Surfing is often viewed with rose-tinted glasses. Everything was better yesterday, right? It’s an outdated cliche, but in the case of Andy Irons and Kelly Slater’s iconic competitive rivalry, there’s ...

It's a dark, damp night in Mundaka. Everyone's in town for the Billabong comp, and as things go around this time of year, happy hour Giuseppe's bar is a who's who of early 2000s surf stars. On this ...

3x world champion Andy Irons rode a 6'6" Rounded Pin Arakawa to victory at the 2003 Pipe Masters, dramatically securing his world title. Shaper Eric Arakawa had a gut feeling and built an extra 6'6", ...

At the start of the film, the resemblance between Andy Irons and his grandfather is uncanny. Then there’s the early battles with his brother, Bruce. The struggles in school. Divorce. Sponsorship. The ...

So seldom do we lose our heroes in their prime. When Andy Irons passed away at 32 years old on November 2nd, 2010, he was our sport’s only deceased World Champion, and no one was prepared to deal with ...

This past weekend on the North Shore hundreds of people came out to celebrate the memory of Andy Irons at a special exhibit at the Hawaii Surfing Museum and Center of Radical Education (CORE). Inside ...