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Guardian Viral Video Chart: A tribute to surfer Andy Irons

There's some real goodness in today's Viral Video Chart, but let's start with a tribute to one of the world's best surfers, Andy Irons , who was found dead in a hotel room on Tuesday. The only surfer to come close to taking on the mighty Kelly Slater in the World Championships, Irons was only 32 and a very well-loved surfer. Heartbreakingly, his girlfriend is seven months pregnant with their first child. With the re-appropriation of surfing by so much trashy mainstream culture, it's easy to forget what an artful and incredibly difficult sport it is. RIP, and aloha , as they have said. Elsewhere we have some impressive stunts in ' People are Awesome ', though sticking all of these together will give you 'wow fatigue' after the first minute. There's also a rogue fake stunt in there which defeats the object somewhat... answers on a postcard, etc. If your beloved offspring is begging for a puppy, try one of these instead. It's the new Gooey Louie . Someone's Mum ( MattyB's ?) wants to give Bieber a run for his money, and we also have what Wired splendidly called " a fake-ass iPhone table ". Remember people – if it looks too good to be true, it generally is. (Even when you think you might have seen Stephen Brook , formerly of this parish, in a mobile ad .) Guardian Viral Video Chart. Compiled by Unruly Media and fiddled with by Jemima 1 Kackel Dackel What every kid wants for Christmas! 2 Andy Irons Memorial Paddle Out 130 friends pay tribute to 2 Table Connect for iPhone Ever wanted to eat your dinner off a giant iPad? 4 The T-Mobile Welcome Back We know it's marketing, but it's good marketing. 5 Blizzcon 2010: The Red-Shirt Guy Be gentle – he does have Asperger's . 6 People are Awesome Really good editors are pretty useful too. 7 Bali Instruments Don't mock – it'll end up being the summer hit of the 2011 in Benidorm in some god awful Eurobeat remix... 8 Seven-year-old raps [Simon Cowell's voice]: "Come back next year." 9 Sesame Street: There's an app for that Truly next generation mobile apps. 10 High speed video of popcorn A little Muybridge applied. 11 Gagaween What the Little Monsters got up to on 31 October. One commenter caught my eye: "I love Lady Gaga because every time she wins something she gives us losers and gays a shout out." Source: Viral Video Chart . Compiled from data gathered at 14:00 on 4 November 2010. The Weekly Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately two million blogs.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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