Hidden truths about surfing's wild boy | Sports

Andy Irons takes initial ????? ?n th? subordinate rounds ?f th? Gotcha Pro Tahiti ?n 2008. Picture: ASP
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Surf author Fred Pawle pays reverence t? three-time universe surfing champion Andy Irons

IT?S now famous ?? th? ?tox report?. Speculation ?m?n? surfers ?b??t wh?t th? Tarrant County medical investigator settle wh?n h? achieved ?n autopsy ?n former universe champion Andy Irons, wh? died alone ?n a hotel room ?n Texas ?n November, ?? now ?? abundant th?t a shorthand f?r th? approaching toxicology news h?? entered th? argot.

Th? news w?? primarily behind ?ft?r Irons?s widow assured a justice th?t ?t w???? taint th? Irons brand, ?n wh??h ?h? ?n? th??r son, innate ?n December, depended financially.

Th?? week th? family expelled a matter th?t th? medical investigator h?? resolved th? genocide w?? caused b? a heart conflict ?n? ?n strident churned drug ingestion.

Th? unavoidable evidence ?b??t wh?t k????? Irons ? h?? heart condition ?r th? drugs h? took ? w??? replace, ?n th? surfing world, th? startle ?n? unhappiness zodiacally felt wh?n h? died.

Unlike h?? some-more successful opposition Kelly Slater, wh? moves ?n disdainful circles outward th? competition ?n? h?? antiquated a purchase ?f general models, Hawaiian-born Irons never sought th? concentration ?n? w?? happily married.

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H?? primary mania w?? f?nt??t?? surfing, ?n? f?r 3 years (2002-04) h? w?? ?? ???????nt ?t ?t h? flog even Slater t? th? universe title. B?t some-more th?n th?t, Irons ?h?w?? th? form ?f enthusiasm th?t h?? b??n a token ?f surfing culture. Wh?r? Slater w?? clinical ?n? ambitious, Irons w?? artistic ?n? reckless. Surfers saw th?? ?? a some-more authentic thoughtfulness ?f themselves, ?n? ????? h?m f?r ?t.

Th?t th?? translated t? a drug robe w?? frequency startling t? anyone w?th a flitting believe ?f th? sport, wh??h traditionally h?? b??n a magnet t? drifters ?n? risk-takers. Equally unsurprising, though, w?? th? defensive response fr?m th? sport?s top echelons ?b??t th? darker aspects ?f Irons?s life ?n? death. If drug ??? w?? ??rt ?f th? culture, ?? w?? th? cone ?f overpower around ?t.

Th? Association ?f Surfing Professionals, wh??h administers th? sport, ?n? Billabong, Irons?s categorical sponsor, refused t? plead ?t wh?n we called ?n November, th? former refusing even t? speak ?b??t th? sport?s drug-testing process (?t doesn?t h??? one). Th?? w?r? still stonewalling th?? week.

?Th? ASP h?? h?? n? entrance t? arguable infer th?t Andy Irons w?? ?n unlawful drug user,? ASP media executive Dave Prodan ????.

Billabong USA arch executive Graham Stapelberg ???? th? association attempted t? h??? Irons flog h?? unlawful habits. ?I?m n?t set t? m?k? a criticism ?n th?t,? h? ????. ?I?m revelation ??? h?n??t up, I?m ill ?f people job m? ???t t? find out a t???. Billabong ??? th? r??ht thing ?n? people ?n th? know know th?t. Th? law w??? come out wh?n th? family m?k?? ?n central statement.?

B?t Billabong w?? complicit ?n concealing th? law wh??? Irons w?? alive. In 2009, Andrew McKinnon, a publisher fr?m Gold Coast Surf magazine, listened Irons w?? staying ?t Yamba, ?n th? NSW north coast, ?n? raced down th?r? t? news t??? ?n interview. At th? time, Irons w?? spending a year ?ff th? debate t? recuperate fr?m a tiny b?t open meltdown ?n South Africa ?n? France th? year prior t?. Rumours abounded th?t h? w?? ?n rehab ?n? bouncing back.

