Two old guys talk shit!
Bruce irons, who is thirty seven, recently joined Mark Occhilupo, fifty, on the Occ-Cast to speak on Bruce’s Triple Crown efforts, The Andy doco, and children. It was an enlightening conversation between two surfing legends so without further fluff, let’s dig in!
Triple Crown
Bruce gained entry to the Triple Crown through the WSL’s Nepotism Wildcard and proceeded to lose first round in all three events. His heat total average across the events teetered around seven, and I heard rumors of his initial Pipe heat being surfed half-drunk on Luke Davis’ 5’5″ fun shape. I was on the beach for that heat and watched Bruce bog and flail a few times before walking down to Pupukea for a surf of my own. This is where I would have my one and only Rory Parker sighting. At the time I wasn’t sure it was him, but I knew he was on the North Shore and this manatee-esque bodysurfer fit his description to a T. A piece he posted the following day affirmed my beliefs.
The Andy Movie
Currently without an official title, the Andy movie is set to release sometime this century. Bruce speaks candidly of the film, mentioning that he’ll only watch the finished product one time, as the experience is quite painful for a still-grieving brother. He noted that all interviewees were encouraged to be open and honest, because “nobody wants to see something sugar-coated.” And he’s right. We want the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Really looking forward to that movie.
Kids
Isn’t it wonderful how (almost) everyone in the world can come together through the concept of loving thy children? So long as your kid is not gay, doesn’t date someone from an inferior race, doesn’t choose an unacceptable route of employment, and follows your exact political leanings and athletic activities, parents are so darn accepting! In a comical banter, Bruce and Occy trade stories of pushing their kids to surf and being given the cold shoulder. Occy’s youngest gravitated towards tennis, and Bruce’s five year old won’t surf unless someone other than Bruce proposes the idea. Amazing!
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listened today while sanding a 14 pack… was a good listen. can we get a weekly derek/chas cast going? por favor
Bring back the Real Beach Grit, the BG that was incisive and took no prisoners. Why don’t you call this out for what it actually is; a self indulgent, mutual masturbation session between a former great, and someone who has been fighting irrelevance for the better part of the last decade, only indulged by the industry because of the memory of his legendary brother. What a waste of 20 minutes.
Brucies alright. Easy tiger
Settle down
Let us know if it is worth the time to hear the propaganda.
“It’s going to be raw…” “People want to hear the truth about AI…” “no sugarcoating…”. This translates to 50 different interviewees all repeating “Andy had demons” for 90 minutes.
https://youtu.be/FoUK8RPp_2…
It’s inevitable that Bruce will one day get a face tattoo. How many years out would you say? 5? 10?
“WSL’s Nepotism Wildcard” – That was a good one! Occy uncovers pearls in each one of his podcasts due to the fact that these friends of his are basically just having a conversation and things come out. But as others have mentioned he seems to shy away from the hard hitting questions. Also, if Occy and his guests could eliminate the endless compliments towards one another, they would be better. Who knew all these pros needed so much affirmation?
Why do you think they are pros?
Touché.
I wish Occy would stop being so nice to the people he interviews, he get some potentially really interesting guys on the show and he should start asking some harder hitting questions. I’ll start with a few examples:
to Bruce: how high are you right now?
to Mason: how high are you right now?
to TC: how high are you right now?
Come now, none of these icons of surf are high. Never, ever ever.
If you threw a white suit with a flared colar and Bell bottoms, with that hair he’d look like rod Stuart.
From the available LEGO hair styles, Bruce chose wisely.
Could be worse https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Now that’s funny! Lego should make a 7 mile Miracle set. All the different houses could be sold separately of course. They could even partner up with hasbro and make little “science kit” labs, or hydroponic vegetable grow gardens. All non GMO certified organic toys that teach sustainability fully endorsed by Rothman.
Gold my friend. Pure gold.
Bruce Irons; the Kenny Fucking Powers of pro surfing.
Oh yeah I expect nothing less than raw truth-telling from the folks who thought they could get away from telling the world that AI died of dengue fever. And then tried to keep the medical examiners report hush hush.
I get the sense that Bruce isn’t high in this…. Probably why it’s boring.
Bruce Irons is a nut juggling transvestite. He should try doing huge amounts of drugs… like his brother!!
This podcast was somehow more boring than your matte recap of it.
…compliment!