Doyle credits surfing success to Hermosa Beach board builder Hap Jacobs
2013 Hermosa Beach Surfer’s Walk of Fame inductee Mike Doyle (center) with former inductees Tom Rice and Bob Meistrell. Photos One had the sense hearing stories about Mike Doyle during his induction into the Hermosa Beach Surfer’s Walk of Fame on Saturday, that his bronze plaque on the Hermosa Beach pier will elevate not just his stature, but the stature of the Surfer’s Walk, itself. The 72-year-old Doyle’s semi reclusive life in Cabo San Lucas over the past three decades, where he continues to surf and paint, both added to his mythic aura and delayed his induction. Mike Doyle thanks his lifeguarding mentor and lifeguarding’s first Ironman title winner Paul Matthies. Lifelong friend Chris Bredesen, in his introductory remarks, recalled hesitating at the front door of Doyle’s Cabo home because of a sign that reads, “Call before visiting.” Bredesen wanted to go to a phone to telephone Doyle. But Ronnie Meistrell, who was with Bredesen, and is also a longtime friend of Doyle’s, recalled, “It didn’t say telephone. It said call. So I called, real loud, “Doyle, open the door.’ Doyle welcomed his friends, as he does all his friends, with shots of tequila, Meistrell said. But despite his…
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