ANDY IRONS: KISSED BY GOD - OFFICIAL TRAILER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2018
- For tickets, showings, and film information please visit: tetongravity.com/andy
Andy Irons: Kissed by God is a film about bipolar disorder and opioid addiction as seen through the life of three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons. Andy struggled with the same demons that millions of people worldwide battle with daily.
Andy was an incredible presence on the world stage as the “People’s Champion.” He was the pride of Hawaii and revered around the world for his blue collar rise to fame and success. However, many were unaware of his internal battles that led to his demise.
As the opioid crisis rises to a national emergency in the United States, the untold story of Andy’s life serves to tear down the myths associated with these two ferocious diseases. - กีฬา
Unfortunately I can relate. The ocean washes away the ills of mankind, and Surfing soothes the soul.
Yep I can relate too
I bought it and have watched it multiple times already. This documentary made me feel so many things. RIP Andy. As a person who suffers from Bipolar disorder as well, I found myself rewinding so many parts in this because of how much I relate to him. "Just a lot of thoughts, just a lot of...just stuff goin on". I have never related more to a piece. I waited a long time for this and it did not disappoint. Thank you so much for telling Andy's story with no bullshit and covers. It really is helping me.
I love you man be strong
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Check the custom Andy painting I had down after this doc, instagram.com/p/CDP9npchyDCKnLAsQl5Ghce36FX08iqyhvSgbQ0/?igshid=k1ir5eundt97
A friend suggested I watch this film - I had not heard of Andy Irons, or had much interest in surfing and yet this film gripped me from start to finish. It is a powerful, beautifully filmed and edited human story of love and tragedy. Love to the Irons' and everyone involved in making this movie.
Being a longtime surfer just a half generation (6 yrs older than A.I.) ahead of Andy - I'd followed his wild career all the way up through his passing. Having also been a bit of a wild party child myself, witnessing his tragic passing hit me hard and had me rethink my "ways". So much so that a month & a half later on new yrs - I quit drinking for 6 months. While it was a mistake 6 mo's later to drink again, I'd luckily toned it down to just beer and 1 night/week only thereafter for next several yrs up till 2 yrs ago when I quit drinking all together for good, thankfully. We sometimes see our heroes as invincible but Andy's death was a sobering reminder nobody is & that substance abuse is a dangerous Russian roulette not worth the risks. Opiates as well as alcohol - while both "legal" are way more risky & dangerous than the bought & paid for TV ads portray them to be. Glad the true story is being told here vs the B.S. dengue fever lies the surf/mainstream media tried to spin. Kids, parents, pro's, etc... let this be a lesson learned to not repeat. Rest in peace Andy - you were an amazing surfer and wild energetic spirit (bi-polar and all...) & will always be remembered for that intense fire !!
extracheezpleez 🙏🏽
Heroes die hard in our hearts with such a senseless death. Wish we could teach the young coming up the Party Life will not only destroy many lives but Drugs and Alcohol will also steal your biggest Dream
extracheezeplease= you brought me to tears Bruddha! You are All right, and a True Soul Surfer! God Bless Amigo!
He was kinda a jerk 🤷🏻♂️
I applaud your sobriety. I would like to add that Andy had bipolar disorder and his addiction to alcohol and opiates was compounded by that illness. Individuals who suffer from bipolar disorder become addicted to all manner of behavior....drinking alcohol, taking drugs, impulsive spending, gambling...to null the demons in their brain. Unfortunately, from a very young age, Andy was subjected to emotional pain (his parents' divorce, having undiagnosed dyslexia, being called/thought of himself as "stupid in school) and exposure/use of alcohol (age 5-6), dope (7-8) and becoming part of a party world with huge earnings as a young teen all contributed to his addiction. I have yet to see someone like him whose depression and manic episodes were so high on the spectrum of BP. To lay on a floor, not speak, isolating for 2-1/2 months then getting up and virtually winning 50 ft surf competitions within days is beyond inspirational. It's heartbreaking to watch how he declined and suffered and like so many people who go to treatment centers for several months can come out healthy, it only takes one use of a substance, telling yourself that's all you're going to do) to hit that strong addiction...and, again, with bipolar disorder (also, being such an athlete, I get how he didn't want to take drugs for BP, which can sometimes be as difficult to cope with as the illness itself.) He truly was kissed by God and it breaks my heart to watch this documentary but I've watched it several times nonetheless.
