Mike Hynson

You inspired me to surf, and I feel fortunate to have met you a couple times at Windansea Surf Club events. You were graceful in life and on waves. The world is richer for your presence, and poorer for your absence, but your works live on to further inspire.

Saddened to hear this. I knew Mike when we lived up on Pupukea in the seventies and eighties. Our sons played together.
I hope he (Sun) and Melinda are okay,
I'm thinking of you with great fondness.

My Condolences.

R.I.P. our condolences to Family and Friend's /Fans

Mike....you were an inspiration to so many of us young surfers in the 70's. Growing up in La Jolla, experimenting with so many board types. We shaped, painted and glassed so many of our own. In Junior High and High School, my buddy and I had a surfboard line of innovative / experimental shapes....about 200 boards in all. All supplies purchased from Mitch's Surf Shop in town. Our little surf shed board empire dawned the name Sureline Surfboards La Jolla. All our buddies rode them at South Bird Rock and North Bird when it was breaking. We were absolutely inspired by you Mike and the Endless Summer. I remember shaping boards underneath the PB pier on the beach between surf sessions. We'd ride our bikes down there from Bird Rock because the owner of the pier would pay us to shoot pigeons off the pier for 50cents a bird. I'll never forget, riding our bikes down with air pellet guns bungied onto the handlebars, a back pack stocked with surfwax, a towel, and shaping tools, with a board and a blank under one arm....we'd shape them on top of trash cans full of dead pigeons! A final sand at home in the surf shed, then airbrush and glass. Fins were always glassed in. Boxes hadn't been fully developed by then and the ones that were available, were too expensive for us!! We will miss you her on Earth, but look forward to riding waves with you in heaven. Thanks for your stories Mike.