Three-Time World Champion Surfer, Andy Irons, Dead at 32

Professional surfer and three-time ASP World Champion, Andy Irons, died on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at a hotel in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas.

Kelly Slater’s “Deep Six” Surfboard Specs

Most surfers would have said that Kelly Slater was “under-gunned” (riding too small of a board) when he paddled out at the 2008 Billabong Pipeline Masters on a 5’11.” Pipe’s heaving barrels traditionally send professional surfers running for a board in the seven-foot range. But Slater