Surfing World issue 423 leads off with a 50-page tribute to surfing icon, Mark Occhilupo. To mark the 25th anniversary of Occy’s world title, we tell one of surfing’s greatest comeback stories, from the world title he should have won as a 17-year-old in 1984, to the title he finally won in 1999, from his lowest points to his highest.

We chat to Molly Picklum about the day women’s surfing changed, we talk with Emi Erickson and Beau Foster, and we have an exclusive, personal account of Kelly Slater’s final Bells Beach Easter event after 32 years.