Pipeline: Jesse Hinkle, The International Surfman of Mystery
The International surf man of mystery down under. Photo by Daniel Armstrong Post grommethood has made 19-year-old Jesse Hinkle of El Segundo an international surf man of mystery. The reserved regular foot keeps a low key demeanor not suggesting the places he’s been or the places he’s going. When Jesse Hinkle was six years old his mother was in a panic watching a strong riptide pull Jesse out over the rocks at Carpentaria Beach. “My mom was running up and down the beach screaming for help while I had a death grip on my Boogie board in the impact zone of the 4’ waves,” Jesse said. “A homeless guy sleeping on the beach came to my rescue pulling me out of the surf and on to the sand.” Smoking a line on his Matt Calvani shaped Bing “Dharma” model, Jesse sets up for the vortex. You would think Jesse’s scary encounter with the ocean would lead him into soccer or Little League Baseball but the following year Jesse was learning how to surf on a 7’ soft board to the delight of his father John, paddling along side. John had lived in Texas where he rode Gulf Coast’s chocolate chambers for years before moving to California. Now the Hinkle family resides in El Segundo and John is the president…
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