theinertia.com - Dick Metz and Mike Hynson Might Have Been the First Real (and Coolest) Surf Travelers
Dick Metz and Mike Hynson forged a relationship that shaped modern day surfing. Photos: Ron Stoner//SHACC
Mike Hynson called Dick Metz right before the world theater premiere of Birth of The Endless Summer at Encinitas’ historic La Paloma cinema back in the summer of 2023.
He pleaded with Dick not to steal his credit for being the first to surf the “perfect wave” of Cape St. Francis, South Africa. Bruce Brown had always convinced viewers that he, Robert August, and Mike Hynson had made this discovery together, as documented in Brown’s The Endless Summer, coming upon the reeling right-hand surf of Cape St. Francis after summiting a massive dune as if it had appeared magically.