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ASL Orange County Chapter Launch, June 19, 2010 at 6:00 PM |
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This exciting celebration marks the launch of the Orange County and San Diego Chapter of the Association of Surfing Lawyers. It will take place on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Surfing Heritage Foundation in San Clemente, CA. We encourage all to attend, including friends and family.
Highlighting the event is a book signing with the innovative and always controversial Mike Hynson who recently published an autobiography entitled, "Mike Hynson - Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel." Newport Beach shaper Cordell Miller will also be showcasing his latest creations. Lastly, light food and drinks will be available.
The event is free of charge; however, donations to the Surfing Heritage Foundation are encouraged. The Foundation plays a vital role in preserving the history of our sport - let's show them our appreciation!
Mike Hynson - Transcendental Memories of a Surf Rebel Overview:
The Vietnam War or Endless Summer? Thanks to a persistent draft board, the decision was a no-brainer for hotshot surfer, Mike Hynson. The producer of Endless Summer, Bruce Brown, still had to be convinced. He had a long list of surfers that he was considering for his movie. Even though Hynson lived above Brown's garage and they'd discussed the film since its inception, there was one deciding factor that would determine the chosen two. Before anybody flew off around the world on the legendary surfing safari they had to come up with the $1,400 airfare. Now Hynson had another problem, how was he going to produce that kind of cash that quickly? So he hightailed it over to the only person he knew he could count on, his boss, Hobie Alter. Hobie had always come through for him in the past, but in the back of Hynson's mind he still worried that Hobie had never really forgiven him for stealing six of his surfboards years earlier.
On the edge, that's the way Hynson lived his entire life, from his formative years as a Navy Brat in the forties and fifties bouncing between Hawaii and San Diego, to his timing and innovation that kept him at the forefront of the surfing industry throughout the sixties. He helped found the legendary WindanSea Surf Club in 1962, planted the seed in Tom Morey's head for the Boogie Board in 1965 at the first professional surf contest, revolutionized the sport forever two years later with his faster, more maneuverable down rail board, and transformed a surf demo into Rainbow Bridge, a cult-film shot in Maui in which he recruited Jimi Hendrix to write the score and perform on stage at the base of Haleakala two short months before his death.
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