Check out the trailer for the upcoming film Endless Summer Syndrome, a dark and provocative French thriller about a family's twisting collapse, which will have a day-and-date release on Dec. 13, 2024.

The film, directed by Chuck Wein ... "If we wouldn't have had 'Endless Summer,'" he asked, "you think there would still be this quest of a perfect wave? Think anybody would even care?

His wild, steamship-hopping tour landed him at “the perfect wave” in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, and inspired The Endless Summer, one of the most watched and beloved films of all time.

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.