I met Bruce Brown a few times and I knew Robert August. I lived in Huntington Beach and went into his little store there a lot. I built a house around the bay from Robert and was there while they filmed Endless Summer II. I was there when the plane crashed with Mike Difenderfer on it. The movie shows the two kids getting out after the crash but they weren't in it at the time. Lots of parties there while the filming was going on, lots of fun and Bruce was a cool guy.
Also I was in the Elsinore race he filmed for On any Sunday but not a star like McQueen, watched that movie a lot and never could find myself, I had to be in it but there was so much mud you can't tell.
Here is a picture of the plane when it crashed on the beach, and a picture of Robert at Sunrise Café in Tamarindo. That's his little girl in the picture.
