RIP 3x World Champ - Andy Irons

WOW...early reports have just been released that 3x world champ, Andy Irons, has passed on a flight home from the Rip Curl contest in Puerto Rico. He went to the contest but was feeling sick and headed back to Hawaii. From what I am gathering, he died on a layover in Texas from Dengue Fever.

Andy was a controversial figure in surfing with an attitude to match his surfing prowess...however, there isn't a person alive who can deny just how good he was in the water.

Sad to see a talent like that go so early...RIP and condolences to the Irons family and his pregnant wife.