{"id":16835,"date":"2020-01-15T00:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T08:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=16835"},"modified":"2020-01-15T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T03:00:19","slug":"16835","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=16835","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10056474-3x2-700x4671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10056474-3x2-700x4671.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"10056474-3x2-700x467\" width=\"340\" height=\"241\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10056474-3x2-700x4671.jpg 340w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10056474-3x2-700x4671-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/10056474-3x2-700x4671-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 85vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANDY IRONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just seen what has to be one of the best documentaries ever made, especially when it comes to extreme sports and lifestyle. It&#8217;s the 2018 film <em>Andy Irons: Kissed by God<\/em>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Steve and Todd Jones, it tells the story of a three-time world surfing champion who died at 32 after a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder and addiction. You can view it for free on Amazon Prime now. Powerful stuff. <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Kelly Slater and Andy Irons by Steve Sherman)<\/p>\n<p>Note: If you or anyone you know is in need of help or just someone to talk to, the National Suicide Prevention Life Line is open 24 hours a day, every day, and can provide support and resources for people in distress, as well as friends and family. Please call 1-800-273-8255 for help and information.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"330\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJWIPRvtAHk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDY IRONS I&#8217;ve just seen what has to be one of the best documentaries ever made, especially when it comes to extreme sports and lifestyle. It&#8217;s the 2018 film Andy Irons: Kissed by God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[5,1,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16835"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17042,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16835\/revisions\/17042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}