Bruce Brown would have admitted Dick Metz deserved credit for being at Cape St. Francis first. "Bruce's Beauties" could have ...

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.

Decades later, Richard Yellen, a producer in Hollywood, heard how “The Endless Summer” came about and called me, and eventually took me back to Africa to make a movie about how I discovered those ...

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 ...

Decades later, Richard Yelland, a producer in Hollywood, heard how “The Endless Summer” came about and called me, and eventually took me back to Africa to make a movie about how I discovered those ...

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 ...

There’s no question that summer in South Africa (December to February) is the best time to sunbathe on one of the many spectacular beaches that wrap its long, 1,770-mile coastline. Still ...

Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer ... Ghana, South Africa, Australia, Tahiti, New Zealand and Hawaii ...