Occ-Cast Episode 29 featuring Tom Curren | Billabong
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024
- In episode 29 of the Occ-Cast, Occy is joined by former rival and fellow legend, Tom Curren. The two talk about their epic head-to-head match ups in the 80's, riots in Huntington Beach and...just watch the ending. We won't spoil it for you.
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Tom Current was my neighbor in Hossogeor during the early 90s. A true gentleman respected by the community. If you saw him on the streets you would think he was a native Frenchman.
Rad to hear 🙌
I’ve met Tom several times since the early eighties when I emulated all of his surfing style and even bought the same boards . Tom is utterly SoCal old Skool from his head to his toes, hence his cruise control tempo and natural flow only interrupted by an innate ability to stall, ponder 🤔,and bottom turn, mid wave 🌊 and mid sentence, without taking a breath 🤙😎
2 absolute legends
Mr. Curren always so serious, watching his eyes light up when Occy asked him if he wanted to roller skate. Priceless, and really put a smile on my face. I’ll always be a fan of both of them and so many more from the 80’s, Brad Gerlach, Shaun Tomson , Martin Potter, the Fletchers, Richie Collins, the Ho Brothers, Tom Carroll, Rabbit, Snips, Mark Foo, Laird, Sunny Garcia, Barton Lynch, Mark Richards, Peter Townend, Johnny Boy, Wave Warriors and Runman videos. I wish I could go back.
Buttons!
Amen..
Oh and Kong
Two of THE MOST EPIC guys in surfing!
HUMBLE CHAMPS.
Tom, sounds the same as ever.
Occ, a gem of a character.
Thank you for this very much.
Yeah....met them a while back in 2006, a punch of them toured my island, Pohnpei, Micronesia and gigantic swell.
@@grandmalseashore I wouldnt get in the way of a running bull
Soul to soul - just beautiful to see these two mates connect. Easily, my favorite episode - don't know why I'm crying.
Emo times
Brotherly love brother 💗
Class act gentlemen right there blessings to you great men.
because you’re a good person. 👏👏
Used to see these blokes competing back in the 80's, don't really keep up with them and then came across this. Weird seeing them so old, yet I'm same age. You don't notice it in yourself so much, but when you see it in others it brings it home.
occ did a great job on drawing tom out-the smiles and laughter were nice between them. and loved tom's reaction to occ's skates.
Occy to Curren... "Its funny Tom, You've got two Goof'ies and I've got two naturals",,,,
LEGENDS!!!!!
Tom Curren: most graceful surfer ever
Absolutely brodda!
MORE OF HUNDRED!!! MANY GREAT SURFERS....NON BETTER....... MANY GREAT SURFERS.
Curren the Enigma. Quiet. Reclusive. But zero problem in high pressure situations in front of large crowds.
What about the hype surrounding him before he even turned pro? Talented son of a legendary big wave surfer. He was the American Hope when he was 16-17. The Aussies, Hawaiians and South Africans owned pro surfing back then.
He seemed unaffected by the media circus surrounding him and all the national rivalries, when he turned pro at 18. The laser focus he could sustain for long periods of time even as a teenager was impressive. He could block out everything and concentrate on performance. Extraordinary athlete.
Regarding his personality, you get the sense he doesn't try to shape himself to fit the mold someone else has made for him. He doesn't try to be what you expect. He's just himself without dissimulation.
In his era, guys from Santa Barbara were black wetsuits, clear boards, straight lines, and NO CONTESTS. Surfing was too pure for competition. That was for sellouts and Orange County wannabes. Curren made contests cool. He sparked a revival in California.
His fluid but radical style shifted the landscape from the agrro twin fin era to a cleaner, smoother approach. e got the purists to rethink contest and high performance surfing. He got the twin fin spastic crowd to rethink style. And he did it without apparently trying.
His surfing was the perfect synthesis of those worlds. A quiet, humble guy who loves surfing and music.
"I don't want to say too much, because I don't have much to say."
Curren is god.
So mellow, Tom is the best surfer I have ever seen.
Two super influential characters for me... Absolutely my junior high grommet idols. Tom's first wave at J-Bay, and Occy ripping St. Liu Reunion Island with Ronnie Burns stand out as key moments in my surfing development.
