The surfing world and his home island of Kaua'i are reeling from the news that three-times world champion ANDY IRONS died this morning, reportedly from dengue fever. According to the Hawaii News Now report, the 32-year-old surfer died in Dallas en route to the Garden Island, after pulling out of a competition in Puerto Rico.
A longer story on his hometown paper's Web Site, GardenIsland.com, reports that Irons had been diagnosed with dengue fever in Puerto Rico, and had first sought medical treatment in Miami before deciding to see his doctor on Kaua'i. He was on a layover when it was determined he was too sick to continue flying home, and after checking himself into a hotel, never woke up, according to GardenIsland.com.
Irons' wife, Lyndie, is expecting their first child within a month, GardenIsland.com reported. His younger brother, Bruce, is also a champion surfer based on Kaua'i, and sponsored with Andy and their family the annual Irons Brothers Pinetrees Classic, a contest at their home break for young surfers. Andy Irons had to miss this year's Classic in March, the ninth such event, but spoke with the keiki contestants via cell phone from Australia, where he was recovering from an injury, according to an earlier Garden Island story.
Andy Irons is featured in numerous surfing documentaries, including 2004's A 4-minute video interview with surf footage (see below), posted by his sponsor Billabong on Aug. 23, begins with this voiceover:
The soundtrack is an A.A. Bondy song called E ho'omaha me ka maluhia rest in peace, Andy.
Posted By: Jeanne Cooper (Email, Twitter) | November 02 2010 at 05:48 PM
The surfing world and his home island of Kaua'i are reeling from the news that three-times world champion Andy Irons died this morning, reportedly from dengue fever. According to the Hawaii News...
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