The hit 1966 surfing documentary immortalized the maverick California wave rider as an archetype of the footloose rebel surfer. Mike Hynson surfing in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, in 1964.

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 ...

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 ...

A few years later, while shaping for Gordon & Smith Surfboards, he designed, shaped and operated the generically named Mike Hynson model ... Nicknamed the “Red Fin” because of its unique ...

Walking anywhere in La Jolla with Carl Ekstrom is a red carpet experience ... experiment proving surfboards are indeed art, a beautiful Caster single fin and an early Mike Hynson down railer.

He published his memoir titled 'Mike Hynson: Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel', which shines a light into the madness that revolved around surfing's rouge years. Old psychedelic designs Hynson ...

See the annotated photo here. Vows: Acts of kindness as the L.A. wildfires rage. Lives Lived: Mike Hynson epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god in the hit 1966 documentary “The Endless ...