Royalty! I’ve shared with bipolar people in my life and I’ve witnessed the intensity this people bring to the table. It’s all raw and real with them.
Hugs to the Iron’s family.
I'm so glad that the Irons family and the film makers took their time with this movie. Thank you for being so open and honest. I am certain that Andy's story will save lives. I can't wait to watch it. A.I. Forever!
I'm a surfer who has mental illness who's also addicted to drugs and alcohol. I feel this...so sorry for your loss Bruce. I feel the pain when I look in your eyes man. Rip
Check out TrueHope and the special vitamin therapy they developed called Empower Plus. These vitamins saved my life from Bipolar and Depression. They work better than any med I tried in over 10 years..no med even came close to how well these worked for me.
Much love, always, to the Irons family. Andy is one of my greatest inspirations to find a way to enjoy this life even through the inner demons creating darkness. And Lyndie is one of my greatest inspirations for hope and peace, and has taught me to love the ones in my life as deeply as I can. I am so grateful for this movie and how they are choosing to share it. I will treasure this movie greatly. Mahalo
Never met him, never knew him. Me being a clinical therapist and as longtime surfer watching AI, I now understand him... thanks for bringing clarity to his life, struggles and untimely passing..Mahalo to his family and those that miss him.
+Sybil Chenault The most moving part for me is when Bruce tells the story about the day after the Chile competition when Andy asked him 'Are you afraid of dying?'
I wish you clinical therapists would learn about something other than drugs that just dope people up until they're no longer themselves. Why do I say that ? Because I'm Bipolar and spent many years on meds which never worked, my life was hanging on by a thread until the day I seen Empower Plus Vitamins from TrueHope featured on Discovery Health Channel. They were developed for people with Bipolar. My doctor was dead against me trying them but after I insisted and was on them for 3 months and off all my meds my doctor wrote in my chart I had a miraculous change. When I asked him if he could tell other people with Bipolar about them he stated that he could not..only if they mentioned them could he talk about his experience with them. People in your profession have blinders on and just prescribe meds which mask symptoms then you feel like you've done something marvelous. People in your profession should know about other therapy's that work..even if they are not a medication..you would think that would be even better if what works best is not even meds but special vitamins. After all these years, 17 and counting I've never seen a single doctor on television or heard of a single doctor talking about them and over a hundred thousand people have been helped by TrueHope. If you really want to help people with this horrible illness try pulling your head out of the sand and back off the greed machine, then maybe you'll start to truly help people. sorry about the tone but I've seen to many Bipolar people end their lives over the years that were being "treated" by doctors in your field.
Legends are unique and there will never be anyone else like Andy Irons. Best backside of the world #RIP
Emerson Rodrigues Agreed! He taught me to embrace the backside techniques and eventually I started preferring going left (regular foot).
If I could surf like any one surfer ever, it would unquestionably be Andy Irons. Breathless seat of your pants surfing drenched in emotion and attitude.
Special Film. Amazing Doc. Have wanted to surf for a long time but this has absolutely solidified that feeling. Will recommend this to people for years to come.
every person must see this, it is a great eye opener for life and is very inspiring and motivating
- long live Andy Irons
When this hit the news here in Hawai‘i the first thing that came to mind was drugs and how it probably ruined him. It was so sad. One of Hawaii’s best surfers gone. Respect and love to the Irons ’Ohana!
kawika dav agreed. Mental illness was the driving force of the drug use. Addiction is very common in people with bipolar. They use to feel more normal.
