beat me to it. i was gonna quote the exact same thing. and in the video - 2:02-2:36 -if i ever do that...well, he lived a lot more than most - rip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uwtqRBE4Kk
not surfing related but Andy is the number one searched item on Google. Says a lot considering it's election day and people are blowing up google for results. Glad the man gets the respect he deserves.
Dengue fever reached official CDC epidemic levels last Feb. Cancel your winter trips to PR and rebook to Mexico.
its crazy as all of my friends that dont surf are even posting statuses about andy on facebook as everyone either knows kelly slater or andy irons or both. as they are considered the best surfers.
I saw it on Facebook too while I was at work . This is probally one of the saddest days the Surfing community has ever faced . Rip Andy you will be miss and my prayers go out to you family
being the literary sort... To an Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man & boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder high. Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields were glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears; Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honor out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The defended challenge cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's.
I remember when I met him in oc two summers ago, he is one of my favorite surfers, and reading about this really upsets me. he will live forever in the hearts of his fans, I hope he is in surfing heaven catching the best waves of his life. R.I.P. Andy!
looks like he was a junkie http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/Surfing_legend_Andy_Irons_dies_.html
read s h i t before you post it . The Autopsy is gonna be done tomorrow . Unitl this its just a rumor
Where ever he's at, I hope the waves are similar to the long a$$ barrel in his "I surf because..." video