I was in France, surfing. .. oh yea, and visiting my kids. - spoken like a true surfer 😂
Best Occ-Cast ever. Great interview, letting Tom be Tom, and what an excellent ending.
Occy is a natural born talk show host, very enjoyable ! !
That was just legendary. Greatest rivalry ever. Two of the best ever. I wish Andy was still around so that he and Kelly could sit down like this, after so many years, reflecting on the past. Not to be. The roller skating at the end was funny as hell, and yet, somehow poignant. Best Occ-Cast ever.
There was so much more bad blood between Andy and Kelly - I just wish Andy was around full stop.
Tim Blizzard The heats between Andy and Kelly were so intense. A lot of animosity, but they did end up reconciling in the end. I loved Andy's surfing and attitude. He was one of a kind.
I love how Tom is nerding out on Occy’s roller skates. This is the coolest episode. 2 of my icons just roller skating at the end. Way cool 😎
Being from SB always looked up to Tom. Great Grandparents lived on Padaro Lane near his family at one point. Saw him surf at Rincon and Devereaux several times and he was always kool to then a grom. One of smoothest styles ever.
How can you not love both of those guys?
Such respect Occy. Great interview. Such a legend in my eyes and the surfing world. I remember in the mid 90's Curren, Franky, Sunny and the Ripcurl crew stayed at Injidup in WA on the hill with us for 2 weeks!I will never forget what an absolute legend he was to surf with and hang out!
RIP Sunny
Thanks for the blast from our past. I started surfing Encinitas in 86 and the articles and photos in surfer and surfing magazine inspired my inner soul to the core and beyond. The times were unreal and u gave us dreams to travel..experience new culture and music! Sincere gratitude for your efforts and substantial contributions to so many lives..the search will never end!!
Ummm... errrrr.... uhhhh... Classic Curren. Not much to say but speaks volumes.
so cool to see the two together at their age now, I was lucky to be hangin with Tom that day at the house when Occy came over. it was such a great moment in surfing history to be able to watch the two in person bond with each other over the years that has past. two great legends that have changed the world of surfing by feeding off of each other, and pushing each other to their highest level. thanks Tommy and Occy.
dmccork my favorite occ cast ever!! Especially the roller skating at the end! These two heroes of my life I cannot explain to you how I tried to emulate them both; still to this day 30 years later!!! Bless you both Tom & Occ let’s surf forever!!!
Tom has lived his life in front of the camera so I think he's constantly sub-consciously calculating what he can actually divulge and what he should hide.
Tommy Curren, my all time favorite surfer. Who knew he liked roller skating?!
Two legends!!! Loved watching every minute of this, but especially the end, couldn't stop smiling!
first 10 seconds is peak Occy ha ha
So cool to see the admiration Occy has for Curren. I don't think Curren would of done the interview if it wasn't Occy. I wanted to see Occy on the ramp behind them...
Did you see the death coping....probably best he didn't ;)
Remember like yesterday out in the water at Hammonds reef with Tom when he was like 10 years old. I surfed there allot watching him grow up. Funny, I got a DUI driving home from FUBAR by campus and somehow the not only found out I surfed but surfed Hammonds mostly. He sentenced me to no surfing for 30 days
Best Occ-Cast sofar! Two Giants that set the tone for the rest to follow!
Stoked Occ with this interview mate, well done cool to see you guys together - next match up Jbay 2018!
I liv ed in so cal back in the early 80s , was in high school and we were always torn between cheering for curren or occy , occy was such a class act we all wanted to surf like them . I remember buying a springsuit because it looked just like the one i saw curren wearing one day while he surfed Huntington beach on the north side of the pier a few days before the OP pro
miss watching them surf absolutely legends i grew up with there posters on my wall bunked school to go surf the coast good memories
Tom Curren's laugh is legendary haha love it
Well done Occy! Tom thank you for making a groms day, mine, at the OP Pro back in 85. You came out of the water to ask Dave Stanfield "isn't the contest area meant to be closed for an hour after the event every day"? Dave went to get the answer and you and i had a 15 min convo. My mind was blown how down to earth you are. I was 16 at the time. Thank you! Keep up the great work Occ! Greg⭐
two living legends, just amazing!
