Robert August (born 1945) is an American surfer and

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. He is best known as one of the subjects of Bruce Brown's 1966 surf

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The Endless Summer ''The Endless Summer'' is a 1966 American surf movie, surf documentary film directed, produced, edited and narrated by Bruce Brown (director), Bruce Brown. The film follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surfing trip around the wor ...

'', along with his friend Mike Hynson. August was raised in

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. His father, Blackie August, was an early surfer who began teaching him the sport at age 6. He attended Huntington Beach High School where he was ASB President his senior year. He enrolled in the

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program at California State Long Beach, but dropped out before earning a degree. In 1994, August was involved in the filming of '' The Endless Summer II'', in which surfers Pat O'Connell and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver retrace the places visited by August and Hynson 30 years earlier. He also took part in the film '' Step into Liquid''. As of 2023, August had retired from surfing and is living in

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References

*Dixon, Drew (September 16, 2006)
"Surf legend displays his timeless grace"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:August, Robert 1945 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen American surfers Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California Surfboard shapers People from Seal Beach, California Huntington Beach High School alumni