Being born and raised in Queenscliff on Victoria's West Coast, the Trigger Bros. Paul and Phil grew up with a natural attraction to the Ocean. As early as 1960, their father had given them solid timber body boards (actually the center panels from a Queen Anne dinning table). These were extremely popular at the time. Returning home on the school bus one day in 1962 the boys saw their first ever stand up board rider at inside beach Pt. Lonsdale, but unfortunately for the next 2 years they had to be content to surf on Coolite bodyboards notorious for producing hideous stomach rash.

The Trigger family moved to the Chelsea area in 1963 and by November 1964 Phil and Paul aged 13 and 15 were riding the wind chopped waves of Port Philip Bay on elder brother Peter's 9'6" Malibu. Delivering telegrams provided the cash for their 1st Surfboard a 9'8" Gill. Within a year the brothers each had their own boards secured on the roof of the family Holden wagon for trips to Pt.Leo, Torquay and holidays to Queensland.

1968 saw the first Trigger Bros. surfboard for Phil, an 8' x 22" Vee bottom, still sticky when launched at Pt.Leo. Peter had sourced the materials at Marine Fiberglass supplies, a tiny shop some where in the back streets of Melbourne and before long a 7' 10" was shaped and glassed for Paul in the backyard garage. Apart from a few tips from suppliers the brothers were completely self taught. The honing of skills came through continual trial and error leading to the establishment of Trigger Brothers Surfboards in 1970, their first store in Chelsea followed shortly afterwards.

Competitive surfing became the companies strength with the likes of Phil and Paul, Gail Couper, Ian Portingale (twice open champion), Ian Cochrane, Phil Coates (twice open champion), Alan Atkins, Alan Tibballs, Gary Burns, Steve Wilkinson, Prue Latchford, Mark Harrison and Simon Forward have all won Victorian Titles over the years. Phil placed 5th in the first Professional Easter Bells Competition and Garry Taylor has the accolades of an Australian Cadet title, a Quiksilver trials 1st place, 2 Victorian Open Titles plus three years travelling on the Pro Circuit.

Growing with other companies such as RipCurl, Quiksilver and Billabong, Trigger Brothers have seen their business expand to incorporate 7 stores, with surfboard manufacturing giving ground to the retailing of a huge variety of surfing products.

Aged in their early 50's the brothers still surf 3-5 times a week and all staff are heavily involved in either surfing, skating, snowboarding or sailboarding.