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Occy Gears Up For Sixth Annual Grom Comp – Billabong Occys Grom Comp 0

Monday 29th June (Burleigh Heads, QLD) AUSTRALIA’S best 16 year and under surfers along with a few outstanding internationals are heading to the Gold Coast for the annual Billabong Occy Grom Comp which begins this Saturday July 4th.

Named after Australia’s greatest ever grommet Mark Occhilupo and now in its sixth year, the Billabong Occy Grom Comp is recognised internationally as a premier event for aspiring young surfers aiming to become the next generation “Occy” of Australian surfing.

“I love seeing all Australia’s young , talented and super enthusiastic surfers participating in my grom event,” said the events name sake Mark Occhilupo.

“There are so many exciting youngsters appearing from every surfing region around Australia and it’s great to bring them together here for an enormous week of quality competitive surfing combined with a lot of fun free surfing, – I’m looking forward to checking out our future talents and I’m sure they’ll be ripping!”

Mark will be active throughout the event beginning on the opening day this coming Saturday with a formal beach signing session between 12 and 1pm.

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