Mike Hynson surfing in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, in 1964. Clip from “The Endless Summer,” via Bruce Brown Films, LLC.Credit... Supported by By Alex Williams Mike Hynson, who epitomized ...

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.

Several times he returned to the beach in South Africa seeking to re-create that magic morning while making “The Endless Summer.” The waves were never the same. “Cape St. Francis was always ...

Michael Hynson, co-star of the definitive surf movie “The Endless Summer” and an adopted ... a small village in South Africa, to surf journalist Scott Hulet in 1991. “I was looking way ...

Africa the primal and savage ... us on a journey that will lead you from the endless sandy seas of the North into the green valleys of the south The wonderful and varied landscape of seemingly ...