Bruce Irons

Bruce Irons is an American professional surfer from Hanalei on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, born on November 16, 1979. He surfs as a regularfoot and is often regarded as one of the best tube riders of all time. He is the younger brother of the three-time world champion Andy Irons. Raised on the North Shore of Oahu, he began surfing at the age of seven, won several United States Surfing Championships as an amateur and turned professional soon after finishing high school. In 2001 he beat the eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater to win the Billabong Pipeline Masters, and in December 2004 he won the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau big-wave event at Waimea Bay with a perfect score of 100. His first win on the world championship tour came in 2008 at the Rip Curl Pro Search in Uluwatu, Bali. Away from competition he starred in the 2005 documentary The Bruce Movie and has been a playable character in a surfing video game.