BEST EVER OCCY vs. SLATER AT BELLS SKINS EVENT
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2024
- The year, 1997. It was an all time building 4 to 8 foot swell roping into bells bowl. Stiff offshore winds blew the stacking walls into ideal conditions to showcase true power based combo surfing.
The format for this even was fresh. modeled after a golf skins tournament. Only one score counts per man on man heat, and the best score takes not only the win, but 5 thousand dollars and keeps advancing through until he's knocked out.. That equates to balls out, high risk ripping, as instead of trying to build two decent scores for a heat win, a surfer can go for broke, and if he makes it, claim the wave for the single score.
ASP and WSL World Tour rivalries go back to the beginning, but very few have been as exciting as Occy vs Slater.
The raging bull, Mark Occhilupo, riding a full volumed Dahlberg six channel, went on to win 11 straight heats, taking out Kelly Slater with a legendary performance Mick Fanning called the "best surfing he has ever seen", taking home $55,000 and a new Jeep Wrangler.
Surfers:
Mark Occhilupo
Kelly Slater
Tom Carroll
Sunny Garcia
Matt Hoy
Pancho Sullivan
Luke Egan
Richard Dog Marsh
Barton Lynch
Todd Prestage
Jake Spooner
Shane Powell
Beau Emerton
Munga Barry
Nathan Webster
Damian Hardman
Myles Padaca
Danny Wills
Kalani Robb
Rob Machado
Footage: Jon Mills
Music: INXS (The Farriss Bros)
#surfhistory #occy #daysthatchangedsurfing 
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Life was great in those years
5:35 smaller wave but so sick 6:16 OMG! give him the money & trophy. out of this world
Surfing was great in those days
SO great! Different now but still SO great.
Occy was humble enough to say last week during the comp his surfing was sort of close to Gabriel Medina. I'm Gabriel's biggest fan. Gabriel's J-Bay win is unforgettable. There are is lots of similarities, such as the super deep bottom turn & toying with the lips, but Occy takes the prize. Yes, Occy's surfing at the Skins was out of this world.
Medina has 1/8 the style the bull has
@@shoreyponto looks like you’ve missed out on 13 years of the best surfer of his generation due to your internal ignorance hatred & racism
97? far out, i thought it was in the 80's. love the old school surf music that sounds like an Ozzie pub cover band. I was such an Occy fan when i was young i named our family budgie Occy.
Definitely an 80's vibe, the Occ brought it back. Tunes is early INXS 💯
Occy surfing like a crazy dog
Truly
Anyone remember the paddle battle at the OP Pro between Occy and Curran?
Most Excellent ¿
Is it just me or did Slater surf better in his 40s than in this heat?
He has not stopped improving yet.
O'ccy rip❗️
Occy just doing those backhand snaps. I remember this comp. He got scored a bit high for the nostalgia if yaving him back
Is this at Pipeline?
Bells Beach Oz
People just like saying his name, occy.
Slater was absolutely ripping.
Kelly kept falling off & even bouncing in the bottom turns. What are you talking about? OK a good Kelly wave at 5:07
160p
🤣
The only professional sport where 20 years ago pros were actually making decent money winning contests. Now the prize purses are a joke
There’s probably more money now too, just too many hands that can reach it. The format was awesome, too, they should bring it back
Occy on par with Slater? Ha. Gimme a break. This just proves that comps were always based on favorites and not skill. Occy is BY FAR one of the least of the great old school surfers. He never deserved any of the clout he got.
Being an Occy skeptic gotta be one of the toughest gigs in the RUclips commenting game 😂😂
What planet are you on
I have to assume that your comment is just a very poor attempt at trolling because you have nothing better to do, or you are a skimboarder born in 2002 and your genuine assessment is just hopelessly flawed.
Occy 🏄♂️🤙
@@RealSurfStoriesgreat comment haha. Yep