The surf world will undoubtedly never recover from the tragic loss of Andy Irons. We'll never see his effortless and perfect backside tube riding in person again. We'll never hear one of his funny eplanations of what he was feeling in one of his countless HEAVY situations.


What we do have though, is countless video footage of one of the best surfers of all time. And here's his section from Transworld SURF's High 5, his last major part in a video. A performance that has earned him two Surfer Poll nominations for Best Barrel and Best Performance.

Below are parts 1 and 2 of Iron's nominated section. Plus, a description from Juston Cote of Transworld SURF on how they came across the final few clips to earn A.I. the coveted final part of the video:

The "last part" in surf movies is generally reserved for the dude who got the best clips and is meant to send the viewer out of the theater all jacked up and ready to rip. That said, when we began editing High Five, our Andy Irons section was lacking the panache that a surfer of his caliber deserved. We were in a pickle, who was gonna get the last part? Eric Geiselman had some amazing waves, but we really wanted to end the film with Andy... all we were missing were some banger clips.

Two days before the movie was supposed to be finished, a package from Billabong showed up at the office. Hastily opened, a hard drive simply marked "AI Clips" revealed itself. High Five editors Jerry Ricciotti, Steven Schultz, and Blake Kueny were "super butt pumped" as Andy would've said, and the Three Time World Champ instantly had the best part in the movie.

That's just one of the million Andy Irons stories we have, trust us, there are plenty more to come. Rest in peace AI... and send us some clips of you ripping in heaven!







Andy Irons High 5 Part 1 from Blake Kueny on Vimeo.



Andy Iron High 5 Part 2 from Blake Kueny on Vimeo.