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In August 2010, just two months before his passing, he won the Billabong Pro Teahupoo in massive surf. Just months before his passing, he was gaining momentum, first with semi-final finish at Lower Trestles just south of San Clemente in April 2010.
He came back the following year stronger than ever.
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He took a year off of professional surfing in 2009. The last three years of his life, Irons was in and out of rehabs trying to rebound his life. It was the opioids that became his eventual downfall. He was diagnosed when he was 18, an illness that sent him seeking relief with alcohol and drugs when he was on a downward spiral.
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The movie dives deep into mental illness, with experts speaking about Irons’ battle with bipolar disorder and the highs and lows that come with it. His wife Lyndie Irons spoke candidly about their relationship, detailing months where Irons wouldn’t get out of bed. It was in the last five years of Irons’ life that Harris and those close with Irons saw him struggle the most. He was inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame and the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach. Irons’ through the years was a familiar face in the Southern California surf scene. Irons, considered unruly, wild and unpredictable, was the only surfer to have more wins in head-to-head match-ups against Slater, more known for his clean-cut, calculated precision. “He’s my hero… but somehow I’m going to be the guy who gets a better wave than him.” “They think they can’t beat a superhero, but he bleeds just like anyone,” Irons said. In a video tribute released after his passing, Irons talks in an interview about Slater – who he looked up to, but who he wouldn’t fold to like others did.
Irons won three consecutive world titles (2002 – 2004) in epic battles with his nemesis. Slater, also featured in the film, gets emotional talking about Irons.
Irons eventually became part of one of the greatest rivalries in surfing history with a long-running battle against 11-time world champion Kelly Slater. It wasn’t long before they were winning contests, making a name for themselves and getting picked up by sponsors – teens earning big paychecks and living rock star-like lifestyles. The movie details his upbringing on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, when he and younger brother Bruce got surfboards for Christmas one year as young kids. “I was close with him, I helped manage a lot of his responsibilities, he was one of our major athletes,” Harris recalls. New film about surf champion Andy Irons sheds light on opioid addiction, mental health – Orange County Register