Claims that surfing is still a closed shop raise questions whether the sport has changed enough to prevent another tragedy
“I remember finding him on the mattress, barely alive,” recalls Lyndie Irons, wife of the late three-time surfing world champion Andy, pain etched on her face. “I’d go to Foodland and act like everything was fine and I had a dying heroin husband at home.”
Harrowing scenes like this spill from Andy Irons: Kissed By God, a new documentary currently touring Australia that charts the irrepressible surfer’s life, drug addiction and struggles with bipolar disorder, which culminated in the Kauaian’s 2010 death in a Texas hotel room, aged 32.
Written by Jake Dean
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