As a kid, my buddies and I repeatedly watched our VHS copy of Bruce Brown’s The Endless Summer II, the sequel to the iconic ...

LOS ANGELES -- Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" molded the image of the surfer as a seeker of adventure and fulfillment and transformed the sport, has died. He was 80.

The hit 1966 surfing documentary immortalized the maverick California wave rider as an archetype of the footloose rebel surfer. Mike Hynson surfing in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, in 1964. Clip ...