WaterspotRemembering Mike Hynson (part 2)Chris AhrensJanuary 27, 2025 January 27, 2025041 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...
CitiesEncinitasEncinitas FeaturedSurfing legend Mike Hynson, star of ‘Endless Summer,’ dies at 82Walker ArmstrongJanuary 15, 2025 January 15, 202501923 ENCINITAS — Longtime Encinitas resident Mike Hynson, a pioneering surfboard shaper and co-star of the landmark 1966 documentary “The Endless Summer,” died Friday after a...
WaterspotRemembering Mike HynsonChris AhrensJanuary 13, 2025 January 13, 20250146 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...
WaterspotWhere summer never endsChris AhrensDecember 31, 2024 December 31, 2024093 I don’t remember when I first heard the name Mike Hynson. It was probably a caption in Surfer Magazine, which in the ’60s was a...
ColumnsWaterspotSummertime … and the livin’ is easyChris AhrensJuly 30, 2024July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024July 30, 20240153 I never paid much attention in school, but I did study a lot about the waves and the weather. I say study, but it was...
ColumnsWaterspotThe Bird and the MasterChris AhrensFebruary 19, 2024 February 19, 20240201 Mike Hynson was born to be famous. He had too many natural gifts not to be....