Andy Irons passing

[LovinPowell]

For those of you who follow Surfing's World Championship Tour, you may have already heard about the passing of Andy Irons.

Here are a couple of links about it:

http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/ne...irons-obituary

In this article they refer to the finals in the 2006 pipeline masters against Kelly Slater as being one of the best competitive heats of all time. Fortunately we got to be there for it and it was so exciting, even though I am a Slater fan, Andy really brought it that day.

http://www.aspworldtour.com/2010/11/...s-passes-away/

http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/02/surfin...dy-irons-dead/

He was fun to watch on the tour and will be missed.

[manuntguy3]

man.. i hate this.. get your steez on in the clouds andy..

[NICKYPOO]

Blue skies and offshore breezes for all time Andy Irons.

[talltigeguy]

Very sad to hear this.

A reminder to all also was the fact that he was taking multiple medications that are sedating. The combination of which can easily be lethal. Accidental overdosing of prescribed medications is happening far more often than it used to.

[Timmy!]

Very tragic! My wife sent me this link from Billabong:
http://www.billabong.com.au/blog-pos...forgotten-andy

I surf because...

[KonaKing]

Sad to hear indeed but as Tall pointed out this is happening way to often.

[jwanck11]

An unborn kid... Yikes. I feel so badly for the kid who will never know his Dad.