Marco Occhilupo (born June 16, 1966 in Kurnell, New South Wales) is an Australian surfer and winner of the 1999 World surfing champion title. He, also known as Occy, began his professional career in the World Championship Tour (WCT) at the age of 17. Occhilupo’s strength under pressure ushered him into surfing’s most memorable heats. Even in America, where Tom Curren had become somewhat of a surfing deity, Occy was adored. In surfing’s biggest spectator event, the Op Pro, the two engaged in a rivalry.
With aspirations in the acting field, Occy played himself in the 1987 Hollywood flop, North Shore. Professional surfing was peaking, and Curren and Occy were the superheroes, delivering the surf industry unprecedented wealth. He hovered around the top five in the ratings, but some unfortunate influences steered him from a world title that many felt he deserved. With well over 20 years of competition under his belt, 2005 saw him contemplate retirement; but after a solid year wherein he was recognised as putting on arguably the best backside performance ever seen at Jeffreys Bay and with an immense amount of fan support, Occy changed his plans and is back to give the youngsters (who are literally half his age) plenty of stick.
See what happens when clothes come off and music turns up! We hijacked the Grove in Los Angeles and made it our summer playground for a few minutes.
Our friends in Passion Pit mashed up La Roux’s “I’m Not Your Toy” with Young the Giant’s “My Body” to create our exclusive flash mob track “My Body’s Not Your Toy”
Occy in his debut appearance on Channel Seven’s Dancing with the Stars. The judges didn’t dig it, but we love him even more.
You are about to go surfing. Your fridge shows a banana, cookies, milk, yoghurts, a bottle of water, a beer and a sandwich. Should you eat and drink anything before hitting the waves?
There are a few important and interesting things you should know about surf food. Before, during and after surfing. Experts believe you should adapt a meal or snack to the level of physical effort you are about to undertake … Details