INTREPID TRAVELLER, CHASER OF WAVES
APOLLO BAY'S INDEPENDENT SURF SHOP SINCE 2000
OUR STORY ON THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD
Hodgys Surf Centre opened in 2000 after Chris “Hodgy” Hodgson spent 18 months travelling and came home convinced Apollo Bay needed a proper surf shop. He set up at 141 Great Ocean Road, and we’ve been trading from the same spot ever since.
Right on the main tourist route, we cater to local surfers and the steady flow of travellers rolling along the Great Ocean Road. Locals on their morning check, road-trippers with salt-crusted windscreens, groms chasing their first green wave, they all end up at the same counter.
The shop still runs on the same idea: genuine local surf knowledge, a solid range of gear, and straight answers about what to buy and where to use it. If we don’t have your size or your shape on the rack, we can custom-order it in from the brands we work with. If you’re passing through Apollo Bay, pull in and say hello.
SINCE 2000
Trading from the same spot on the Great Ocean Road for over two decades.
THE KNOWLEDGE
Genuine local surf knowledge, straight answers on what to buy and where to use it.
THE RANGE
Surf hardware, clothing, accessories, footwear and travel gear, custom-ordered when it's not on the rack.
WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED
2013
WINNER
VIC/TAS Single Store Surf Retailer of the Year
2014
WINNER
VIC/TAS Single Store Surf Retailer of the Year
2015
FINALIST
VIC/TAS Breakthrough Retailer of the Year
Back-to-back state retail awards, but the prouder stat is simpler: Apollo Bay's surf shop, trading from the same spot since 2000.
“IT'S LIKE THE MAFIA. ONCE YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN.
THERE'S NO GETTING OUT.”