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Happy New Year!
Hope everyone is enjoying the cold weather and lack of waves:( Don’t worry though spring is just around the corner.
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Andy Irons Autopsy Report
Conflicting reports are currently coming in concerning the cause of death in the passing of Andy Irons. According to an official autopsy report obtained by the New York Times, the primary cause of Irons’ death was cardiac arrest, related to coronary artery disease. The secondary cause of death, according to the Times, was acute mixed drug ingestion. The Tarrant County Medical Examiners office prepared the autopsy, which will not be made public until June 20. A press release, prepared by the Irons family, has also circulated. In the release, a medical examiner who consulted with the family comes to a different conclusion on the matter of whether drugs contributed to Irons’ death. “[Drug ingestion was] not the cause of death and did not contribute to the death,” said forensic pathologist Dr. Vincent Di Maio in the Irons family’s statement. “The Manner of Death is in fact labeled Natural.”
Read both the Times story and the press release:: http://www.surfermag.com/features/andy-irons-autopsy-results-released/
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Both Surfer and Surfing Magazines for $12 for one year
A pretty good deal so I thought I would post for everyone. I just renewed my subscriptions. For $12 and that includes both, its well worth the money.
https://www.circsource.com/store/Subscribe.html?magazineId=123&sourceCode=I9ABNN
FYI – this is link is from surfermag’s website so its not some weird website.
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Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone a happy new year! Weekly updates will start again shortly, we have been lazy with the holidays:)
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RIP Andy Irons
Source: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/Surfing_legend_Andy_Irons_dies_.html
Three-time world surfing champion Andy Irons of Kauai died today in a hotel room in Texas, family and friends confirmed.
His death is being investigated as a possible overdose of methadone, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow but the exact cause of death may require a toxicology test, which could take 60 to 90 days to complete.
Irons, 32, was on his way home after withdrawing from a surf contest in Puerto Rico. He was found in bed by staff at the Grand Hyatt Hotel at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when he failed to respond to a wake-up call, the medical examiner’s office said. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at 9:46 a.m.
There were no signs of trauma. But methadone was found inside a container of a prescription drug called zolpidem, the medical examiner said. Zolpidem is commonly used for insomnia, while methadone is a powerful controlled substance used for pain. The container, as well as numerous other medications, was found on a nightstand, the medical examiner said.
Irons had competed briefly this past weekend at an Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour contest in Puerto Rico where his family said today that he was suffering from dengue fever.
Dengue fever is a viral illness transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical climates. Its symptom include intense headaches and joint pain.
Irons had competed in the first round of the Rip Curl Pro Search, but was too sick to continue and withdrew before the second round, his family said.
Randy Rarick, executive director of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing on Oahu’s North Shore, said Irons died during a layover in Texas.
“Because he couldn’t compete, because he was too sick, he decided to fly home,” he said. “He checked into a hotel and that’s where they found him.”
Irons leaves behind a wife, Lyndie, who is seven-months pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Irons was expected to compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing this month, Rarick said. He had returned to the contest circuit this year after taking a break last season. He was not in contention for the title, but had won a contest earlier this year in Tahiti.
“We were all looking forward to having him here,” Rarick said. “Andy Irons was very passionate about his competitive drive and that’s what really allowed him to win world championships.”
Irons won three consecutive world titles, from 2002 to 2004, and had 19 victories on the professional tour. He also won the Quiksilver Pro France championships from 2003 to 2005 and the Rip Curl Pro Search titles in 2006 and 2007.
He withdrew from the full ASP World Tour in 2009 and was granted a wild-card entry to tour events this season, winning the Billabong Pro Tahiti in August.
Irons was raised in Hanalei, Kauai, where he began his days surfing the breaks around the island with his younger brother, Bruce, who is also a professional surfer.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, dengue fever is the most common cause of fever in travelers returning from the Caribbean, Central America, and South Central Asia. The CDC posted an “outbreak notice” about the mosquito-born virus in June that included Puerto Rico as one of the countries where cases had occurred. The notice also said there has been a general increase in dengue fever since 2009.