When she talk about Axle at the end of the movie it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen
Brought me to tears. Looked like my son 😭
This came on tv tonight .. only caught the last few mins but was so good so far. Gonna check it out
Such an amazing surfer. Most with Borderline Personality Disorder are misdiagnosed as Bipolar. The fact that he went into these furious rages makes me wonder if he had BPD instead?
One of the best. ANDY FOREVER.
Bruce, I see the love you have to your brother man. I see it in your eyes and I will have the same if this was my brother. I'm so sorry for your loss man.
Very inspiring man despite challenges! Prayers & love to his friends & family - gratitude for The Twelve Steps & the road hOMe!
As a creative, who was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 2011, this REALLY resonated with me. Love this.Will have to watch this
As a fellow Bipolar I was be remiss If I didn't mention to you what I personally found that saved my life from Bipolar depression and rapid cycling. There are vitamins specially made for people with out disorder called Empower Plus Vitamins from TrueHope. They were featured on Discovery Health Channel, They have a awesome support team that will work with you step by step to get you off meds and truly better than you ever though possible. Look them up and read the story about how they got started. I wish you the best. The vitamins have been working for me for 17 years. I can honestly say without them I wouldn't be here to write this.
I had the privilege and pleasure luckily to watch Andy and Bruce in the late 90's at their home in Kauai. accompanied by reef Macintosh and many others, Braden Diaz, kaipo jaquias, Kai garcias, chava greenlee, Terry Chung, Titus kinimaka, Laird, and Bill Hamilton. I was never, will never and have never considered myself in their realm of understanding the ocean ( Bruce irons as well, um, meha and Ruben balmores, as well as Tyrone Fitzpatrick, and John and frank Medeiros, kala, and kamalei, too many more to type, but Andy and Bruce and their crew. what an education in being one, completely, with what u r surrounded with. hats off, head bowed, respect given, and felt, and remembered, forever! all my love to these people as well as to all who live aloha!
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One of the best Doc's I've seen. Shout out to Todd and Steve Jones for Directing. If you haven't seen this yet, go check it out.
What a brave story to tell.
Drugs are opening new ways for the mind; Not all of them are safe. Say NO! to drugs.
One of the best Doku I’ve ever seen in my fucking life, thank you soooooooooo much Andy and your family. Love you ❤❤❤
Everyone. Go and watch that movie! It is amazing. Really hard and emotional but so perfect 💕
*I WONT BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE IN PUBLIC, ITS TOO HEAVY*
Incredible documentary!
Mental illness is such a difficult thing to deal with. If you’ve never had an episode it’s scary and you scare everyone around you. It’s hard to ask for help.
TGR, beautifully done film about a beautiful soul.
"Legend"! You are missed!
Myself and one of my Daughters suffer from Bi-polar and it's real.You can laugh when something happens and your supposed to cry and vice-versa.Keep grinding people suffering from this cruel issue.
To the film makers, thank you. Hugs to Andy's family and friends. Take care everyone - It's okay to ask for help.
This guy had a style we don't see in most word surf league surfers now, a free session was rad!!
Aside from anything about Andy on land, in my opinion, coming from someone who has done it all in advanced high performance surfing, Andy was in an upper echelon so much higher than everyone else that I have yet to see anyone who has been able to get to that level. Long live A.I. His talent will have a supreme place in surfing history forever.
Finally, I want to go and see this on my birthday 🎂
truly beautiful and heartbreaking
A.I. = Surf Legend
Kick ass dude! What a surfer... Damn...!!!
A voir ABSOLUMENT!!!! Je viens de l’acheter et c’est un très bon documentaire. Avec le vrai point de vu de la famille, sans jugement. Par contre on voit le mauvais côté du Surf avec toute c’est fête et c’est vampire qui rôde autour de vous pour vous noircir. Pour Andy était pas seulement un champion mais surtout un être ultra sensible tellement sensible pour ce monde dur et compliqué qu’il es parti trop tôt... et son frère est très touchant dans ce documentaire avec la femme de Andy..... tu nous manques 💖
Long live the King! #TeamHawaii
Rest in love love Andy 🤙❤️
This will be a movie for all kids to watch
surely the greatest surfer of all time
Muy buen competidor
un saludo especial a la familia Irons y a todos los sufers...
