theinertia.com - Bruce’s Beauties: Dick Metz’s Discovery and the Real Story of The Endless Summer’s Famous Wave
You likely know the wave called Bruce’s Beauties from that iconic scene in The Endless Summer.
You remember the one: Mike Hynson and Robert August climbing a dune in coastal South Africa at Cape St. Francis to lay eyes on what could be the most perfect right-hand point break on Earth. The wave was named for Bruce Brown, who made The Endless Summer. But Dick Metz, who was called “the most underrated surf legend ever,” by Bruce Brown’s son Dana, was there before Bruce Brown was. I didn’t know if Metz’s arrival was a myth before I made Birth of the Endless Summer, but I had a gut feeling that it was true.