The rivalry melted when you put on the skates. Epic
In 2018, i still look up to Tom the most. I guess when I watch Jon Jon, Gabbie or Julian, I just cant connect their surfing with mine. Its like watching aliens - there's no point even trying to learn from them. Even Kelly is a bit like that. But Tom just has this effortless flow is his surfing, its just so beautiful the way he connects his turns. It's just effortless. The dude is in his 50s and it hasn't dated. That is something I can aspire to.
Tim Blizzard - Agreed!
I think Jon Jon has a pretty good flow to his surfing
Totally agree.
yup. Timeless Tom.
My two biggest idols! Thanks Occ!
Love watching legends like these guys having a chat in the back yard.
intro is one of the funniest tings ive seen. watch it every now and then and break down laughing!
OG troll
@@natural_law = touchy Snowflake millennial....
I hope someone recognized Curren and Occy on those roller skates. Epic!
Awesome! I loved how you ended it. So much fun for the two of you roller skating together. Two kids having fun in school on skates!
Occy is such a naturally funny guy, always mocks himself, sometimes he's funny without even trying!
Occy is not one to take himself seriously.
I forgot about that ass scratch interview. Hilarious. 2 legends. So many classic battles! Many rivals in surfing history but this was the one.
These are great. And they show just as much about Occy as they show about his interview subjects. I'd always thought he was kind of a doofus..... incredible surfer, but not too bright. But watching these Occ Casts shows why he's always been loved so much by everyone on the tour. He's a great interviewer, because he's genuinely interested in people and shows such warmth and encouragement. Tom Curren would have been hard work for most interviewers... he's halting and surprisingly inarticulate (must have been a thousand "you knows" in there) but Occy really brought him out and got him to show something of himself. Interesting seeing how differently they've aged.... Occy's two years younger, but it looks like ten or more. Great that a friendship can arise between two so incredibly different human beings, brought together by the love of the ocean.
The Best 2!!!!!! Curren and Occy are legends!!!!!
Occy is SO NICE. Good on him
love curren,he was always the reluctant rockstar. his surfing did the talking and he was always humble in front ofd the camera. i dont think he ever saw himself as a big deal. maybe thats why hes still pursuing things, music family surfing all important and all uber succesful things for him.
For me the 80’s were the height of surfing with greats like these two, Carrol, Horan, a young Slater who was surfing up the coast from where I surfed in Jupiter. We all thought it would be Kelly’s older brother who made it big, boy were we wrong.
Back in my native Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 we were such fans of those two and T. Carroll. I wish them the best.
Occy youre such a humble legend !!
Have to give it to Dane Reynolds and his 'Sampler' got me out of a massive rut. Kudos. 👍🇭🇲
I'll never forget when I saw the original Rip Curl 'The Search' showing TC surfing Backdoor among other locations. I watched that movie a dozen times. Couldn't believe his style.
The Occy impression @20:00 was spot on lmao
I have always loved Occy and have applied his style to Skateboarding. As I have grown older I keep learning how amazing Curren is... complete master of surfing. That's what the Pinnacle of surfling looks like.
Classic beginning and sick ending! both of my all time hero's roller skating. Keep it rockin' Occy.
Legends with personality. Mahalo nui boys
Been waiting on this one. Thx Occ and Tom!
Best. Ever.
legendary
Great stuff. I got to meet Tom in San Luis Obispo Ca. Years ago. Classic. Watched him surf some semi secret spots up here and he charged. Thanks.
Two surf legends roller skating is classic!
What a nice document you guys did just before it is too late. A piece of history. Thank you very much for sharing. Well done. What two legends and what a cool vibe. That's surfing at its best
Occy nails it with these interviews. All.of em. Epic.
No matter how many times I've watched North Shore, still hard to believe Occy's 80s voice. (from the opening archival footage) Amazing!
Looks like you could fit about 2.5 of Tom's torso/arms/shoulders in Occy's! Definitely built like a bull.
Pure gold! Thank you so much Occy!
Homie is soooooo introverted. Listening to him you'd never guess he is one of the best of all time.
