Comments on: Andy Irons Taking 2009 Off, Billabong Backs Him Up http://5ones.com/andy-irons-taking-2009-off-661/ We Are Action Sports Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:12:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Top 10 Surf Stories on 2008 | surftherenow.com http://5ones.com/andy-irons-taking-2009-off-661/comment-page-1/#comment-19020 Top 10 Surf Stories on 2008 | surftherenow.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:15:45 +0000 http://5ones.com/?p=1312#comment-19020 [...] France and skipped the Mundaka and Brazil contests leading to speculation about his troubles. Andy announced that he was taking 2009 off from the tour, and may be following the path of free surfer of his [...] [...] France and skipped the Mundaka and Brazil contests leading to speculation about his troubles. Andy announced that he was taking 2009 off from the tour, and may be following the path of free surfer of his [...]

]]> By: Jeff Bollock http://5ones.com/andy-irons-taking-2009-off-661/comment-page-1/#comment-16984 Jeff Bollock Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:52:27 +0000 http://5ones.com/?p=1312#comment-16984 Good for Andy. He doesn't seem into right now and I am stoked to see more footy of him freesurfing and ripping. He attacks big waves like no one else. Bobby - too bad for Reef. Bobby is one hell of a guy and any company should be stoked to have him rep them. He is also a very underrated surfer and has many good years left in him. Plus, he is the only guy they have on tour as a main sponsor. Sounds like Bobby just potentially made himself an extra $300k. With this sponsorship from Monster, he's still open to find himself a main appareal sponsor. I think he would fit well on Quik's team. I can't imagine Dane leaving Quik. They've had Kelly for ever and I can't imagine they would want anything but the same with Dane. I would expect they will do whatever it takes to keep him around for good. Plus, with Kelly being such a big part of Quik and such a good friend/mentor to Dane, he won't be going anywhere. Good for Andy. He doesn’t seem into right now and I am stoked to see more footy of him freesurfing and ripping. He attacks big waves like no one else.

Bobby – too bad for Reef. Bobby is one hell of a guy and any company should be stoked to have him rep them. He is also a very underrated surfer and has many good years left in him. Plus, he is the only guy they have on tour as a main sponsor. Sounds like Bobby just potentially made himself an extra $300k. With this sponsorship from Monster, he’s still open to find himself a main appareal sponsor. I think he would fit well on Quik’s team.

I can’t imagine Dane leaving Quik. They’ve had Kelly for ever and I can’t imagine they would want anything but the same with Dane. I would expect they will do whatever it takes to keep him around for good. Plus, with Kelly being such a big part of Quik and such a good friend/mentor to Dane, he won’t be going anywhere.

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