Man. This is gonna be a movie that’s gonna make me tear up.
He'll Never Get Old .........
The fucking best!!! Always young wild and free!!! 🤘🤘
Love u Andy! The best ever
Great man!😇
I’m getting that Andy black and white photo that pops up early on for a split second commissioned by an artist with the stipulation this artist watch the doc first to gain some inspiration. And he’s watching tonight and starts painting tomorrow. I’m overwhelmed to see the finished product and prob cry my eyes out
goose bumps every time
That was intense........whoh.
The best,louco e nois irmão,Kelly numca chegara aos teus Pes.
So sad Australia loves you and will miss you bra!😢😢😢
I watched the ocean tour yesterday and this came there. I felt so sad the rest of the time. (sorry for my english)
Awesome trailer
11 anos sem o melhor
The best Surfer
Melhor surfista andy irons a lenda do surf🏄
Just legend!!!!!! 🤙
Great legend
A.I. Forever! ❤
Bruce, you have someone to look up to, to see we're all human. Life can overtake anyone. We need a Saviour, a protector. It's a fact. We can't do it on our own,,,,, life's bigger than we are
We do have a saviour and can have a personal lifesaving relationship with him.. His name is Jesus Christ ✝️
This is the one film that made me cry
Got goosebumps
Brad Roberts me too
Try a lump in my throat
Great documentary with a sad truth behind it... does anyone know what's the song on the paddle out scene at the end?
Been looking for it for ages... finally found it: Free from Must Save Jane -> th-cam.com/video/HwnsApMzhyI/w-d-xo.html
10 years today RIP ANDY ONE LOVE M8
What was the date?
A.I. FOREVER! 💪🏼
Just to clarify is this the movie we've been waiting for for years that was supposed to be called, *Andy: The Untold Story of Andy Irons* ?
This guy's surfing is all that matters. Surfing was his natural talent, dream, ability, passion and love. Fuck all that personal shit that everyone is making dollars from now. A guy that had everything, but suffered deep issues. He surfed like he owned the ocean..
The Best
This reminded me a lot of 'All this mayhem' about the Pappas brothers.
Rock Steady! X
Where can we watch this if it’s not in a theater near me? Online anywhere? RIP to the 🐐
Respect
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Heavy Heavy Heavy...
For real..
Heavy
heavy ...
Heavy and life altering
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R.I.P Andy Irons légende du surf Hawaiien tu auras marqué de ton empreinte le surf mondiale 🤙🏄🏝️🇺🇸🌍Aloha champion..
Hi, i am from Spain, do you know any page or something where i can see this documental please?? It looks preatty amazing and hard...and i would really like to see it!
Amazon Prime
Where can I watch this movie?? I'm in Queenstown NZ. So much contradiction on a release date.. is it in cinemas? vimeo? nexflix??
Check the Teton Gravity website. Im in Raglan and watched it last night in Hamilton. Its pretty Heavy
where can i watch this film online? im from germany, no theather shows here..
Does anyone know the quote from the opening seconds of the film? The one where he says surfing is like being kissed by God? I’ve never heard that in any of his interviews and can’t find it anywhere.
I guess it's a outtake from his billabong 'I surf because' interview.
My dad had bi polar and he was the smartest man you could ever meet and he was a music teacher and a builder also a wine making . He drank a shit load and smoked heaps of weed and loved Hunting . Always amazing people that have this illness , some of them are fucking dicks tho . And that includes my dad lol . He told me he had a IQ of 180 something wtf . Scary man to be around when he was angry I tell you that much . RIP andy
Does anyone know the name of the paddle out song in the movie? This is the most beautiful movie and i watch it all the time
Been looking for it for ages... finally found it: Free from Must Save Jane -> th-cam.com/video/HwnsApMzhyI/w-d-xo.html
It's so sad when they hide, it when they she my love or best friends.
