There is a giant myth in assuming that writing nothing about tawdry, uncomfortable topics, allows them to be resolved appropriately…
Bruce Irons was arrested Thanksgiving morning at 9:23 in the morning and in Newport Beach, California for DUI drugs, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and driving without a valid driver’s license.
It is a bummer to report but… I can’t not. The whole damned cone of silence is surfing is fine, to a point, and something of which I’ve even preached the sanctity. But the truth is, at the end, truth matters. Being able to write true things matters. Being able to write true things purely and simply for the sake of writing true things. matters
Why?
I don’t fucking know.
It ain’t like there’s any merit in shining a spotlight on Bruce’s misadventure with the Pharisaical hope that he’ll get the help he needs. That is always bullshit. The ugliest sort of bullshit.
It ain’t like it’s a fun or funny story with an anti-depressive arc and gorgeously surprising character development. No. It definitely ain’t that.
It’s just news, I suppose. Bruce’s arrest is already public record as part of a Newport Beach local police beat website (read here), he’s a professional surfer and this is BeachGrit.
Writing anything at all, especially about tawdry, uncomfortable topics begs scrutiny. I think there is a giant myth, though, in assuming that writing nothing, especially about tawdry, uncomfortable topics, allows them to be resolved appropriately then disappear without a trace, vanishing the weight of shame too.
If I’m going to be real honest here, it’s the tawdry/uncomfortable parts in each of our lives that give them weight. It’s the mistakes we’ve made, the people we’ve fucked over, the nights we drank too much and the days we screamed at our loved ones that make us who we are as much as any of our actions.
I hate all the garbage I’ve done in my life. Hate it with a passion but it’s still me and probably most of me.
Not that Bruce should hate getting a DUI drugs, possession of a controlled-substance without a prescription and driving without a valid driver’s license. Maybe the arresting officer was very cool and the whole thing amounted to some much needed rest and relaxation PLUS a get-out-of-going-to-boring-thanksgiving-meal card.
Who can know these things?
Neither me nor you, baby.
What ever happened with Bruce’s court date?
dont worry he gonna meet with his brother in hell soon, hopefully…
The truth won’t really set you free, but it’s interesting.
“Irons was found passed out behind the wheel of a running car at a gas station. Cops responded, found Irons, woke him up and determined he was under the influence of drugs. He was arrested without incident.
According to police records, Irons was booked for DUI Drugs, possession of a controlled substance without prescription and driving without a valid license. Bail was set at $2,500. ”.
The Bible says nothing about a probation period, (purgatory). The Bible says “it is appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgement.” The Bible says nothing about second chances after you die.
I believe someone like Adolf Hitler, who had hardened and depraved his heart, and turned his back on God over so many years and decades, found it in his heart to call on God at the end of his life. When you harden your heart to God by saying no to Him and His goodness reapeatedly, it’s becomes very hard to find a place of repentance, I don’t believe Hitler found that place.
Old Mother Tez wasn’t so great either. https://allthatsinteresting…
Just sad man… just sad. I watched him in Kissed by God and was brought to tears. Upon reading this report, it’s not the same feeling as watching him talk about being “monsters” in the movie, but it certainly is a feeling of disgust. Here’s hoping Bruce gets the help and receives the support. I can’t even recall as I write this who his sponsors are in the industry, but I hope they offer him sobriering reality and support.
And yes, for the crew who read Chas’s newest book, I can hear you laughing at my last comment/hope all the way from you to my New Jersey home.
May he who has not sinned throw the first cone( I mean stone)
the kind of favour Albee accuses people of giving
That pipe must have been hanging out his mouth like a durry.
What about world titles?
They day he picked up those sweet sticks from Matt and then didn’t show in the Maldives was a red flag. Addiction is disease and a self prescription for pain and mental imbalance. I hope the family can get through it and so can Bruce. Would love to see him surf the Eddie or dare I even say the big wave tour. God speed
“I hate all the garbage I’ve done in my life. Hate it with a passion but it’s still me and probably most of me.” Jesus won’t save you from this. Its written clearly in the Bible Jesus will kick your arse if you continue to knowingly sin. Jesus is giving you a chance to reform; that’s all. If you don’t change, your destination is hell. Luckily for you, however, Jesus, heaven, hell, etc, are more bullshit. They are not real. Its a con.
