I know this post is over a moth late, but unfortunately I was otherwise occupied with things that sucked up all my creative energy and I'm only now (slowly) beginning to get it back.
This post is about a surfer, one of my favourites. 3 time ASP World Champion Andy Irons, or AI. He was one of the best competitive surfers of this generation and is still considered to be Kelly Slater's biggest rival. At the age of 32, his life was cut short. On November 2 last year, AI was competing in the Rip Curl Pro in Puerto Rico when he started feeling ill and withdrew himself. He passed away in a Texas hotel room on his way home to Hawaii. A paddle out was held in Puerto Rico and a service was held in Hawaii on November 14, where his wife Lyndie, who was pregnant with their first child at the time of his death, and brother Bruce scattered his ashes in Kauai. His wife gave birth to their son, Andy Axel Irons on December 8, the opening day of the Billabong Pipeline Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. AI was a truely amazing surfer and person who will forever be in the hearts of his family, friends and fans. The great Maximus once said "What we do in life, echoes in eternity." Andy's life will echo forever in the beautiful waves of Kauai, his home.
AI Memorial video with some very wise words. seriously, do yourself a favour and check it out.
"You ever heard of being kissed by God? Cause that's pretty much what it is. It's the closest thing you can feel as if being kissed by God."
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