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North Carolina Surf Reports Droid App
Here is a droid app dedicated to north carolina surf reports:
http://stokedkook.com/ncSurfReports.apk
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Autistic kids, families learn more than surfing at camp
Men on longboards will paddle out, carefully, carrying children. Many of the children, who will be autistic, will be terrified at first. Autistic kids don’t always love the water, or the unfamiliar, and the ocean is plenty of both. Some kids might scream. Others might cry.
But the men will handle them well, for they have been doing it for years. By the end of the day, most kids will no longer be screaming and crying, but squealing and laughing in ways their parents can describe only as “magical.” And the day will be a win for the children and their parents because parents of autistic children don’t always love unfamiliar environments, either.
That’s the expected way of Surfers Healing camps.
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14th Annual Wahini Surf Contest this sunday at crystal pier
EVENT CHECK IN- Saturday August 14th, South End Surf Shop 4-6pm- 708 South Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Parking passes can be purchased from the Wrightsville Beach Parking office for $12.00 a day. They close at 5pm on Saturday, or there is the Park by Phone option-Details will be available at check-in. Heat draws and schedule will be available at check in. Twin Fin Surf Promotions will be doing an email blast to all competitors with information too!
Entry Forms are now available! You can print and mail them in today. Or try on-line registration, thanks to our friends at Twin Fin Surf Promotions! (Note, for on-line registration under the title Women, there is only supposed to be one choice, Open Women Shortboard, over 18 AND the Bodyboard Division should read 18 and under) You can see who has entered the contest right here!
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New Hanover life guards ask swimmers to stay out of water due to rip currents
Life guards at New Hanover County beaches are asking swimmers to stay out of the water Sunday because of rip currents fueled by winds from Tropical Storm Colin.
The storm, blowing far off-shore, combined with the tidal affects of a new moon, has created a high risk for rip currents on beaches from Surf City to the Cape Fear River, according to the National Weather Service.
Rescue officials at Kure and Carolina beaches said the surf on Saturday was the roughest they’ve seen this summer. Tom Cannon, of Kure Beach Ocean Rescue, said rip currents were common Saturday and life guards rescued several people.
No one was seriously injured at Kure or Carolina beaches, according to rescue officials.
Cpl. Simon Sanders, of Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue, said lifeguards are flying red flags this weekend, advising people not to swim unless they’re either a surfer or have a boogie board and fins.
On Sunday, the highest risk of rip currents will be in the hours around low tide, which will occur around 12:30 p.m., said Meteorologist Ron Steve of the weather service’s Wilmington office.
Rip currents form after water backs up between a sand bar and the shore. When the water finds a break in the sand bar, it rushes out in a rip current.
If you do get caught in a rip current, experts say not to panic and to swim parallel to the shore and out of the current, which is usually not more than about 30 feet wide.
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Ocean Cure camp helps visually impaired kids surf
With heat indexes in Wilmington reaching triple digits this week, it’s easy to understand why Wrightsville Beach is a popular place to escape the heat. Ocean Cure’s Visually Impaired Surf Camp is ensuring everyone can enjoy the waves.
Ocean Cure is hosting a week-long charity surf camp that ends Friday. Twelve visually impaired children are learning how to surf for free, courtesy of the Indo Jax Surf School instructors.
“The idea behind Ocean Cure and all of our surf camps for medically fragile and at-risk youths is to make surfing accessible to all people,” school director Jack Viorel said. “We focus on kids who may not have an opportunity.”
Viorel started the Indo Jax Surf School three years ago with “the mindset on doing some charity.” However, the charity work grew so much that they could not pay for all of the expenses. A year later, Viorel created Ocean Cure, a non-profit organization that accepts donations as a way to alleviate costs.
Michael Turco, 7, started surfing with Ocean Cure two years ago and is at Wrightsville Beach to participate again this week. He has nystagmus, a form of visual impairment that causes involuntary eye movement. But his condition doesn’t slow him down.
With help from the instructors, Michael is able to paddle out into the surf, hop up on his board and ride the waves. He said he loves everything about the camp but also admitted, “It’s really hard.”
read the rest here: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100729/ARTICLES/100729576/1005?Title=Ocean-Cure-camp-helps-visually-impaired-kids-surf
