well....maybe Andy.No surfer has ever been more over hyped than Bruce.
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well....maybe Andy.No surfer has ever been more over hyped than Bruce.
Something Hal and I can agree on. Common ground.well....maybe Andy.
Um, no.well....maybe Andy.
Back from rehab Andy surfed like a guy in regional tour somewhere....but they gave him a WCT win for wobbly turns and no where near vertical surfing anyway as sort of a lifetime achievement award.well....maybe Andy.
Just was never a fan.Andy beat Slater in his prime, and some of Bruce's free surfs in waves of consequence were as good as anybody.
Me neither as far as personas go, but great surfers.Just was never a fan.
I was never a fan of his surfing or his aggro dudebro-ness.Back from rehab Andy surfed like a guy in regional tour somewhere....but they gave him a WCT win for wobbly turns and no where near vertical surfing anyway as sort of a lifetime achievement award.
He was kind of a poster boy for the vacuous, super baked, high school dropout brobra. Like one of the Santa Cruz guys, but in Hawaii.I was never a fan of his surfing or his aggro dudebro-ness.
Too Alpha for you?I was never a fan of his surfing or his aggro dudebro-ness.
Fair point. It's funny when you are in your 20s because a lot of us were somewhere on that spectrum, but by your late 30s/40s+ . . . . Not so much.He was kind of a poster boy for the vacuous, super baked, high school dropout brobra. Like one of the Santa Cruz guys, but in Hawaii.
In his prime he was far and away the best free surfer in the world, from 2 foot to winning the Eddie his second time ever surfing Waimea on a borrowed gun. You can think whatever about his personal life, etc. but Bruce Irons is one of the most naturally talented surfers to ever step on a board. His surfing on the Pipe/OTW stretch in the nineties is still legendary.No surfer has ever been more over hyped than Bruce.
There was a question on the ”Nine Club” recently about when was the first time you really noticed you were in the presence of a “professional skateboarder “. I thought at that time it would fit here. Please go at it ERBB rippers!I've seen a lot of pro surfers throughout the years on the North Shore and I have to say that far and away the three fastest and most casual surfers I've ever seen in person are: 1. Dane Reynolds, 2. Bruce Irons and 3. Dave Rastovich. And a few notches behind them would be Parko.
Airs, big turns, barrels, floaters are all cool, but to me the most amazing thing to see is really fast surfers who look casual.
Watching Tony Hawk and Kevin Stabb skate the keyhole at Del Mar Skate Ranch in 1985/86.There was a question on the ”Nine Club” recently about when was the first time you really noticed you were in the presence of a “professional skateboarder “. I thought at that time it would fit here. Please go at it ERBB rippers!
It's all personal opinion but to me he wasn't the best surfer in his prime. He was great...one of the best. Unfortunately Bruces prime coincided with Kelly's freakishly long prime. Bruce surfed with a little less power than Andy but with a better air game. Andy was a better barrel rider. Andy was a better complete surfer. Watching Andy surf J-bay was incredible. I will say Bruces style was much more casual than Andys and that's a good look. For me, he never lived up the the hype of the Bruce movie.In his prime he was far and away the best free surfer in the world, from 2 foot to winning the Eddie his second time ever surfing Waimea on a borrowed gun. You can think whatever about his personal life, etc. but Bruce Irons is one of the most naturally talented surfers to ever step on a board. His surfing on the Pipe/OTW stretch in the nineties is still legendary.