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HERE ARE THE CHAMPS! AUSTRALIA MUST BE PROUD OF THEM AND I THINK THE LAST OZZIE TO BE CHAMP WAS OCCY. SO IT’S A GREAT YEAR FOR AUSTRALIA! MICK AND STEPHANIE BOTH SURF FOR RIP CURL AND THE PEOPLE AT RIPCURL HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR CAREERS AND THEY MUST BE PLEASED WITH THE RIDERS. WE WENT TO A RIPCURL PARTY AND EVERYONE WAS OVERJOYED WITH 2 CHAMPIONS! ALSO THEY BOTH SURF ON DARREN HANDLEY’S BOARDS AND DARREN DESERVES A HAND TOO! HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE THEY WERE GROMS. I THOUGHT THAT DARREN SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHAPER OF THE YEAR WITH HELPING THE 2 BECOME CHAMPS! WE MADE A FEW BOARDS FOR MICK AND STEPHANIE AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE APART OF GROUP. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH MICK AND STEPHANIE’S WIN.

HERE IS OCCY AFTER HIS LAST HEAT ON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR. HE HAS BEEN A HERO TO FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD AN I’M ONE OF THEM. WE HAVE BEEN MAKING OCC’S BOARDS FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND I REMEMBER OCC TELLING ME THAT A 6’3” THAT WE MADE FOR HIM HELPED HIM WIN THE TITLE IN 1999. I WAS SO HAPPY THAT WE COULD HAD A PART IN THAT. WE SURE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM. I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A FABULOUS CAREER!

CHECK OUT HIS TRIBUTE SITE
http://www.billabong.com.au/occy/
THIS WAVE WAS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. THE BOARD WAS A 7’0” ONE OF OCCY’S OLD BOARDS HE GAVE BACK TO ME. LAST YEAR WAS A GRRAT YEAR FOR WAVES. THIS YEAR SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE SLOW ON QUALITY SURF. IT’S TOO BAD THAT THE PIPE MASTERS WAS HELD IN 2-3 FOOT SURF. PRAY FOR SURF! ALOHA!