Phew
That’s a relief!
I preach the Good News! Bruce & Andy have been through hell. Try to avoid this hell of self-harm. Since we are here for this short life time, try to make it a heavenly (happy) life (despite the hell all around us). Jesus said, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘See, the kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you.’
Its only self harm if your a greedy cunt
Nope, sorry to inform you that Heaven is a reality and Hell is a reality also. And Jesus can truly set someone free of their sins and drug addictions. He can and will forgive you of all the garbage youve done if you ask Him to and are ‘sincere’. Jesus is giving everyone a chance to repent of their sins and get into Heaven and miss Hell, the choice is ours.
It baffles me that some people can still think like this in the modern world. Seriously.
You should be burned as a witch, ironically.
It baffles me that some people refuse to believe, (great excuse though to do your own thing, drugs etc.) Look at the night sky, ” The Heavens declare the Glory of God.” You are not here by some cosmic ‘accident’. The choice is yours.
What if your not into eternal life?
Your lack of rational thought is astounding, and horrifying.
Horrifying? C’mon, really? Ironic that there’s not even an eye batted at what Nick gets on about with his conspiracy stuff, and yet Matt’s “lack of rational thought” is “horrifying”. Would you consider this to be a tolerant statement?
I’m curious, is it the actual Jesus as depicted in the gospels that you have a problem with, or would it be more accurate to assume that it’s the people that are supposed to represent him, namely Christians, that raise your ire?
According to the bible, He did state that he was the only way to “come to the Father”. I can understand why this statement would be off-putting to some, as it forces those who even care to decide if they believe this be true or not.
Aside from this, he had major compassion on the sick, lame, blind, hungry-along with those who would’ve otherwise been shunned or condemned by society IE lepers, the adulteress who was about to be stoned…”let whoever has never sinned cast the first stone”. He dined with “sinners” (tax collectors and the like), which was considered verboten by the religious leaders of the day. He asked for those same religious leaders to be forgiven while he was suffering the truly horrifying death they plotted for him, because “they know not what they do.”
I’ve always wondered why any mention of Jesus causes such a strong reaction in certain circles when his legacy according to the bible is one of love, compassion, mercy and forgiveness. Other biblical narratives/constructs, sure, but in regards to Jesus as the gospels depict him? Seems to me that many who have this type of reaction probably haven’t taken the time to actually read the gospels…
If this reaction is due to how he is represented by some “Christians”, well this sadly is very understandable.
Why do you care if people aren’t buying it.
You’ll be saved for eternal boredom.
What’s with all the trying to convince,
it must get old.
When you’ve experienced God’s forgiveness and goodness, you want to share it, and don’t want to see anyone die without it. It doesn’t get old sharing the good news.
You really think he’s a guy, huh?
Yes.
I don’t object to whatever helps people sleep at night.
So right on matty!
Jesus said: “Let the dead bury the dead”. Jesus said: “You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom… is already among you.”
For the past 17 years, the USA are doing a Christian Crusade War (against the fake Islamic Taliban the USA originally created) so they could control the opium trade the Taliban decided to end in the year 2000. Andy might have died due to the oversupply of CIA imported opium into the USA – all in the name of Christ. It is Christians that provided the core support for the US War of Terror in the Middle-East; which flooded the US with opiates (just as the Iran-Contra cocaine back in the 1980s flooded the US with crack cocaine). It was the famous Jewish family ‘Sassoon” who supplied most of the opium for the British-Protestant-Jewish-American Opium Wars against the Chinese back in the 1800s. Jews & Christians are the drug dealers. Zionist Jews who fund Trump, such as Sheldon Adelsen, earn their billions of Zio dollars from peddling gambling and probably also prostitution. Israel is the current world centre of white slavery. Jews & Christians ran the Atlantic Slave Trade. The most addictive and deranged drug they deal is called “Christ”. But Jesus said: “I took my place in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found all of them intoxicated; I found none of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts and do not have sight; for empty they came into the world, and empty too they seek to leave the world. But for the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent.”
It let’s them be able to stop the thinking of why and how.
Which must be a relief!
