Andy Irons ; RIP

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

AI died today in texas, such a bummer. My prayers and love go out to his family.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 02, 2010 5:51 pm Post subject:

How the heck did he die?? i googled, no find.... so sad Sad

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

http://blogs.surfermag.com/office-blog/breaking-news-andy-irons-passes-away/

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 02, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject:

PIRATE, i read that but

"At this time the cause of death is unknown"

DMoneyy · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 1576 City: SK 941

WHAT?!

wakemitch · Posted: Nov 02, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject:

it seems that it might be from dengue fever. Crying or Very sad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

yeah i had dengue fever 4 years ago in costa rica...i was sick in bed for two weeks lost like 20 lbs from throwing up....i had to get on a plane sick as hell and get flown to miami to get to a hospital because the hospitals where i was were so crappy...that sucks to go so young.

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

That sucks ass.
That guy is legendary.

kyle · Posted: Nov 03, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject:

they found a bottle of methadone next to his bedside and are now claiming it as an overdose.. regardless he was the only true competition for Kelly Slater and one of the greatest surfers of all time. RIP andy. If we had waves today, id go surf one for you

mojo · Posted: Nov 03, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject:

only half of those who go untreated die from dengue fever and there are two types of dengue. assuming he had the bad one and was near hospitals that seems to mean he was in the latter half. regardless it sucks. was he a recovering H or oxy addict? still doesn't matter, but i'd like to know.

nick · Posted: Nov 03, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject:

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

spencerk · Ollie Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 56 City: Cocoa Beach

this sucks man he is a legend. hell be missed. hes in a better place now though

bromfutter · Posted: Nov 04, 2010 6:38 am Post subject:

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/1103_irons_5.pdf

page 3, paragraph 2, states, Two prescription meds were found in the room, Alprazolam, and Zolpidem or Xanax and Ambien.

Andy was in peak physical condition and if i were in his shoes and had flu like symptoms i would have done the same thing, lay in bed and sweat it out waiting for my flight home but dengue fever escalates pretty quick and he probably didn't realize just how sick he was.

RIP Andy Irons Crying or Very sad

gporter · Posted: Nov 04, 2010 9:15 am Post subject:

This is really messed up... now I don't feel like a rebel when I say that popping pills is overrated. Doctors these days will give you a prescription for any of those if you just tell them you are sick, depressed, having trouble sleeping, etc...

I wonder what medical marijuana is for... Confused

R.I.P.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

gporter, medical marijuana doesn't kill people.

RIP Andy and my love goes to his family.

gporter · Posted: Nov 04, 2010 12:30 pm Post subject:

tad, Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111 Smash

DaeDae · Posted: Nov 04, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject:

bummer

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

Wtf?

1. Andy Irons is in Puerto Rico for a contest, gets sick and goes to a Doctor. Doctor tells Irons to not do the contest and seek medical attention.

2. Andy listens to the Doctor, tells friends he could possible have Dengue fever, and begins to head home.

3. Andy falls asleep in hotel room in Miami, misses wake up call.

4. Hotel workers knock on door, no answer.

5. Hotel workers enter the room, find a unresponsive body, call the police.

6. Police and paramedics enter room, pronounce him dead.

7. Police find two prescription bottles, Alprazolam and Zolpidem. Until proven otherwise, these bottles were prescribed to him by a doctor on 10/26.

8. An online newspaper, received a tip from an anonymous reporter, who called the M.E.'s office, received a random, unconfirmed, and anonymous statement, that one of the bottles contained Methadone.

And now you guys are saying it was an overdose and he was a heroine addict.

Knock that shi.t off.
Rolling Eyes

RIP Andy, condolences to the family and unborn child.

mojo · Posted: Nov 04, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject:

the first bottle is just generic xanax isn't it? we can all speculate, but only an autopsy can determine things. who knows. he's a pro athlete. what if he had some crazy injury and accidentally got addicted to opiates and wanted off and got on methadone(usually use soboxin now) and stuff happened. maybe he was a junky. he obviously was/is a good person and surfer so who cares how it happened.