La Jolla surfer Mike Hynson (right ... Hynson was also a noted surfboard shaper whose designs influenced the sport for generations to come. His famed Red Fin longboard was heralded for the ...

Mike Hynson, a California surfer whose ... Mr. Hynson later moved into surfboard design that included the celebrated “Red Fin” model, with an extended tail fin that allowed more responsive ...

Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" and, with his outlaw instincts, embodied the rebel ethos of the ...