It would be even more ironic after reading the above statement if you were to consider yourself to be tolerant toward the beliefs of others…
There’s a long way between tolerance and understanding.
I would certainly tolerate his beliefs, but if he chooses to preach them then I might choose to express my own views.
Actually Nick first made mention of Jesus, although it was in some sort of quasi-scriptural context foreign to probably everyone save for himself. Matt responded to this.
I find it really laughable and telling, also ironic that Nick can write just about any inanely anti-Semitic conspiratorial loony nonsense and nobody bats an eye, but the minute someone mentions Jesus in anything other than a mocking way, everybody becomes oh so indignant and castigating.
It’s cool though, Jesus actually said that this would happen. I’d be willing to wager that the vast majority of those who ridicule Jesus have never bothered to actually read even one of the gospels.
I’m sure you meant the burning as a witch thing as hyperbole. I otherwise would be pretty baffled myself that anyone could think something like this in our modern world.
Is there multiple heavens in other galaxies, or is it just one, specific to the milky way?
I believe there’s just one, what galaxy or where it might be specifically, I’m not sure.
You said you are not aware of the Christians & Jews supporting murder of millions in the Middle-East, in the name of the Bible & the Jew Jesus? You turn a blind eye to the evil of your brethren? Jesus said: “I will say to them – I never knew you – go away from me, evil doers – Synagogue of Satan’. Matthew 7:21-23
Are you the Man of Lawlessness? (2 Thessalonians 2:1–12), aka, Lutheran Protestant Crypto-Jewish trash? Luther, the dirty dog, said: “No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day. “
The Bible doesn’t say ‘no sin’ can separate us, it says “nothing can separate us from the love of God.” I believe this means nothing outside of ourselves, can separate us from the love of God.
Hey MattJohnson,
Since you seem to know a lil’ bit ’bout stuff that I’ve wondered about, well can ya answer a few questions? Whatcha know about the waves there + what kinda board do I get to ride in Heaven, or in Hell? I’d luv to ride another Jeff Ho shaped early ’80’s style twin~fin at the beach~breaks, or a Nathan Pratt hand shaped gun at Pipe. Speakin’ of guns, do ya getta bring em’ too in to Heaven? F**k it’d suck if most dudes who luv’s their guns couldn’t carry nor shoot any~more when they get to Heaven, right? Hmmmm…
Sorry, no boards in Hell from what I read. And I could definitely dig riding some Jeff Ho custom shapes in Heaven also, right out of the shop that he used to have in Venice (Dog Town). The Bible says “Eye has not seen nor ear heard, the things that God has prepared for them that love Him”. So ya, you never know, God might have some awesome point breaks and beach beaks set up in Heaven for us. And yeah, I could be wrong, but there could be guns in Heaven, as long as you’re not taking potshots at ‘other people’, I don’t see a big problem with doing some practice shooting or hunting.
Fuck you.
After all the shit you talk about how everyone else behaves when reporting you have to be apologetic you don’t hurt anyone’s feelings have too much skin in the game to many people know me, I would but my books sales…hey pal what about the people that have put up with your whiny bad haircut deep v-neck sunburn shoulder hopping barrel dodging queef! listen to your stupid ass podcast checked your lame ass website website who has a website you pay for this thing? Now you apologize for doing what you told us you would do? What are we in the first year of dating and you had to make up a lie about why you cant come meet my parents but then you showed up anyway and then you had to double back on the lie?
#beachgritqueef
#suckitscottbass
I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.
You only hurt the ones you love!
I said it before at least AI knows he is a dead cunt.
Chas – were you under any external pressure not to publish this?
Bruce wasnt too keen
Only from me.
When Occy did this
It was cute!
The real tragedy here is that Beachgrit published their first article without even using one exclamation point(!) Also noted is that Bruce claims Kailua Kona as home, and the last person listed on the rap sheet (Karlyn Powell) hometown is listed as being from “Globe”.
…as in the shoe company?
Hey Bruce, you’re a self absorbed asshole. So much talent and connections to make big things happen, and you just pissed it all away. Your brother overdosed. Sad story but guess what. We all deal with tough things in life. Get over it and get your shit together you weak minded asshole. You still have 20+ years left to live. Make ’em your best.
Tough love
RIP Bruce. You’ll see Andy soon.