Mike Hynson, a California surfer whose globe-trotting hunt for the perfect wave in the documentary “The Endless Summer” made him an ambassador of 1960s cool with sea-slicked blond hair and a ...

At age 82, "The Endless Summer" star and talented surfer Mike Hynson passed away, leaving a scar on the surf world. Hynson, a California native, is widely known for co-starring in the 1966 "The ...

Michael Hynson, co-star of the definitive surf movie “The Endless Summer,” died Friday, Jan. 10, in Encinitas after an illness. He was 82. The fun-seeking surfer, whose sunset silhouette on ...

Michael Hynson, co-star of the definitive surf movie “The Endless Summer” and an adopted son of Encinitas, parlayed his passion for waves into a lifetime of sand and sport on beaches across ...

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, an iconic figure in the surfing world and star of Bruce Brown’s legendary film The Endless Summer, has died at the age of 82, leaving an indelible legacy in the history of the sport ...

There’s an old photo of Mike Hynson leaning into a Haleiwa wall laying out a turn few others would have been capable of at that time. That turn was something of a happy accident, a mistake made ...

I don’t remember the exact photo, but I first became aware of Mike Hynson in Surfer Magazine circa 1962. It was either in a small wave near his home in Pacific Beach or a far bigger wave in ...