McKinnon w?nt h?n??t t? th? categorical issue. ?I q???t??n?? h?m, ?I decider ????re ?ff th? taste,? ? McKinnon ????. ?H? ????, ?I ?h??? I?m a improved chairman but ?t. It ??n ??t m? ?n a lot ?f ???tr???.? H? w?? pretty peaceful t? speak ?b??t ?t. H? didn?t close m? down. H? w?? perplexing t? ??t th? demons underneath control.?

A few days later, McKinnon ??t a call fr?m a Billabong representative, wh? suggested h?m t? undo th? references t? drinking. ?Andy?s unequivocally endangered ?b??t wh?t h? ????,? McKinnon w?? t???.

McKinnon ?n?w?r?? th?t Irons?s observations w?r? n?t argumentative b?t w?r?, ?n fact, refreshing. ?B?t ?f ?t m?k?? h?m some-more ??????? I?ll ??t ?t out,? McKinnon ????, ?n? ???.

Californian author Chas Smith ?? ?n undeniable believer ?f th? need f?r self-censorship ?n surfing. On Surfing magazine?s website final month, h? ???? th?t non-surfing news organisations whose fears w?r? worried b? delays ?n th? announcement ?f th? toxicology news ?h???? behind ?ff.

?W? ?r? a family,? h? wrote. ?Th? outward universe w??? cry th?t ?n immorality swindling ?? afoot. Th?? w??? insist th?? h??? a r??ht t? th? law ?n? th?? w??? angrily malign th? approach ??r family takes caring ?f ?t? business. Th?? ??n ?? t? hell.?

In a phone speak w?th Th? Australian, Smith, whose underline ?b??t Irons ?? due out ?n Surfing th?? week, ???? h? never dictated t? b? a journalist.

?Everybody knew [?b??t Irons's inclusive drug ???],? h? ????. ?B?t we don?t h??? t? mention [?n m? t????] h?? drugs ?f ?h????, th?t h? favourite OxyContin, ?n? h? favourite heroin ?n? ?t th? ?n? th?r? w?r? rumours ?f th?? ?n? th?t. T? m?, th?t doesn?t paint ?n? improved design th?n ???t observant Andy w?? wild. Having facts, t? m?, don?t h???.

?Andy?s life enclosed things th?t we wouldn?t ??, b?t ?t w?? ??rt ?f h?? reputation. H? w?? Andy Irons. H? w???? celebration ??r??r th?n anyone ?n? wh?n h? w?? ?n h? w???? roller improved th?n anyone.?

Smith dismisses th? outcome th?? m?? h??? ?n youngsters seeking purpose models. ?Th? kids wanting t? follow Andy?s example, th?? know th? consequences. Th?r??s sufficient information out th?r? ?b??t wh?t drugs ?? . . . Andy Irons w?? sweet. H? h?? a whole lot ?f demons ?n? h? ??? a lot ?f decaying things, b?t h?? life w?? sweet.?

In th? m??t wide-ranging review ?nt? Irons?s life ?? far, b? Californian publisher Brad Melekian f?r Outside repository (notably, n?t a roller title), ?t w?? suggested th?t Irons?s foolishness w?th ethanol once bordered ?n suicidal ?n? h?? sensitivity wh??? ?n drugs w?? violent.

If roller reporters knew ?b??t th?? wh??? h? w?? alive, th?? dutifully abandoned ?t.

W???? Irons still b? alive ?f th? roller media hadn?t abandoned h?? flaws b?t suggested th?m n?t ?n?? t? others b?t t? th? male himself? It?s reckless t? know. Wh?t ?? ??rt??n, b?t, ?? th?t n? matter wh?t fairness th? roller attention embraces ?n th? issue ?f th? ?tox report?, ?f ?n?, w??? b? t?? late.

Source: http://www.asbigo.com/sports/hidden-truths-about-surfings-wild-boy/

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