Sadly Gentleman John Schultz, VFL super star at Footscray from 1958 to 68, passed away on Saturday nite at the age of 85. Besides football, John also had a passion for surfing, riding a George Rice big wave gun in the early 60’s then later a surf ski. Up until approximately 5 years ago John had a holiday house in Shoreham where he could overlook the Pt Leo area then head down to the PinesThis ar

I had a chance encounter with a customer at our Point Leo store this summer who turned out to be the father of one of our snowboarding team riders from the 2010’s, Chris De Campo. Paul De Campo sent through a couple of great photos of Chris taken in 2012 while in the USA. This had me thinking about our own history and relationship with this amazing sport. Snowboarding has come such

Victorias greatest Surfboard Manufacturer from the sixties George Rice will be there.As a lead in to the upcoming Point Leo Vintage Surf Day we thought we might put the spotlight on one of the main attractions for the day, the chance to have a chat with Victoria’s legendary surfboard manufacturer, George Rice.In 1958 an 18 year old George Rice made his first board in his parents garage at Highett,

A few days ago we received some very sad news from Gavin McCabe. You may be already aware thru social media...Mark has lost his battle with cancer after fighting hard for 3 years and has passed away surrounded by family. I know he shared a close connection with you and Phil for many years. He may have stopped surfing but never lost his love of it - even in his last days he was still watching