esplanade. It was a fun morning for all with plenty of jokes and wayward balls.
Early morning cliff rescue: A fisherman in his 40s sustained upper body injuries after falling down a cliff on the Esplanade at Mount Martha on Saturday morning. Police and paramedics were on scene around 4.15am, and emergency services crews from the CFA, SES and Fire Rescue Victoria assisted with the high angle rescue. The man air lifted to the Alfred Hospital in a stable condition.
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