I love you guys .You both were my hero's when ,I was a kid.Stay young and never forget your past life. I was fifteen years old, when you guys were battling it out.Miss those days. What about you?
Very insightful! Thanks for putting this one out.
Legends on skates....love it. Keep up the content Occy...soooo good!
I wish the interview would have gone just a bit longer. But it was awesome and the ending is gold
This is actually a great interview. Thank you, Occy!
The rollerskates part was amazing! They should make a heat on skateboards using Tom's mini ramp next.
Occ you're an awesome interviewer these days man!!
currens style is timeless, would still do okay on the CT today
Occy!!!! These are so rad!!!! Please keep these coming!!
This is rad!! Can't wait for Gerry and machados!
Has machado done one yet? Christian Fletcher and Bruce irons is my favorite so far
Best Occ Cast ever!!! The other episodes were pretty good too but this one took it to the next level. A guy I would love to see on Occ Cast is Noa Deane. Please make it happen!
Brilliant. Two fantastic characters, completely contrasting yet full of respect for each other. Awesome ending, v simple v funny v cool.
Mark your a good dude, I can tell you are a true friend to Tom. God Bless
So sick I love these. Occy and TC. All time 👍👍👍👍
Two great friends sharing amazing mem's...big thanks..you both teach me alot about how I want to come across
Two absolute legends right there!
Love Curren so much.
Good to see what Tom Curren and Occy are doing. Nice lads!
Your a legend Occy, watched you get out of your Mums Mazda at the 84 Pro junior at Narrabeen. My mate Dave Cowper told you were the best young surfer on the planet. I watched Bad Habbits continuously when I was 17 dude. Used to live next door to Ozzi Wright when he was a grom and you were a major influence to our crew at Southy. Met when I was on tour rapping with DIG, you got out of Shane Horan’s van at Kirra and saw Terapai and me and we went to town on Kirra pumping. Mike Calvino is a brother and helped with this so thanks for making me want to go hard my friend. Your a ruler. You and Curren Bells, and you beating him at Huntington and Newcastle. You two guys made everyone want to surf.
R u a stalker bro?
mike james na mate. Are you dude. My mate Mike Calvino filmed all of these Occ casts. This is me paying respect to your one of the most underrated surfers ever.
Are you a kook Mike?
Sorry bro didn't mean to afend u just thought it came across abit creepy
mike james
Really, because I grew up at North Narrabeen. Because my mate told me this dude from Wanda was a killer surfer. Because he influenced 80% of the surfers on the planet.
Because I happened to live right next door to Ozzie Wright who put Volcom on the map.
You call me a stalker WTF.
I pay dues to guys that deserve it, when I’m in the surf and some one does something epic I let them know Mike.
That was a sick rio.....yewww!
I tell my 3.5 yr old son he’s ripping when he skateboards in the lounge room.
I let my 5 yr old daughter know she’s killing it when She catches waves on the Shorey.
Maybe your not used to giving people praise dude, maybe that’s creepy to you. If so then snap out of it and go catch some waves!
I dont ride waves i rollerblade
TWO living legends.
Epic innerview...the skating at the end was classic and made this episode haha
Bit at the end was awesome. Nice addition to the format.
That was bloody awesome!!!
polar opposites yet brotherly love and respect... fun to check...
Both total legends. Best surf contests against each other ever. To this day. E
the end is solid gold! ledg!!!!! 🤙
That was pretty epic then to see you guys put on skate?!?!
So good!!!
🤙🏼
Occi and Tom Curren! 2 absolute legends! I love OCC in North Shore from 1987 and have always wondered why Tom Curren wasn’t in that movie with Occ and Laird Hamilton! Laird and Tom Curren are arguably the best surfers ever! Gerry Lopez has to be included in that statement as well! There wouldn’t be a Kelly Slater if there wasn’t a Tommy Curren!
Great Occ-cast with Tom Curren! Nice job!
Occ-cast with Mark Richards, please!!!
Legend Curren, an individual who didn’t give a shit about being popular. Just wanted to surf, with style to burn
Awesome. Occ is such a lovely bloke
That was worth waiting for! Thanks!