stabmag.com - A Hero Is Gone: Mike Hynson 1942-2025
The Endless Summer star was 82.
On the 11th of January, the surfing world woke to news that Mike Hynson — the blonde star of Bruce Brown’s original Endless Summer, one of the most influential designers and style icons — had kicked out for the last time at 82.
It’s hard to overstate how deep a hole Hynson’s death leaves in surfing’s cultural core, and what an extraordinary surfing life he lived.