Andy Irons

Favorite surfer of all time? I mean, I'm old, I'm old dog, man.

So Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Andy Irons, Sonny Garcia.

I can't

say, you know, I have to say all these guys.

I love it how meticulous he was and he fully understood the consequences if he got it wrong.

And I mean, and this is also the benefits of having surfed it with someone like Rasta, a kid of that quality, you know, a freakish generational talent of the Slater, Andy Irons variety.

And no doubt Cambo took a lot away from seeing Rasta absolutely dominate.

Like how good does he go in his first surf out there? And Margot too.

And we watched it happen over and over again.

Dorian comes down there.

AI comes down there.

Slater comes down there.

Um, In order to be qualified as barrel, you have to be able to pump in it or have had to pump in it.

Really, though? But what about the people? What about like the Andy Iron style where you just drop in, you kind of backdoor something and it's, you know, a cavern, but it's you're not pumping?

Yeah, I guess there are examples at like back door where you just stand there and get blown out.

So that doesn't include a pump.

You're, you weren't scared of the older guys.

I remember Andy Irons didn't like you 'cause you just, like, freaking went straight at him.

You kind of freaked Andy out-

Really?

Brett Barley, Gnarly Brett Barley, "Foo Fighters, All My Life in Blue Horizon." So look, I'm not, like, a huge Foo Fighters guy, but I will say that the Foo Fighters have had some of the most iconic songs and videos.

Uh, in the Andy Irons, like, tribute film, My Hero, Foo Fighters to Andy Irons, post posthumously, was absolute perfection.

So good call, Brett Barley.

Don Drago, uh, "Jackson 5, I Want You Back, Video Days, Guy Mariano section." Do you remember that part?

And then when you start hearing the immediate stories about the people who died and the families left behind and all that stuff, then it starts to really make that impact.

Well, the year before 2000, was the Boost Mobile Pro at Lowers, and Andy Irons won it.

They canceled the event.

Everything got canceled in 2001, and the CT season was shortened, and C.J. Hobgood was our world champion that year.

Perfect waves, snow-capped peaks, and barren deserts.

The film follows surfer and filmmaker Jed Fasso, alongside a close-knit crew of cinematographers, surfers, and snowboarders as they push deep, deep, deep into Patagonia.

Now, there's some special screenings coming up this week on Saturday night at Luna in Leederville, so make sure you get a ticket to that one.

If you can't make that and you're down in the southwest, The Heart at Margaret River on Tuesday.

He's from, I believe, Byron Bay.

Um, if you're living in the Margaret River area, we've got an epic film coming to The Heart.

Um, we're gonna be talking about Beyond Borders Patagonia, and what I've read about it, I haven't seen it yet, um, it follows a group of surfers, snowboarders as they go deep into Chile, mate, and it sounds pretty amazing, and it looks like a lot of, lot of, uh, amazing footage.

Um, the film's screening at the Luna Leederville on the September the 12th and Margaret River on the 15th of September, so make sure you go get your tickets, you legends.