The Beaurepaires Open, Cronulla, 1985
Posted: November 16, 2010 at 11:17 am
Occy Cover ’88
Posted: November 14, 2010 at 10:32 am
This Island barrel shot of Occy was on the cover of Nov/Dec Waves magazine in ’88. It was part of a 5 shot sequence.Its one of my favourite photographs for 2 reasons. I remember seeing Occy take off inside so I swam pretty deep to make sure I didnt miss any of it. To deep in fact, I ended up getting sucked back over and dragged across the reef. When I came up I was on the otherside of the Island. At least I scored the cover with it and that was my first real Island shakedown, but it was worth it. photo Chris Stroh
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Banksy & Occ.
Posted: November 12, 2010 at 7:33 am
Billabong adv from ’83, The master and young grasshopper.
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Occy @ Blackrock
Posted: November 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Seeing Occy at Blackrock in the flesh is like watching Lopez at Pipe or MP at Kirra , they were made for one another. Occy on his Rusty absolutely tore it up this day. The Occster was in his prime back in the early to mid 80’s when he was riding for Billabong and Peak and had the narrowest of waist lines and his surfing was raw and spontaneous. He rocked up with Dog and Sean Charters around early mid morning and was soon getting the deepest barrels. One wave in particular comes to mind, I was a little too slow getting out of his way trying to get the last second shot in the barrel. Just when my head was about to collide with the nose of his board he fully bunny hopped me and kept going. Ive have never had anyone do that before or since. This pic brings back classic memories of the kid at his peak….photo Chris Stroh
Occy Cover 84
Posted: October 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Its October 1984 when 17 yearold Mark Occiluppo scores the cover to Surfing Mag plus a 8 page profile inside. The cover blurb says He’s young, he’s hot, he’s No1. Occy starts the year in 1st place and is being lauded as Australias great white hope to stop Tom Currens domination of pro surfing. They were right over the next few years Occy becomes Currens main rival.
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Occy’s Rise
Posted: October 9, 2010 at 11:38 am
Occys comeback
Posted: October 3, 2010 at 9:39 am
Around the mid 90’s Occy came out of retirement after a period in hibernation. After piling on the kilos he climbed back on his roach approach thruster and started his climb back up to the top of surfings pro ranks. This shot was snapped down at Garie during a secret session, the extra weight that he was carrying sure didn’t slow him down.
Photo: Stroh