CONTRIBUTOR

Richard Yelland

Richard Yelland

Director/Filmmaker

Mike Hynson and Dick Metz

Dick Metz and Mike Hynson Might Have Been the First Real (and Coolest) Surf Travelers

10 min read Aug 7, 2025

Mike Hynson surfing Bruce's Beauties

Bruce’s Beauties: Dick Metz’s Discovery and the Real Story of The Endless Summer’s Famous Wave

9 min read Jun 20, 2025

Birth of the Endless Summer

‘Birth of the Endless Summer’: The Discovery of Cape St. Francis and a Surfing Culture

12 min read Jul 24, 2023

I Witnessed the Healing Powers of the Ocean in Cancer Patients

4 min read May 4, 2017

Battling Cancer: “No Longer About Facing Death, But Facing Life”

6 min read Nov 17, 2014

12 Miles North is about much more than the first documented African American surfer, Nick Gabaldon. 12 Miles North is about the human experience and how we individually construct Nick’s story as it relates to our own lives. Image: Peter Stacek

Business & Media

Director’s Cut: Inside 12 Miles North

5 min read Feb 8, 2012