Occy: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Mark Occhilupo
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Review
“Occy was always a missile going hyperspeed, about to blow up at any moment—it’s true of so many highly intelligent or gifted people . . . All of his passion was put into his surfing.” —Kelly Slater, eight-time surfing world champion
“By going down so hard, by fully falling apart, he was able to give himself longevity. It’s like the Buddhist teachings about birth and death—something has to die for new birth to happen, and that happens inside us too. Occy was the ultimate example of that.” —Tom Carroll
About the Author
Tim Baker has contributed to Rolling Stone, GQ, and Playboy and is the author of Go Surf and the coauthor of Bustin’ Down the Door.