A phone call to Mr Irons yields the fruit of his RVCA signing and the power of social…
Almost exactly two hours ago, the Hawaiian surfer Bruce Irons signed with the clothing label RVCA. Yesterday, the WSL announced that he would be squeezed into the Pipe Masters on the back of an injury wildcard.
It ain’t been easy for the 36 year old these last few years. Big brother dies, sponsors disappear, baby mama ain’t around so much. A few biscuits thrown at him at this juncture is very welcome.
In this twenty-minute call, Bruce talks about the obvious, RVCA, Pipe etc, but he also jams on the brevity of fame, what it feels like when pals evaporate from your life, and a few other things.
As with all phone calls, and especially phone call interviews that I make with a pounding heart (I still watch The Bruce Movie), there’s a few misunderstandings, a few misheard things, some pauses, awkward laughter from me, mumbling questions even I don’t understand when I played it back. If I was a little better at trimming voice memo files you’d get a cleaner, more cohesive interview.
Starts slow but warms up.
If you like Bruce, this is what it’s like if you were to call him, right now…
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Bruce makes you sound like “Ol Golden Tonsils” John Laws
…I sound like a screeching school girl, I know!
That’s embarrassing
Don’t worry, Bruce sounds worse. You didn’t sound that bad, I’ve heard you sound worse
So thats how you pronounce it!
thats what I thought too.
Couldn’t get more than 5 minutes in. Transcription Dell?
Surely Rory can do it as payback for not writing in Nica.
Transcriptions are a very special kind of hell. Rory is too precious.
You need a work experience kiddy.
…or Third World buddy?
long as you can accept bad englise
Pay me!
I can’t understand a “fucking” word!