FORMER world champion surfer Mark “Occy” Occhilupo never thought he would make it to his 50th birthday. But he proposed to his girlfriend the next day. But just a week after reaching the milestone, ...

Some styles are cyclical. They fade in and out like the tide. Others are relentless and enduring. Usually for good reason. Forty years after he hacked and carved his way past Tom Curren to win the ...

Tom Curren could've been giving a tuberiding master-class out at Jeffreys Bay during the second day of competition. His long, pure, minimalist lines through the rifling barrels of the Impossibles and ...

Mark Occhilupo’s story often crescendos with his famed 1999 world title campaign, a comeback for the ages from couch potato to walking Australian surf icon at age 33. But Occy hasn’t stalled out in ...

Australia's Mark Occhilupo is a true surf legend. After spending decades on tour, the 1999 World Surfing Champion has had his fair share of ups and downs, both professionally and personally. About a ...

YOUNG Jay Occhilupo, 10, has some big foam tracks to fill as he follows ex-world champ dad Mark into competition surfing. This weekend, young Jay will wax up his tiny board and hit the surf in the ...

The announcer started the countdown. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, and at the sound of the horn, Mark Occhilupo jumped and yelled celebrating his first world title. Flavio ...

They were searching for perfect waves and found a perfect ending: Mark Occhilupo and Rochelle Ballard joined hands and announced that they would split their winner-take-all checks equally with ...