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But the simple sports-resurrection narrative is just the low fruit of Mark Occhilupo’s story. Occ’s always been the star of his own show why stop him now?įrom teenage prodigy to deep-fried couch potato to the best surfer in the world, it’s been a wild old ride. “And anyway,” he says of the role, “I’ve kind of been doing it my whole life anyway, haven’t I?” He whacks me on the leg to make sure I get the joke. Occ’s already played himself in a Hollywood movie and was pro surfing’s original child actor, globally adored at 16 and burnt to a crisp at 22.

When Occ tells me he wants to play himself in the movie of his own life, I laugh, but he doesn’t. The obvious candidate for the role, of course, is sitting in front of me. DiCaprio? “Nah, too serious.” Pitt? “Yeah-nah, too American.” Depp? “Maaaaaaybe…but can he surf?” With the jut of the jaw, the koala blink, and the tick between the teeth followed by the “Yeaaaah” or the “Naaaahh” or the “Yeah-nah,” he explains why none of them would be any good. He starts running through A-listers who could play him. Mark Occhilupo tells me his life story is under option in Hollywood.

Here to brave new world surf and ski point pleasant