Whatever happened to Mike Hynson and Robert August?
AwesomeCA
Endless Summer?
John4Surf
>Does anyone know what happened to Mike Hynson and Robert August after The
>Endless Summer?
August makes a fine longboard out of Orange County. Hynson makes his boards
out of San Diego County.
Greg Wolf
awes...@aol.com says...
> Does anyone know what happened to Mike Hynson and Robert August after The
> Endless Summer?
Hynson got lost in his massive ego and his penchant for illegal
substances. He's back, stylin' on the waves and impressing the heck out
of himself. He did some shaping, but has not exactly gathered a cult
following for his masterpieces. All but faded from obscurity, he scored
125 on the Y2K exposure meter - ranking who got how much surf press ink.
For purposes of comparison,
1. Kelly Slater 32,375 points
2. Shane Dorian 22,900 points
3. Bruce Irons 18,900 points
Oh, yeah, August also got 125. I suspect Surfgeo2 could get 125.
Source: http://www.transworldsurf.com/article/surfbiz.cfm?alias_id=3718
August has kept a low profile in terms of law breaking. He's a highly
successful shaper and surf shop entrepreneur.
August was also in ESII; Hynson wasn't invited back.
--
Greg "" Wolf
The computer biz: money for nuthin' and the chicks for free.
nordst
adventure it was! I hear Robert may retire there someday but for now I guess
he's still shaping boards and surfing and golfing a lot! Robert is just
about one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
AwesomeCA wrote in message <20010720001055...@ng-fv1.aol.com>...
john
acting like they owned the place. a disgusting spectacle. this was in 97, i
think. i think he has a place in tamarindo now.
In article <20010720001055...@ng-fv1.aol.com>, awes...@aol.com
says...
>
Agent Utah®
Yeah........he's a bonafide jackass. He
sold his soul...long ago.
David Schilling
Agent UtahŽ wrote:
I meet August on an air plane in 1996. He wanted to trade me seats (my seat row 7
aisle for his seat row 22 or 23 middle)....I said no thanks, he asked me if I knew
who he was (I said yeah) and he then called me an "ass". I have been a fan ever
since.
Does anyone know where I can get his autograph????
David
PS. Does anyone know where I can get an autographed picture of Bob Denver
("Juuuuuust sit right back and you'll hear a tale....")???
Greg Wolf
schilli...@worldnet.att.net says...
He and some of the surviving cast of GI show up on the Olympic Peninsula
every few years & sign autographs, take tourists on 3-hour cruises, etc.
So if you dare go looking for the Sandman, you might run to Gilligan,
and Mary Ann, and....
There is no truth to the rumor that Sandman lives there just to be close
when they show up.
Tom Keener
<schilli...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>I meet August on an air plane in 1996. He wanted to trade me seats (my seat row 7
>aisle for his seat row 22 or 23 middle)....I said no thanks, he asked me if I knew
>who he was (I said yeah) and he then called me an "ass". I have been a fan ever
>since.
Wow. Unless it was a charter surf trip, I'd guess less than 10 people
on a jam-packed 747 would know who Robert August is. In the big
picture, being a surf celebrity ain't much of a celebrity.
Tom Keener
keensurf_at_cts_dot_com
David Schilling
Tom Keener wrote:
The only reason I even made the connection between his mug and his name was when I
spotted him signing an autograph for some kid and his father at the Gate and was
thinking "wow, that's cool". Later I noticed he was wearing a RA shirt. I assumed he
was going to be first class, yet he was back in the incognito seating.
Maybe he should stick to boards and autograph sessions.
David