Bipolar is very misunderstood. It’s actually what makes these people special but it cannot be tamed without killing the persons spirit
amen
"Cannot be tamed without killing the persons spirit"?? I am type 2 bipolar and was diagnosed after a serious suicide attempt back in 2005. When I started taking medications, I did not lose my spirit. I am even more spirited now then I was without the medications. The meds and counseling helped me to get rid of the loss of control that the disease causes, allowed me to focus and, to essentially, be me. I am the first one to say, "Fuck it," and live life to the fullest. Hardly tamed my spirit.
tia ria Good to hear.Unfortunately that was not the case for my best friend. It has basically killed him in spirit . It is like the real person is dead
I am sorry to hear that. Having the right doctors and the right medications is critical. The wrong stuff definitely made me feel like a zombie, so we stopped those meds and kept trying new ones until we found the right ones. It did take a while. I hope for your friend that they can find a different course of meds to be on. Life is far too precious to stop fighting for it. Wish you all the best and that you win this fight.
Tia ria what u on bra ??? Because mine are killing my spirit . I miss being excited I feel like I’ve flat lined inside
does anyone know the name of the background music? it is so powerful. beautiful. sad. full of hope. all at the same time.
Been looking for it for ages... finally found it: Free from Must Save Jane -> th-cam.com/video/HwnsApMzhyI/w-d-xo.html
the title of this doco disturbs me from the outset. the pressure this poor man must have been under to 'be' brilliant all the time must have been immense. having bipolar or any other mental health issue on top of being creative in any way doesn't mean you've been kissed by god. i can tell you now - i can reassure you now, having a mental health problem like depression - in any form, is not a gift from heaven - nor a heavenly experience. that title is wrong from where i'm sitting. i have a feeling that Andy Irons may have had a similar outlook too. it sounds more like a curse than a kiss.
heavy
If the Association of Surfing Professionals instituted drug testing they might be able to save lives.
I just discovered a few mins ago he was my cousin... sad that i will learn about him in this way instead of knowing him in life. Rest Well Little Cousin.
WHEN IN BRAZIL?
Yes there were the drugs, and he paid the ultimate price with his life. Hopefully the next gen of kids take that into consideration before they follow down that road. Lets not lose sight of the fact that Andy was undeniably, the only human on this earth that could shake King Kelly to the core. He knew that even Gods bleed..the rest of the pack were surfing for second.
As others have suggested using the drugs and that getting out of control was more likely due to an underlying instability and trying to have some control over it. The unfortunate thing is there still isn't effective treatment for all bipolar and thus turning to drugs and alcohol will continue for many.
None of this takes away that Andy Irons sounds like a dude.
What is the song called played during the passing of the ashes ? Would really like to find this out . thanks
Been looking for it for ages... finally found it: Free from Must Save Jane -> th-cam.com/video/HwnsApMzhyI/w-d-xo.html
What is the name of the song?
Been looking for it for ages... finally found it: Free from Must Save Jane -> th-cam.com/video/HwnsApMzhyI/w-d-xo.html
unmatched at tahiti for style. it was his wave
Alright Teton. This is awesome but you teased and promised us this documentary over a year and a half ago. I sooooooo want to believe you are ready to release this now (I have sent many messages to your twitter and facebook over the years asking for a release date!). Please don't make us wait much longer. AI deserves more than that.AI forever.
Alex Reid it said may 31
*Jake shulman* yes sir. Excited. Just hope they stick to the date this time.
Is this movie gonna premiere in Maui?? I check the maui cheetah website and they're not promoting this anywhere and it's something I want to see
Yes:
Maui Mall Megaplex 12
70 E. Kahnumanu Ave., Kahalui, HI 96732
May 31st, 7pm
www.fathomevents.com/events/andy-irons
As of now only in Honolulu on May 06. But it will likely eventually play in Maui